Intro:    Am      C      x 3     Am      Em            Am


Am                                C
 Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you
Am                           C
 I hope your suffering was brief
F                                  G
 I hope the angels that watch over all little children
      Am                                       Em
 Came for you and took you someplace beautiful and sweet
  F
 Aahh
 Am
 Suffer the little children


 Am      C      x 3      Am


Am                               C
 Dear Melissa, I often think of you
       Am                        C
 Everytime I hold my baby in my arms
F                         G
 I say a prayer for your mama and daddy too
              Am                              Em
 I know they miss you, miss you since you're gone
  F
 Aahh


 Am                  C
 Suffer the little children
         Am            C
 At the hands of evil men
    Am              C
 No baby dolls, no teddy bears
    Am              C
 No lullabies for them
 Dm
 Every mother's nightmare
  F
 Will it ever end
 Am                  F
 Suffer the little children
         Em           Am
 At the hands of evil men


 Am      C      x 4      Am        


  Am                                           C
 You who done the deed better do some prayin' too
         Am                                  C
 Better hope that God's forgivin' like they say
F
 Cause somewhere, somebody keeps a list
        G
 Of the evils that men do
                  Am
 And your name's right up there
             Em
 I heard 'em say
  F
 Aahh


 Am                  C
 Suffer the little children
         Am            C
 At the hands of evil men
    Am              C
 No baby dolls, no teddy bears
    Am              C
 No lullabies for them
 Dm
 Every mother's nightmare
  F
 Will it ever end
 Am                  F
 Suffer the little children
         Em           Am
 At the hands of evil men