The Smiths - Suffer Little Children: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Suffer Little Children" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Dmaj7    Amaj7  Dmaj7          Amaj7
Over the moors, take me to the moors
Dmaj7         Amaj7 Bm7          Dmaj7
dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down
Dmaj7    Amaj7  Dmaj7          Amaj7
Over the moors, take me to the moors
Dmaj7         Amaj7 Bm7          Dmaj7
dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down

Bm7    E              G#m7          G
Lesley-Anne with your pretty white beads
   Amaj7         Dmaj7       A
oh John, you'll never be a man
    E              Bm7   E G#m7          G
and you'll never see your home... home again
A  Bm7          D         E
oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Edward, see those alluring lights?
Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"

Hindley wakes and Hindley says:
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes
Hindley wakes and says
Oh Wherever he has gone, I have gone.

But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death

Hindley wakes and says:
Hindley wakes Hindley wakes Hindley wakes and says:
Oh Whatever he has done, I have done.

But this is no easy ride
For a child cries

"Oh, find me, find me, nothing more
We are on a sullen misty moor
We may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be, we will be,
right by your side

Until the day you die
This is no easy ride
We will haunt you when you laugh
Yes, you could say we're a team
You might sleep
You might sleep
You might sleep
But you will never dream
Oh, you might sleep
But you will never dream
You might sleep
But you will never dream"

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh, find me, find me
Find me
I'll haunt you when you laugh
Oh, I'll haunt you when you laugh
You might sleep
But you will never dream
Oh
Over the moors, I'm on the moor
Oh, over the moor
The child is on the moor


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

Amaj7

Guitar chord Amaj7

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Dmaj7

Guitar chord Dmaj7

E

Guitar chord E

G

Guitar chord G

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

G#m7

Guitar chord G#m7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Bm7

Guitar chord Bm7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Suffer Little Children" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Suffer Little Children" by The Smiths.