With A Little Help From My Friends: Joe Cocker
#1 in the UK in '68. (From Lennon/McCartney's
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, '67)

(Cocker's version is a lot slower than the Beatles
and isn't exactly the same.)


[Intro]

        (x5)


[Verse 1]

             
What would you

        
 do if I sang 

out of tune,
             
would you stan

            
d up and walk 

       
out on me?
            
Lend me your e

            
ars and I'll s

ing you a song
           
  I will try n

              
ot to sing out

    
 of key.


[Chorus]

             
Oh, I'm gonna 

             
get by with a 

             
little help fr

      
om my friends.
              
I just keep tr

             
ying, high wit

             
h a little hel

          
p from my frie

nds.
              
I wanna get hi

             
gh, high with 

             
a little help 

        
from my friend

s.
             
I just hold on

        
 with my frien

ds.


[Verse 2]

            
What do I do w

       
hen my love is

 away?
             
(Does it worry

          
 you to be alo

ne?) No no
            
  How do I fee

         
l at the end o

f the day?
             
(Are you sad b

              
ecause you're 

      
on your own?) 

I tell, don't 

get sad no mor

e


[Chorus]

             
Oh, I'm gonna 

             
get by with a 

             
little help fr

      
om my friends.
              
I just keep tr

             
ying, high wit

             
h a little hel

          
p from my frie

nds.
              
I wanna get hi

             
gh, high with 

             
a little help 

        
from my friend

s.
             
I just hold on

        
 with my frien

ds.


[Bridge]

             
Do you need an

          
ybody?...I nee

            
d someone to l

ove.
              
Could it be an

           
ybody? All I n

       
eed is someone

,
            
Lord, I need s

             
omeone...I wan

             
t somebody to 


love.


[Chorus]

             
Oh, I'm gonna 

             
get by with a 

             
little help fr

      
om my friends.
              
I just keep tr

             
ying, high wit

             
h a little hel

          
p from my frie

nds.
              
I wanna get hi

             
gh, high with 

             
a little help 

        
from my friend

s.
             
I just hold on

        
 with my frien

ds.


[Verse 3]

            
(Would you bel

          
ieve in a love

 at first sigh

t?)
             
  I'm certain 

            
it happens all

     
 the time.
            
(What do you s

            
ee when you tu

rn out the lig

ht?)
             
I can't tell y

           
ou, but it sur

e feels like m

ine.


[Chorus]

             
Oh, I'm gonna 

             
get by with a 

             
little help fr

      
om my friends.
              
I just keep tr

             
ying, high wit

             
h a little hel

          
p from my frie

nds.
              
I wanna get hi

             
gh, high with 

             
a little help 

        
from my friend

s.
             
I just hold on

        
 with my frien

ds.


[Bridge]

             
Do you need an

          
ybody?...I nee

            
d someone to l

ove.
              
Could it be an

           
ybody? All I n

       
eed is someone

,
            
Lord, I need s

             
omeone...I wan

             
t somebody to 


love.


[Chorus]

             
Oh, I'm gonna 

             
get by with a 

             
little help fr

      
om my friends.
              
I just keep tr

             
ying, high wit

             
h a little hel

          
p from my frie

nds.
              
I wanna get hi

             
gh, high with 

             
a little help 

        
from my friend

s.
             
I just hold on

        
 with my frien

ds.


Repeat progression with ad-lib vocals and fade out



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