(Ebm)I don’t know if You can (Bb)hear me or if (Ebm6)You’re e ven (Bb)there.
(Gm)I don’t know if You would (Eb)lis ten
(Cm7)to a gyp (F7)sy’s (Bb)prayer.
(Gm)Yes, I know I’m just an (Cm)out cast, I (A)should n’t speak (D7)to (Gm)You.
(Ebm6)Still I see Your face and (Bb)won (Dm)der
(F)were You once an out cast (Bb)too?
(Bb)God help the out casts, (Eb6)hun gry from birth.
(Cm7)Show them the (F7)mer cy they (Bbsus)don’t (Bb)find on earth.
(Gm)God help my peo ple, they (Cm)look to You still.
(Ebm6)God help the (Bb)out casts or (F7)no bod y (Bb)will.
I ask for (Bb)wealth.
I ask for (Gm)fame.
I ask for (Eb)glo ry to (F)shine on my (Bb)name.
I ask for (Gm)love.
I can pos (Eb)sess.
I ask for (Cm7)God and His (Bb)an gels to (F)bless
(G)me.
(C)I ask for (C)noth ing.
(F)I can get (F6)by,
but (Dm7)I know so (G7)man y less (Csus)luck (C)y than I.
(Am)Please help my (C)peo ple, the (Dm)poor and down trod.
(Fm6)I thought we (C)all (Em)were the (G)chil dren of (Am)God.
(D)God help the (C)out casts (G)chil dren of (C)God.
This page shows “God Help The Outcasts” by Bette Midler in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 80 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.