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