Help Yourself Chords
Help Yourself by Amy Winehouse is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords A7+, F#m7, Bm9, E9, E7/b9, D7+, C#m7, F#7/b9, Bm7, E7, C°, E/G# and F#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A7+ F#m7, Bm9 E9
A7+ F#m7, Bm9 E7/b9
Verse 1:
A7+ D7+
When I walk in your shoes,
C#m7 E9
I understand a man confused.
A7+
There must have been,
D7+
But I don't care,
C#m7
I feel the way,
E9
Your soul does there.
A7+ D7+
Darling, they empathise,
C#m7
Looking through,
E9
Your bloodshot eyes.
A7+
And I know you;
D7+
You're so frustrated,
C#m7
Above we all become,
F#7/b9
What we once hated.
Bridge 1:
Bm7 E7
Be-sides, nobody,
Bm7 E7
Can be that wise.
A7+ F#m7
I can't help you,
Bm9
If you won't,
E9 A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E9
Help your-self.
A7+ F#m7
I can't help you,
Bm9
If you won't,
E9 A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E9
Help your-self.
A7+ F#m7
You can only get,
Bm9 E9
So much from,
A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E9
Someone else.
A7+ F#m7
I can't help you,
Bm9
If you won't,
E9 A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E7/b9
Help your-self.
Verse 2:
A7+
You've got a degree,
D7+
A-in philosophy,
C#m7
So you think,
E9
You're clever-er than me.
A7+
But I'm not just,
D7+
Some drama queen,
C#m7
'Cos it's where you're at,
E9
Not where you've been.
A7+
So what do you,
D7+
Ex-pect from me,
C#m7
To hold your head,
E9
A-bove the sea?
A7+
And carry you,
D7+
Even though you're bigger,
C#m7
'Cos don't you know,
F#7/b9
You crush my tiny figure?
Bridge 2:
Bm7
And anyway,
E7
We're still so young,
Bm7 E7
And this isn't yesterday.
A7+ F#m7
I can't help you,
Bm9
If you won't,
E9 A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E9
Help your-self.
A7+ F#m7
I can't help you,
Bm9
If you won't,
E9 A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E9
Help your-self.
A7+ F#m7
You can only get,
Bm9 E9
So much from,
A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E9
Someone else.
A7+ F#m7
I can't help you,
Bm9
If you won't,
E9 A7+ F#m7 Bm9 E7/b9
Help your-self.
Break:
D7+
You might be twenty five,
C°
But in my mind,
A7+ E/G#
I see you as sixteen years old,
F#7
Most of the time.
D7+
And I'm just a child,
C°
And you're full grown,
Bm7
And you are like nothing,
E9
I've ever known.
Outro:
A7+ F#m7, Bm9 E9
A7+ F#m7, Bm9 E7/b9
(Repeat to Fade)