Intro:
Amaj7Dmaj7E9 (x2)
Verse 1:
Amaj7Dmaj7
When I walk in your shoes
C#m7E9
I understand a man confused
Amaj7Dmaj7
There must have been but I don't care
C#m7E9
I feel the way your soul does there
Amaj7Dmaj7
Darling they empathise
C#m7E9
Looking through your bloodshot eyes
Amaj7Dmaj7
And I know you you're so frustrated
C#m7E9
Above we all become what we once hated
Bridge 1:
Bm7E7Bm7E7
Be slight nobody can be that wise
Chorus 1:
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you don't
E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
You can only get
Dmaj7E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
So much from someone else
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
Help your-self
Verse 2:
Amaj7Dmaj7
You've got a degree a in philosophy
C#m7E9
So you think you're clever-er than me
Amaj7Dmaj7
But I'm not just some drama queen
C#m7E9
Cos it's where you're at not where you've been
Amaj7Dmaj7
So what do you ex-pect from me
C#m7E9
To hold your head a-bove the sea
Amaj7Dmaj7
And there are you even though you're bigger
C#m7E9
Cos don't you know you crush my tiny figure
Bridge 2:
Bm7E7
And anyway we're still so young
Bm7E7
And this isn't yet the day
Chorus 2:
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you don't
E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
Help your-self
Amaj7
You can only get
Dmaj7E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
So much from someone else
Amaj7
I can't help ya
Dmaj7
If you won't
E9Amaj7Dmaj7E9
Help your-self
Middle 8:
Dmaj7B7
You might be twenty-five but in my mind
Amaj7G#Amaj7F#7
I see you at sixteen years old most of the time
Dmaj7B7
And I'm just a child and you're full grown
Bm7E9
And no I'm nothing like I've ever known
Instrumental:
Amaj7Dmaj7E9
(Repeat to Fade)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.