Help Me

by Carreras / Farver / Ward recording of 1967 from Stand Back! Here Comes Charlie Musselwhite's Southside Band (Vanguard VMD-79232 ) You gotta help me, baby I can't do it by myself You gotta help me, woman I can't do it by myself If you don't help me mama, I got to find somebody else I might wash, I might have to sew, I might cook, I might mop the floor But baby, I can't do it by myself If you don't help me mama, I got to find somebody else Bring me my nightshirt baby, put on your mornin' gown Bring me my nightshirt baby, put on your mornin' gown I don't feel like sleepin', baby I wanna lay down You gotta help me, baby I can't do it by myself You gotta help me, woman I can't do it by myself If you don't help me mama, I got to find somebody else

 

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Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature Riffs