[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