[Intro]

            
Help! I need s

       
omebody       

   
              

  
              

    
              

             
Help not just 

         
anybody


Help I need so

meone 

(Riff: Fret down A string at 9th fret and D string at 7th fret, pick A,D,G.B strings only in order 
(arpeggio) move same shape down three half steps (one fret) at a time to A (very fast) picking same strings
 as you go and start verse at last fret with open A)

[Verse]
( harmony )
             
When I was you

              
nger so much y

              
ounger than   

              
              

   
   today
                                    (When I was younger than)   (I never needed)

           
I never needed

              
 anybody's hel

        (       -     
p in any way
             
But now those 

              
days are gone 

              
and I'm not so

       
 self assured
   (now) (those days are gone)                      (and now I find)
           
Now I find I'v

              
e changed my m

            
ind opened up 

   
the door
                                (opened up the door)

[Chorus]
            
Help me if you

              
 can I'm feeli

          (    
ng down
             
And I do appre

              
ciate your bei

          
ng round

Help me get my

 feet back on 

the ground  (R

iff)
 
Won't you plea

se please help

 me

[Verse 2]
( harmony )
             
And now my lif

              
e has changed 

              
in oh so many 

                 
ways
    (now)  (my life has changed)          (My indedpence)
           
My independenc

              
e seems to've 

        (
vanished in th

       -     
e haze.
                            (vanished in the haze)
             
But now and th

              
en I feel so i

                     
nsecure
(But) (now and then)            (I know that I)
           
I know that I 

              
just need you 

            
like I've neve

   
r done before
                                        (never done before)

[Repeat Chorus/ Repeat 1st verse almost acapella voice with single chord sustains/Repeat Chorus]

[Outro]
             
Help meeee yea

 
h oohhh

you tube video of 1965 Beatles rendition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP6Qki8mWc

John plays open chords except for the Bm C#m and F#m.  Paul plays the single bass notes and rest of bass line.
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Strum pattern is almost D D D U D U D but you can work that out watching vid.