Can You Help Me Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays673

Can You Help Me by Abbey Glover is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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verse 1 
       Em                                      C 
Doctor, do you have something for an aching heart? 
                                          Em 
Do you have anything to stop me falling apart? 
                  C 
Stop me falling apart 
       Em 
Can you prescribe me with something stronger than last time 
C                                  Em 
Maybe someone that I can call mine? 
            D 
'Cause I'm tired of feeling lonesome all the time 
D 
I'm tired of feeling lonesome all the time 

C 
Can you give me something that will last? 
Em                                  D 
Make my heartbeat real, real, real fast, real, real fast 
C 
People trying to bring me down 
Em                                      D 
When I'm already two feet under the ground 
D 
Two feet under the ground 
                        C 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        Em 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        D 
Doctor can you help me out, out? 

verse 2 
       Em                                        C 
Can you give me something to make me less empathetic 
C 
To people who truly don't deserve it 
Em 
Maybe something to make me more aware 
     C 
When someone's spending time with me 
C 
But doesn't want me there 

C 
Can you give me something that will last? 
Em                                  D 
Make my heartbeat real, real, real fast, real, real fast 
C 
People trying to bring me down 
Em                                      D 
When I'm already two feet under the ground 
D 
Two feet under the ground 
                        C 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        Em 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        D 
Doctor can you help me out, out? 

Bridge 
         C 
I'll take two smile syrups 
C                       
One bottle of heart repair 
Em 
Three affection tablets 
                         G     D 
And something that will care 
         C 
I'll take two smile syrups 
C                       
One bottle of heart repair 
Em 
Three affection tablets 
                         G 
And something that will care 
        D 
And a whole big tub of don't let me downs if you have any to spare 
D 
If you have any to spare 

C 
Can you give me something that will last? 
Em                                  D 
Make my heartbeat real, real, real fast, real, real fast 
C 
People trying to bring me down 
Em                                      D 
When I'm already two feet under the ground 
D 
Two feet under the ground 
                        C 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        Em 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        D 
Doctor can you help me out, out? 
                 C 
Can you help me out? 
                        Em 
Doctor can you help me out? 
                        D   G 
Doctor can you help me out? 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante