Help Lennon/McCartney Tabbed by Marc Hertzberg (hertzberg@cornmuffin.com) of HELP! (cornmuffin.com/help) Intro: Bm G Help! I need somebody Help! not just anybody E7 A (see riff) Help! You know i need someone HELP! First verse: A C#m When I was young oh so much younger than today F#m D(*) G A I never needed anybody's help in any way C#m But now these day have gone and I'm not so self assured F#m D G A And now I find I need you like I've never done before Chorus: Bm Help me if you can I'm feeling down G And I do appreciate your being 'round E7 Help me get my feet back on the ground (riff) A Won't you please please help me? Second Verse: And now my life has changed in oh so many ways My independence seems to vanish in the haze But every now and then I feel so insecure And now I find I need you like I've never done before Repeat Chorus: Repeat first verse: Repeat Chorus until last line, then: (riff) F#m Won't you please please help me A A6 Help me Help me. Oohm. Help! signature riff: E ------------------------------------ B --------0-------0-------0-------0--- G ------0-------0-------0-------0----- D ----5-------4-------3-------2------- A --7-------6-------5-------4--------- E ------------------------------------ (*) Magic Beatlesque D chord voicing. Note this is a barred C chord form... commonly used by George. The way I hit this is to think barred Bm7 chord and then hit the note on the A string with the pinky. If I try to think barred C chord, I can't do it. ;^) E ---2--- B ---3--- G ---2--- D ---4--- A ---5--- E ---2--- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five