Joe Walsh

This version derived from the live performance on
"You can't argue with a sick mind", 1976
transcribed by Peter Eybert
(Tuning Open G: DGDgbd, low to high)
INTRO:
^//// G12 ^//// Gj7 ^//// G6 ^//// G8 ^//// F6 ^//// Cadd9 ^//// G G6sus G Gadd9 G (2x)
VERSE:
^G Somewhere along the way I found a ^F6 meaning
woke up ^G dreaming along the ^C way ^G . ^D
G Never quite seems the same when you're aw ^F aking
and m ^G aking up for the time you've such a ^C price ^G to ^D pay
and ^D7 then ^D6 they ^D take ^G the ^C dream ^G aw ^D ay, and it ^D7 jus ^D6 t ^D ai ^G n't ^C fa ^G ir ^D , m ^G6sus ama. ^G
CHORUS:
So ^G6sus help me through the ^G night, mama, ^B help me to ease the ^Em pain ^D , ^C
Cadd9 Tell me it's alr ^C ight, ^G6sus help me through the ^Gj7 night, once ag ^G ain.
INTRO:
G Gj7 G6 G F6 Cadd9 G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
VERSE:
And ^G12 that's the danger in pret ^F6 ending,
^G tryin' to defend yourself from ^C someone ^G else's ^D war,
^{D7 D6 D G C G D D7 D6 D G C G D G6sus} you do ^G n't know what they're fighting for, and no they just don't care, no.
CHORUS:
So ^G6sus help me to see the ^G light, mama, ^B open my eyes ag ^Em ain ^{D C
Cadd9} Tell me it's alr ^C ight, ^G6sus help me through the ^Gj7 night, once ^G again.
G12 Gj7 G6 G8 F6 Cadd9 G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
Won't you help me, mama, won't you help me.
OUTRO:
G* Gj7 G6sus G F6 G6sus G G6sus_G_Gadd9_G
G* Gj7 G6sus G F6 G6sus G G6sus_G_Gadd9_Gh
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For INTRO take these chords: For VERSE take these chords:
G12 = 0 0 12 12 12 0 G12 = 0 0 12 12 12 0
Gj7 = 0 0 12 11 10 0 F6 = 0 0 10 10 10 0
G6 = 0 0 10 9 8 0 C = 5 5 5 5 5 5
G8 = 0 0 9 7 8 0 G = 0 0 0 0 0 0
F6 = 0 0 7 5 6 0 D = 7 7 7 7 7 7
Cadd9 = 0 0 5 5 5 0 D7 = 7 7 10 7 7 7
G = 0 0 0 0 0 0 D6 = 7 7 9 7 7 7
G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0 G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0
Gadd9 = 0 0 0 2 0 0
For CHORUS take these chords: For OUTRO take these chords:
G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0 G* = 0 0 5 4 3 0
G = 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gj7 = 0 0 4 0 3 0
B = 4 4 4 4 4 4 G6sus = 0 0 2 0 1 0
Em = x 0 9 9 8 x G = 0 0 0 0 0 0
D = x 0 7 7 7 7 F6 = 0 0 3 2 1 0
C = x 0 5 5 5 5 Gadd9 = 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cadd9 = x 0 5 7 5 5 Gh = 12 12 12 12 12 12 (harmonics)
Gj7 = 0 0 4 0 3 0
^-- pjoe@charon.muc.de