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
[G] [D] [A] (x5)
Verse 1
[A] [E] [Bm]
What would you do if I sang out of tune,
[E] [E7] [A]
would you stand up and walk out on me?
[A] [E] [Bm]
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
[E] [E7] [A]
I will try not to sing out of key.
Chorus
[A] [G] [D] [A]
Oh, I'm gonna get by with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just keep trying, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I wanna get high, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just hold on with my friends.
Verse 2
[A] [E] [Bm]
What do I do when my love is away?
[E] [E7] [A]
(Does it worry you to be alone?) No no
[A] [E] [Bm]
How do I feel at the end of the day?
[E] [E7] [A]
(Are you sad because you're on your own?) I tell, don't get sad no more
Chorus
[A] [G] [D] [A]
Oh, I'm gonna get by with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just keep trying, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I wanna get high, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just hold on with my friends.
Bridge
[A] [F#m] [A] [G] [A]
Do you need anybody?...I need someone to love.
[F#m] [E]
Could it be anybody? All I need is someone,
[E7] [G] [D] [A]
Lord, I need someone...I want somebody to love.
Chorus
[A] [G] [D] [A]
Oh, I'm gonna get by with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just keep trying, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I wanna get high, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just hold on with my friends.
Verse 3
[A] [E] [Bm]
(Would you believe in a love at first sight?)
[E] [E7] [A]
I'm certain it happens all the time.
[A] [E] [Bm]
(What do you see when you turn out the light?)
[E] [E7] [A]
I can't tell you, but it sure feels like mine.
Chorus
[A] [G] [D] [A]
Oh, I'm gonna get by with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just keep trying, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I wanna get high, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just hold on with my friends.
Bridge
[A] [F#m] [A] [G] [A]
Do you need anybody?...I need someone to love.
[F#m] [E]
Could it be anybody? All I need is someone,
[E7] [G] [D] [A]
Lord, I need someone...I want somebody to love.
Chorus
[A] [G] [D] [A]
Oh, I'm gonna get by with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just keep trying, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I wanna get high, high with a little help from my friends.
[G] [D] [A]
I just hold on with my friends.
Repeat progression with ad-lib vocals and fade out
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
