Help Me Thru the Night Joe Walsh
written by Joe Walsh
performed by Joe Walsh (and The Eagles sometimes)
This version derived from the live performance on
"You can't argue with a sick mind", 1976
(Tuning Open G: DGDgbd, low to high)
INTRO:
[////]G12 [////]Gj7 [////]G6 [////]G8 [////]F6 [////]Cadd9 [////]G [/]G6sus [/]G [/]Gadd9 [/]G (2x)
VERSE:
[G]Somewhere along the way I found a [F6]meaning
woke up [G]dreaming along the [C]way[G].[D]
[G]Never quite seems the same when you're aw[F]aking
and m[G]aking up for the time you've such a [C]price [G]to [D]pay
and [D7]then [D6]they [D]take [G]the [C]dream [G]aw[D]ay, and it [D7]jus[D6]t [D]ai[G]n't [C]fa[G]ir[D], m[G6sus]ama.[G]
CHORUS:
So [G6sus]help me through the [G]night, mama, [B]help me to ease the [Em]pain[D],[C]
[Cadd9]Tell me it's alr[C]ight, [G6sus]help me through the [Gj7]night, once ag[G]ain.
INTRO:
G Gj7 G6 G F6 Cadd9 G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
VERSE:
And [G12]that's the danger in pret[F6]ending,
[G]tryin' to defend yourself from [C]someone [G]else's [D]war,
[D7] [D6] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [D7] [D6] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D]
[G6sus]you do[G]n't know what they're fighting for, and no they just don't care, no.
CHORUS:
So [G6sus]help me to see the [G]light, mama, [B]open my eyes ag[Em]ain[D] [C]
[Cadd9]Tell me it's alr[C]ight, [G6sus]help me through the [Gj7]night, once [G]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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