[Am]Somebody [Dm7]killed little [Am/E]Susie

The [E]girl with the [F]tune

Who sings in the [E]daytime at noon

[Am]She was there [Dm7]screaming

[Am/E]Beating her [E]voice in her [F]doom

But nobody [E]came to her soon

 

A [Am]fall down the [Dm7]stairs

Her [Am/E]dress torn

Oh the [E]blood in her [F]hair

A mystery so [E]sullen in air

She [Am]lie there so [E/B]tenderly

[Am/C]Fashioned so [Dm]slenderly

[Am/C]Lift her with [F]care

Oh the [E]blood in her [Am]hair

 

Everyone [Dm7]came to [Am/E]see

The [E]girl that now is [F]dead

So blind stare the [E]eyes in her head

And [Am]suddenly a [Dm7]voice from the [Am/E]crowd said

This [E]girl lived in [F]vain

Her face bear such [E]agony, such strain

 

But [Am]only the [Dm7]man from next [Am/E]door

Knew Little [E]Susie and how he [F]cried

As he reached down

To [E]close Susie's eyes

She [Am]lie there so [E/B]tenderly

[Am/C]Fashioned so [Dm]slenderly

[Am/C]Lift her with [F]care

Oh the [E]blood in her [Am]hair

 

It was [Dm]all for [C]God's [A#]sake

For her [Gm]singing the [A]tune

For [A#]someone to feel her [A]despair

To be [Dm]damned to [C]know [A#]hoping is [Gm]dead and you're [A]doomed

Then to [A#]scream out

[Am]And [Gm]nobody's [E]there

She knew no one cared

 

[Am]Father left [Dm7]home, poor [Am/E]mother died

[E]Leaving Susie [F]alone

Grandfather's [E]soul too had flown

[Am]No one to [Dm7]care

Just to [Am/E]love her

How [E]much can one [F]bear

Rejecting the [E]needs in her prayers

 

[Am]Neglection can [Dm7]kill

[Am/E]Like a knife in your [E]soul

[F]Oh it will

Little Susie fought [A/E]so hard to [F]live

She [Am]lie there so [E/B]tenderly

[Am/C]Fashioned so [Dm]slenderly

[Am/C]Lift her with [F]care

So [E]young and so [Am]fair

 

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