Sonny Boy Williamson II, Help Me (1963)
Key: :[Em] (w: Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon, Ralph Bass) (based on Booker T's Green Onions, 1962)
INTRO: (pattern throughout song)
[Em] ^
[G]^
[A] :
[x4]
[Am] ^
[C]^
[D] :
[x2]
[Em] ^
[G]^
[A] :
[x2]
[Bm] ^
[D]^
[E] //
[Am] ^
[C]^
[D]
[Em] ^
[G]^
[A] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
You got to
[Em] help me, I can't do it all by myself
You got to
[Am] help me baby, I can't do it all by my-
[Em]-self
You know if you
[Bm] don't help me darling
[Am] I'll have to find myself somebody
[Em] else
VERSE 2:
I may have to
[Em] wash, may have to sew, I may have to cook
I might mop the floor, but you
[Am] help me babe
[Em]
You know if you
[Bm] don't help me darling
[Am] I'll find myself somebody
[Em] else
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
When I
[Em] walk, you walk with me; when I talk, you talk to me
Oooh
[Am] baby, I can't do it all by my-
[Em]-self
You know if you don't
[Bm] help me darling
[Am] I'll have to find myself somebody
[Em] else
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Bring my
[Em] nightshirt, put on your morning gown
Whoa,
[Am] bring my nightshirt, put on your morning
[Em] gown
Darlin I
[Bm] know we stripped bare
[Am] But I don't feel like lying
[Em] down
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]