Help Me Make It Through The Night written by Kris Kristofferson 3/23/06 CAPO III INTRO (start off in a jazzy-bluesy waltz): A7 D D/B Take the ribbon from your hair D7 G G/E Shake it lose and let it fall A7 Lyin' soft against your skin D Like the shadows on the wall N/C (Hold it, hold it, I say hold it, son! That ain't movin' me! Let's put a little fire in it!) (three gunshots) (shift into an upbeat bluegrass shuffle) DA7/ D Take the ribbon from your hair (ripping sound) (Yeeeoooowww!) D7 G Shake it lose and let it fall (thud, breaking glass) A7 Lyin' soft against your skin (slap) (ooh ooh ooh ooh!) D Like the shadows on the wall N/C D Come and lay here by my side (tree falling) (Timber!) D7 G G/E 'Til the early mornin' light (cock-a-doodle-doo!) (gunshot) (ohhh!) A7 All I'm takin' is your time (ticking clock) (cookoo!) D A7 D Help me make it through the night (help me help me! ohhhhhhh!) G I don't know what's right or wrong (Order in the court!) (I'll have a cheeseburger!) D I don't try to understand (ibbity-ibbity-ibbity that's easy for you to say!) E7 Let that devil take tomorrow (mad cackling) A7 'Cause tonight I need a friend (drinking sounds, belch) N/C D D7 Yesterday is dead and gone (Ashes to ashes) G G/E And tomorrow's out of sight (far out dude) A7 And it's sad to be alone (oh I can't stand it! Ohhhh!) D A7 D Help me make it through the night (sirens) A7 Yes it's sad to be alone (Yes I can't stand it I can't stand it ohhh!) N/C (gunshot, thud) (shift back to jazzy waltz) G D7 Help me make it through the night N/C (drinking sounds, belch, whistle) (Hold it!) (Ohhh! Ohhh!) (Gunshot, breaking glass, thud) (Well now I say, I say that's more like it!)