You Helped Me When The World Let Me Down Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays386

You Helped Me When The World Let Me Down by Jerry Lee Lewis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
C                             F 
Taking in consideration honey all that we've been through 
                  C                                   G7 
A thousand gossip coated tongues can't stop my loving you 
    C                          F 
You broke the chains of misery that had me tightly bound 
                  C           G7           C 
Yes you helped me up when the world let me down 

    G7                           F                       C 
You helped me up and stood by me everywhere our luck was down 
   F             C                   A7             G7 
My party friends from the party days no longer were around 
    C                        F 
You saw in me a quality that no one else has found 
                  C           G7           C 
Yes you helped me up when the world let me down 

    G7                           F                       C 
You helped me up and stood by me everywhere our luck was down 
F                     C          A7                       G7 
Through your eyes you saw a king and the world saw only a clown yes they did 
C                               F 
My problems all were solved the day your sweet love Jerry found 
                  C           G7           C 
Yes you helped me up when the world let me down 

F             C           G7           C 
You helped me up when the world let me down  that's right baby 
    	

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