Misc Praise Songs – If I Can Help Somebody (Guitar)

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'If I Can Help Somebody' was composed originally by Alma Hazel Androzzo; a black pianist, songwriter and lyricist in 1945. The song was written for the National Tuberculosis Society. It was a favourite of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [Verse 1]
         C                  F      C
[tab]                  F             D7      G7
If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song

          C                          F      Fm
If I can show somebody, that he's travelling wrong

          C     Am   Dm7    G7  C
Then my living shall not be in vain
[Chorus]
G         C          D7       Dm7
Then My living shall not be in vain

G7       C           D7         G7
Then my living shall not be in vain

         C              E    Am    Dm7
If I can help somebody, as I pass along

         C      Am   D7      G   C
Then my living shall not be in vain
[Verse 2]
G7       C                 F        C
If I can do my duty, as a good man ought

                      F           D7        G7
If I can bring back beauty, to a world up wrought

           C                            F     Fm
If I can spread love's message, as the Master taught

          C     Am   Dm7 G7     C
Then my living shall not be in vain
[Chorus]
G         C          D7       Dm7
Then My living shall not be in vain

G7       C           D7         G7
Then my living shall not be in vain

         C              E    Am    Dm7
If I can help somebody, as I pass along

         C      Am   D7      G   C
Then my living shall not be in vain