JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Shania Twain, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “God Bless The Child”.
Lagu bergenre pop tersebut dirilis pada 1995 melalui label rekaman Polygram dan Mercury Records.
“God Bless The Child” muncul dalam album studio keduanya yang bertajuk The Woman In Me.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) - Shania Twain
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “God Bless The Child” dari Shania Twain.
A
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
D A E
God bless the child who suffers [Hallelujah]
A
Hallelujah [Hallelujah] Hallelujah [Hallelujah]
D A E
God bless the young without mothers
A
This child is homeless, that childs on crack
D A
One plays with a gun while the other takes the bullet in his back
This boys a beggar, that girl sells her soul
D A
They both work the same street, the same hell hole
A
Hallelujah [Hallelujah] Hallelujah [Hallelujah]
D A E
God bless the child who suffers
A
Hallelujah [Hallelujah] Hallelujah [Hallelujah]
D A E
Let every man help his brother
Bb
Some were born addicted and some are just thrown away
Eb Bb
And some have daddies who make them play games they don't want to play
Bb Eb Bb
But there's hope [hope] and faith [faith] that we must understand
Eb Bb F Bb
That all God's children need is love and us to hold their little hands, yeah
[Bb F Eb Bb]
B
This boy is hungry, he ain't got enough to eat
E B
That girls cold and she ain't got no shoes on her feet
B
When a child's spirits broken and feels all hope is gone
E B
God help them find the strength to carry on
B E B E
Cause with a little hope [hope] and faith [faith] if we can understand,
E B F# B
That all God's children need is love and us to hold their little hands, yeah
B
[With a little hope] Just a little hope
B E
[Just a little faith] With a little love
E E B
[Just a little love and understanding] A little love and understanding
C
[Hallelujah, Hallelujah]
F C G
Let us all love one another
C
[Hallelujah, Hallelujah]
F C G
Make all our hearts blind to color
C
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F C G
God bless the child who suffers.