I Can't Help Myself Chords
by Van Zant
I Can't Help Myself by Van Zant is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Cadd9 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
I've been lost in the darkness for so long I can't see the light
G
I've been strung out, burned out, left out and hung out to dry
C D
So I say to myself, that I wanna get better
C D
Hidin' from the truth, I can't last forever
G
Jesus help me
C Cadd9 Em D
Obviously, I can't help myself
D C
I've got nobody else
G
Send me an Angel
C Cadd9
Someone to strangle
Em
That ol' Demon
D C D
That's haunting me there on the shelf
D G
I can't help myself
C G
My excuses are so old and tired, hell I forgot 'em
C G
I keep fallin' and crawlin' and drownin' down here on the bottom
Em D
Yeah I pushed back my brothers said goodbye to my friends
C D
When you get in this deep the hell never ends
Refrão:
G
Jesus help me
C Cadd9 Em D
Obviously, I can't help myself
D C
I've got nobody else
G
Send me an Angel
C Cadd9
Someone to strangle
Em
That ol' demon
D C D
That's haunting me there on the shelf
D G
I can't help myself
C G
Give me a reason to live; and show me a sign
C G
I'm on the edge; goin' out of my mind
Em D C D
I'm down on my knees; I'm beggin' you please make me somebody else
D G
I can't help myself
C G
I need something stronger; pour it all over me
Refrão:
G
Send me an Angel
C Cadd9
Someone to strangle
Em D
That ol' demon
D C D
'Cause you know that I never will
D G
I can't help myself
Lord, I can't help myself