Tom: B
Intro 2x: Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Verse 1:
Amaj7 Dmaj7
When I walk in your shoes
C#m7 E9
I understand a man confused
Amaj7 Dmaj7
There must have been but I don't care
C#m7 E9
I feel the way your shoulders flex
Amaj7 Dmaj7
Darling they emphasize
C#m7 E9
Looking through your bloodshot eyes
Amaj7 Dmaj7
And I know you you're so frustrated
C#m7 E9
But we all become what we once hated
Bridge 1:
Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7
Be-side nobody can be that wise
Chorus 1:
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you don't
E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
You can only get
Dmaj7 E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
So much from someone else
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Help your-self
Verse 2:
Amaj7 Dmaj7
You've got a degree in philosophy
C#m7 E9
So you think you're clever-er than me (so smart)
Amaj7 Dmaj7
But I'm not just some drama queen
C#m7 E9
Cos it's where you're at not where you've been
Amaj7 Dmaj7
So what do you ex-pect from me
C#m7 E9
To hold your head a-bove the sea (keep you high and dry)
Amaj7 Dmaj7
And care of you even though you're bigger
C#m7 E9
Cos don't you know you crush my tiny figure
Bridge 2:
Bm7 E7
And anyway we're still so young (I'm so young)
Bm7 E7
And this isn't yesterday
Chorus 2:
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you don't
E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
You can only get
Dmaj7 E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
So much from someone else
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9
Help your-self
Middle 8:
Dmaj7 B7
You might be twenty-five but in my mind
Amaj7 Ab Amaj7 F#7
I see you at sixteen years almost the time
Dmaj7 B7
And I'm just a child and you're full grown
Bm7 E9
And there's nothing like I've ever known
Instrumental: ( Amaj7 Dmaj7 E9 )
(Repeat to Fade)
