Dave Matthews Band – Help Myself (Guitar)

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[Intro] E(X7) B E [Verse 1]
G  A      B
A hungry boy

G     A           B       C
In a town of one hundred more

G         A           C
 The food is out the door

G        A       B            D      G
Make me want to help myself, help myself

   A     C
A river red

G        A        B           C
Pouring from the side of his head

G         A           C     B
A bullet through the brain

G         A    B
Make him feel different today
[Chorus 1]
A      E            A   E
Oh colder grow the days

A         E                    A B
 Oh much faster pass the years by

C        G  A B   C G A   B C
'Til we die

G           A      B
A treasure not my own

   G        A          B         D
I take it, took it, nobody will notice

G          A        B   C
Well that suits me well

G    A                    B        C       G  A B C       G   A B D
Big house, big yard, help myself, help myself,    help myself
[Verse 2]
G      A          C
Every once in a while

    G        A             B
To help the helpless comes into style

G    A           B   G
The mercy mercy mile

   A       Bm              G   A B  C      G   A B
1-800-help-myself, help myself     help myself
[Chorus 1]
A        E            A   E
 Oh, colder grow the days

A            E                 A  E
Oh, much faster pass the years by

A       E            A   E
Oh, colder grow the days

A            E                 A  B
Oh, much faster pass the years by

 C       G  A C  G A  C
'Til we die           ah
[Verse 3]
A                    F#m               G
Summer's here we're dancing in the daisies

A       G         F#m       Em      Em
Summer rain burns holes in flowers

Em         Bm   G A
Dangerous hours

Bm
Dangerous hours

           E
Dangerous hours
[Solo] C Bm G A N.C G Am Am G Am Bm A G Am B [Chorus 2]
G      A
Every now and then

G    A         B
 TV preachers tell of heaven

G           A     B       C
Redemption for a penny a soul

G  A            C              G   A B
1-800 help yourself, help yourself

          G   Am B  A
Help yourself       ah
[Outro]
A                   F#m                G
Summer's here we're swimming in the river

A        G        F#m
 Summer rain come down come down

      G               A
Come down come down, yeh

A                    F#m            G      A
Summer's here we're dancing in the daisies

A                 F#m          Em  Em
Summer rain burns holes in flowers

Em
Dangerous hours

Em  B      E    E
Dangerous hours

E   B        Em  Em  Em A F
Dangerous hours