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Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:56:58 +0100
From: Peter Eybert
<pjoe@charon.muc.de>
Subject: CRD: Help Me Thru The Night by Joe Walsh
Help me thru the night
written by Joe Walsh
performed by Joe Walsh (and The Eagles sometimes)
from "So what", 1974
This version derived from the live performance on
"You can't argue with a sick mind", 1976
transcribed by Peter Eybert
<pjoe@charon.muc.de>
[Tuning Open G: DGDgbd, low to high]
INTRO:
//// //// //// //// //// //// //// / / / /
G12 Gj7
G (2x)
VERSE:
Somewhere along the way I found a meaning
woke up dreaming along the way.
Never quite seems the same when you're awaking
and making up for the time you've such a price to pay
and then they take the dream away, and it just ain't fair, mama.
CHORUS:
So help me through the night, mama, help me to ease the pain,
Gj7
Tell me it's alright, help me through the night, once again.
INTRO:
G Gj7
G G6sus_
G_
Gadd9_
VERSE:
And that's the danger in pretending,
tryin' to defend yourself from someone else's war,
you don't know what they're fighting for, and no they just don't care, no.
CHORUS:
So help me to see the light, mama, open my eyes again
Gj7
Tell me it's alright, help me through the night, once again.
G12 Gj7
G G6sus_
G_
Gadd9_
Won't you help me, mama, won't you help me.
OUTRO:
G* Gj7 G6sus
G G6sus_
G_
Gadd9_
G* Gj7 G6sus
G G6sus_
G_
Gadd9_Gh
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For INTRO take these chords: For VERSE take these chords:
= 0 0 12 12 12 0 = 0 0 12 12 12 0
Gj7 = 0 0 12 11 10 0 F6 = 0 0 10 10 10 0
= 0 0 10 9 8 0 = 5 5 5 5 5 5
= 0 0 9 7 8 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0
= 0 0 7 5 6 0 = 7 7 7 7 7 7
= 0 0 5 5 5 0 = 7 7 10 7 7 7
= 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 7 7 9 7 7 7
= 0 0 2 0 1 0 = 0 0 2 0 1 0
Gadd9 = 0 0 0 2 0 0
For CHORUS take these chords: For OUTRO take these chords:
G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0 G* = 0 0 5 4 3 0
G = 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gj7 = 0 0 4 0 3 0
= 4 4 4 4 4 4 = 0 0 2 0 1 0
= x 0 9 9 8 x = 0 0 0 0 0 0
= x 0 7 7 7 7 = 0 0 3 2 1 0
= x 0 5 5 5 5 = 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cadd9 = x 0 5 7 5 5 Gh = 12 12 12 12 12 12 (harmonics)
Gj7 = 0 0 4 0 3 0
--
pjoe@charon.muc.de
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