My Baby Help Me
Jim Mohr Intro: F# D A E F# D A E E Well I got to wake up baby, rise and shine, I got to be to work by a quarter of nine A E My buddy's out waitin' and he's honking his horn, my tie's to tight and my pants are torn F# B Hot cup of coffee runnin' down my shirt, it's so cold outside, I can't tell if it hurts E This life I'm livin' I get carried away, seem to only make it day by day A Nah, I ain't got no money, I never had and I never will E But I got my old guitar up against the window sill F# And if I had to thank the Lord for one thing most of all B I'd thank him for my baby oh so lean and tall E C D E 'Cause she help me (help me) help me (help me) make it through the night E C D E My baby help me (help me) help me (help me) make it through the night Instrumental: F# D A E F# D A E E I got a PHD in business that I'll probably never use I spend my nights out drinkin' and singin' the blues A Nah, I don't blame society, it's really not their fault E But some of all the things I hear, I take with a grain of salt F# Through 37 years of life, no I ain't never seen B A woman like the one I've got and she's a living dream E And she's got a lot of reasons for telling me goodbye E7 If I ain't home by 2 o'clock, no she don't ask me why A She just tells me in the morning how much she really cares E She says she's mine in the note I find at the top of the stairs F# And you think that makes me happy, you can take that to the bank B She's the woman in my songs, yea and I've got her to thank E C D E 'Cause she help me (help me) help me (help me) make it through the night E C D E My baby help me (help me) help me (help me) make it through the night E C D C E My baby help me (help me) help me (help me) make it through the night outro: F# D A E F# D A E |