Biography:
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger
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- Ooh Child
- Paradise
- Alone Together
- Fire And Rain
- Follow
- Freedom
- Gay Cavalier
- God Bless The Child
- Going Back To My Roots
- Handsome Johnny
- Helplessly Hoping
- Here Comes The Sun
- High Flyin Bird
- I Cant Make It Anymore
- Just Like A Woman
- Nobody Left To Crown
- On The Road To Calvary
- One More Day
- Stardust And Passion
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- You'll Never Know
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God Bless The Child - Richie Havens
Tuning DADF#AD
Chords used...moving down frets...
Dmaj6 0 0 0 8 9 9
A11 7 7 7 7 0 0
A9sus 7 7 7 5 5 5
A7 7 7 7 7 7 5
D9 0 0 0 6 7 7
D7b9 0 0 0 6 6 7
Gmaj9 5 5 5 5 0 0
Gmaj7 5 5 5 5 5 4
Gm 5 5 5 4 5 5
Gm9 0 0 0 4 5 5
Dmaj7 0 0 0 3 4 4
D7 0 0 0 3 3 4
E 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gmaj6/D 0 0 0 1 2 2
A7b9sus 0 0 0 1 1 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is similar to "Live At the Cellar Door", Track 4
(Intro)
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
D9 D7b9 (D)
Gmaj9 Gm
Dmaj7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
(Verse)
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
Them that's gotshall get
I say the rich get more
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
them that's not shall lose
while the weak ones fade
D9 D7b9 (D)
so the bible says
lord empty pockets
Gmaj9 Gm
and that still is news
never make the grade be
Dmaj7 D7
'cos ma -ma may have
'cos ma -ma may have
Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
and papa may have lord but
and papa may have lord but
Dmaj7 D7
god is sure gonna bless the child who's
god is sure gonna bless the child who's
Gmaj7 D A9sus A11
got his own yeah yeah who's
got his own yeah yeah who's
D Gmaj6/D A7b9sus Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
got his own
got his own
Dmaj6 (D)
(Back to next verse or chorus)
Gmaj7
Money... you've
Gm Gm9 (D)
got lots and lots of friends
Dmaj7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
Crowding a -round your
Dmaj7 D7 (D)
front door
Gmaj7
But when it's gone yeah lord gone and
Gm Gm9 (D)
all that spending ends
E (D) E (D)
say they dont come around no no any
A9sus A7
more yeah yeah they don't come around anymore, I'm singing
(Verse 3)
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
Rich relations may give
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
a crust of bread and such
Dmaj7
you can help yourself but
Gmaj9 Gm
don't you don't take too much, because
Dmaj7 D7
mama mama may have and
Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
papa papa may have yeah yeah but
Dmaj7 D7
god is sure gonna bless the child who's got his
Gmaj7 (D) A9sus A11
own yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah who's got his
(Outro)
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
own who's got his own who's
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus Dmaj7 Gm9 Dmaj7 Gm9
got his own
Dmaj7
(End)
Tuning DADF#AD
Chords used...moving down frets...
Dmaj6 0 0 0 8 9 9
A11 7 7 7 7 0 0
A9sus 7 7 7 5 5 5
A7 7 7 7 7 7 5
D9 0 0 0 6 7 7
D7b9 0 0 0 6 6 7
Gmaj9 5 5 5 5 0 0
Gmaj7 5 5 5 5 5 4
Gm 5 5 5 4 5 5
Gm9 0 0 0 4 5 5
Dmaj7 0 0 0 3 4 4
D7 0 0 0 3 3 4
E 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gmaj6/D 0 0 0 1 2 2
A7b9sus 0 0 0 1 1 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is similar to "Live At the Cellar Door", Track 4
(Intro)
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
D9 D7b9 (D)
Gmaj9 Gm
Dmaj7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
(Verse)
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
Them that's gotshall get
I say the rich get more
Dmaj6 Dmaj7 (D)
them that's not shall lose
while the weak ones fade
D9 D7b9 (D)
so the bible says
lord empty pockets
Gmaj9 Gm
and that still is news
never make the grade be
Dmaj7 D7
'cos ma -ma may have
'cos ma -ma may have
Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
and papa may have lord but
and papa may have lord but
Dmaj7 D7
god is sure gonna bless the child who's
god is sure gonna bless the child who's
Gmaj7 D A9sus A11
got his own yeah yeah who's
got his own yeah yeah who's
D Gmaj6/D A7b9sus Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
got his own
got his own
Dmaj6 (D)
(Back to next verse or chorus)
Gmaj7
Money... you've
Gm Gm9 (D)
got lots and lots of friends
Dmaj7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
Crowding a -round your
Dmaj7 D7 (D)
front door
Gmaj7
But when it's gone yeah lord gone and
Gm Gm9 (D)
all that spending ends
E (D) E (D)
say they dont come around no no any
A9sus A7
more yeah yeah they don't come around anymore, I'm singing
(Verse 3)
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
Rich relations may give
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
a crust of bread and such
Dmaj7
you can help yourself but
Gmaj9 Gm
don't you don't take too much, because
Dmaj7 D7
mama mama may have and
Gmaj6/D A7b9sus (D)
papa papa may have yeah yeah but
Dmaj7 D7
god is sure gonna bless the child who's got his
Gmaj7 (D) A9sus A11
own yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah who's got his
(Outro)
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus
own who's got his own who's
Dmaj7 D7 Gmaj6/D A7b9sus Dmaj7 Gm9 Dmaj7 Gm9
got his own
Dmaj7
(End)
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