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#Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:56:58 +0100
#From: Peter Eybert
#Subject: CRD: Help Me Thru The Night by Joe Walsh
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#Help me thru the night
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#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
(Tuning Open G: DGDgbd, low to high)
INTRO:
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G12 Gj7 G6 G8 F6 Cadd9 G G6sus G Gadd9 G (2x)
VERSE:
G F6
Somewhere along the way I found a meaning
G C GD
woke up dreaming along the way.
G F
Never quite seems the same when you're awaking
G C G D
and making up for the time you've such a price to pay
D7 D6 D G C G D D7 D6D G C G D G6suG
and then they take the dream away, and it just ain't fair, mama.
CHORUS:
G6sus G B Em DC
So help me through the night, mama, help me to ease the pain,
Cadd9 C G6sus Gj7 G
Tell me it's alright, help me through the night, once again.
INTRO:
G Gj7 G6 G F6 Cadd9 G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
VERSE:
G12 F6
And that's the danger in pretending,
G C G D
tryin' to defend yourself from someone else's war,
DDDGCGG6sus G
you don't know what they're fighting for, and no they just don't care, no.
CHORUS:
G6sus G B Em C
So help me to see the light, mama, open my eyes again
Cadd9 C G6sus Gj7 G
Tell me it's alright, help me through the night, once again.
G12 Gj7 G6 G8 F6 Cadd9 G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
Won't you help me, mama, won't you help me.
OUTRO:
G* Gj7 G6sus G F6 G6sus G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
G* Gj7 G6sus G F6 G6sus G G6sus_G_Gadd9_Gh
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For INTRO take these chords: For VERSE take these chords:
G12 = 0 0 12 12 12 0 G12 = 0 0 12 12 12 0
Gj7 = 0 0 12 11 10 0 F6 = 0 0 10 10 10 0
G6 = 0 0 10 9 8 0 C = 5 5 5 5 5 5
G8 = 0 0 9 7 8 0 G = 0 0 0 0 0 0
F6 = 0 0 7 5 6 0 D = 7 7 7 7 7 7
Cadd9 = 0 0 5 5 5 0 D7 = 7 7 10 7 7 7
G = 0 0 0 0 0 0 D6 = 7 7 9 7 7 7
G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0 G6sus = 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
B = 4 4 4 4 4 4 G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0
Em = x 0 9 9 8 x G = 0 0 0 0 0 0
D = x 0 7 7 7 7 F6 = 0 0 3 2 1 0
C = x 0 5 5 5 5 Gadd9 = 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
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pjoe@charon.muc.de