Primeira Parte 

C  
I thought I could turn things around 
                                 Em  
And show you something that was new 
F  
But all I got was disappointment 
                     Fm  
I was left without a clue 

C                 G  
But you can never change 
          E               Am  F  
You just keep on being you 

Refrão 

           C               E        Am  
You got to help yourself (Help yourself) 
            C              E        Am  
You got to help yourself (Help yourself) 
           D  Fm    C  
You got to help yourself 

Segunda Parte 

C  
And as the world grows dark beneath the setting sun 
        Em  
I think about you 
F  
And all the plans that we'd begun 
                           Fm  
but never finished seem to turn and run 

C                 G  
But you can never change 
          E               Am  F  
You just keep on being you 

Refrão 

           C               E        Am  
You got to help yourself (help yourself) 
            C              E        Am  
You got to help yourself (help yourself) 
           D  Fm    C  
You got to help yourself 

C                 G  
But you can never change 
          E               Am  F  
You just keep on being you 

Refrão 

           C               E        Am  
You got to help yourself (help yourself) 
            C              E        Am  
You got to help yourself (help yourself) 
           D  Fm    C  
You got to help yourself 

Terceira Parte 

C  
And as the world grows bright beneath the rising sun 
         Em  
I think about you 
F  
And all the things we never did 
                      Fm  
'Cause we forgot we ever wanted to 

C                 G  
But you can never change 
          E               Am  F  
You just keep on being you 

Refrão 

           C               E        Am  
You got to help yourself (help yourself) 
            C              E        Am  
You got to help yourself (help yourself) 
           D  Fm    C  
You got to help yourself