[Verse]
Am Dm Am
Somebody killed Little Susie
E F
The girl with the tune
E
Who sings in the daytime at noon
Am Dm
She was there screaming
Am E F
Beating her voice in her doom
E
But nobody came to her soon
[Chorus]
Am Dm
A fall down the stairs
Am E F
Her dress torn, oh, the blood in her hair
E
A mystery so sullen in air
Am E
She lies there so tenderly
Am Dm
Fashioned so slenderly
Am Dm
Lift her with care
E
Oh, the blood in her hair
[Verse]
Am Dm Am
Everyone came to see
E F
The girl that now is dead
E
So blind stare the eyes in her head...
Am Dm Am
And suddenly a voice from the crowd said
E F
This girl lived in vain
E
Her face bear such agony, such strain...
[Chorus]
Am Dm Am
But only the man from next door
E F
Knew Little Susie and how he cried
E
As he reached down to close Susie's eyes...
Am E
She lie there so tenderly
Am Dm
Fashioned so slenderly
Am Dm
Lift her with care
E
Oh the blood in her hair...
[Verse]
Dm Bb
It was all for God's sake
Gm A
For her singing the tune
Bb A
For someone to feel her despair
Dm Bb Gm A
To be damned to know hoping is dead, and you're doomed
Bb E
Then to scream out and nobody's there
She knew no one cared
Am Dm Am
Father left home, poor mother died
E F
Leaving Susie alone
E
Grandfather's soul too had flown
Am Dm
No one to care
Am E F
Just to love her how much can one bear
E
Rejecting the needs in her prayers
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Neglection can kill
Am E F
Like a knife in your soul oh it will
E
Little Susie fought so hard to live
Am E
She lie there so tenderly
Am Dm
Fashioned so slenderly
Am Dm
Lift her with care
E
So young and so fair
Chilling song to play and sing - enjoy it!