Help Me (full)
by Sonny Boy Williamson II · posted by ajones
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
This should be played tongue blocked as much as possible.
Numbers in square brackets [123] means play all holes at once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKy0pcnJocw
-3 4 -4 4 3
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
3 4 -4 -3 3 3
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
-5 -4 4 -4 -4 4 3 3 -3 4 -3 3
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]You got to help me.
-[123] -[123]
I can't do it all by myself
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
You got to help me, baby.
[123] [123] [123]
I can't do it all by myself
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
You know if you don't help me darling
3 2 -1
I'll have to find myself somebody else
3 3 3 2 -1 -1 -1
I may have to wash.
-[123] -[123]
I may have to sew.
I may have to cook.
I might mop the floor
But you help me babe.
-[123] -[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
You know if you don't help me darling
3 2 -1 -1
Ill find myself somebody else
3 3 2 -1 -1 -1
-[34]shake -5 5 -4 4
-[34]shake -5 -4 4 -4 4 3
-4 4 -3 3 -3 4 4 -3 3 -3
-4 4 -3 3 -3 4 4 -3 4 -4 -4 4 -3
-[123] -[123]
-5 -4 4 -4 -5 -4 -5 -4 4 3 -[123] -[123]
-3 4 -3 4 -3 4 -3 4 -3 4 -3 3 3
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
When I walk,
-[123] -[123]
you walk with me
-[123] -[123]
When I talk,
-[123] -[123]
you talk to me
Oh baby...
[123] [123] [123]
I can't do it all by myself
-[123] -[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
You know if you don't help me darling
I'll have to find myself somebody else
3 3 3 3 3 2 -1 -1 -1
Help me, help me darlin
-[34]shake -[123] -[123] -[123]
-[34]shake -5 -4 4 -4 4 3
-3 4 -4 -3 4 -4 -3 4 -4 -3 4 -4 -3 4 -4 -3 4 -4 -3 4 -4 -3 3 3
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
-5 -4 4 -4 -5 -4 -5 -4 4 3 -[123] -[123]
-3 4 -3 4 -3 4 -3 4 -3 4 -3 3 3
-[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
Bring my nightshirt.
-[123] -[123]
Put on your morning gown
-[123] -[123]
Bring my nightshirt.
[123]
Put on your morning gown
-[123] -[123] -[123]
-[123] -[123]
Darlin I know we stripped bare
3 2 -1
But I don't feel like lying down
-[123] -[123]