God Help the Outcasts
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Heidi Mollenhauer, 1996.
Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Composer: Alan Menken
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Bb
Bbmaj7/D
Eb9
Ebm6
Bbmaj7/F
F7(b9)
Bb
Bbmaj7
Eb/Bb
Bb
Bbmaj7
Eb/F
F
Ebm6/Bb
I don’t know if you can
Bb9
hear
me
or
Ebm6/Bb
if you’re even
Bb
there,
Bb/A
Gm
I don’t know if you would
Eb6
listen
Cm7
to a gyps
F7
y’s
Bb/D
prayer.
Gm
Yes, I know I’m just an
Cm
outcast,
I
Am7(b5)
shouldn’t speak
D7/A
to
Gm
you.
Ebm6
Still, I see your face and
Bb/F
won
Dm/F
der
–
F7(b9)
were you once an outcast
Bb
too?
Ebm6/Bb
Bb
Ebm6/Bb
Bb
God help the
Bbmaj7/D
outcasts
Eb6
hungry from birth.
Cm7
Show them the
F7
mer
F
cy
they
Bbsus
don’t
Bb
find on earth.
F/A
Gm
God, help my peo
F/G
ple,
we
Cm7
look to you still.
Ebm6
God, help the
Bb/F
outcasts
or
Cm7(b5)/F
nobo
F7(b9)
dy
Bb
will.
Ebm6/Bb
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I ask for
Bb
wealth,
Ebm6/Bb
I ask for
Gm
fame,
Gm/F
I ask for
Eb
glory to
F
shine on my
Bb
name.
D7
I ask for
Gm
love,
Gm/F
I can pos
Eb
sess,
Gm/D
I ask for
Cm7
God and his
Eb/Bb
angels to
F/A
bless
Gm7/F
G
me.
Am7
G/B
F#/A#
G#7
C#
I ask for
C#maj7/F
nothing,
F#
I can get
F#6
by,
D#m7
but I know so
G#7
ma
G#
ny
less
C#sus
lucky than
C#/F
I.
G#/C
A#m
Please help my
A#m/G#
peo
C#/G#
ple,
the
D#m7
poor and downtrod,
F#m6
I thought we
C#/G#
all
Fm/G#
were
the
F#7(b9)
children of
A#m
God.
A#m/G#
D#m7(b5)
God help the
C#
out
C#/C
casts,
F#m6/G#
children
G#7(b9)
of
C#
God.
F#m6/C#
C#
F#m6/C#
A#m
A#m/G#
F#
G#
C#9