Biography:
Aleck "Rice" Miller (December 5, 1899 – May 25, 1965), also known as Sonny Boy Williamson II, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He is not to be confused with the original Sonny Boy Williamson, also a blues musician but of no relation.
Although John Lee Williamson was a major blues star who had already released dozens of successful and widely influential records under the name Sonny Boy Williamson from 1937 onward, Aleck Miller would later claim to have been the first to use the name
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Note: if you like to play rythm only it is mainly Fm Bb Fm Ab a few alternations here and there
if you like to play along a bit with the harmonica follow by rythm just play the tab as it is
[Intro]
Fm Bb Fm Ab x4
C Eb Bb Db
Fm Bb Fm Ab
[Verse 1]
Fm Bb
You got to help me
Fm Ab Fm Ab
I can't do it all by myself
Db
You got to help me, baby
Fm Bb Fm Ab
I can't do it all by myself
C Fm Bb
You know if you don't help me darling
Eb Fm Bb Fm
I'll have to find myself, somebody else
[Verse 2]
Bb Ab Bb
I may have to wash,
Ab
I may have to sew
Bb Fm
I may have to cook,
Ab
I might mop the floor
Bb Db Bb Db Fm Bb Fm
But you help me baby
C Bb
You know if you don't help me darling
Db Fm Bb
I'll find myself somebody else
[Instrumental]
Fm Ab C Ab Fm Bb Fm Bb Ab Bb Db Fm Bb Ab C Bb Fm Bb Ab
[Verse 3]
Fm Db C Ab
When I walk, you walk with me
Fm Ab Fm
When I talk, you talk to me
Bb Db Bb
Oh baby,
Ab Bb Ab
I can't do it all by myself
C Eb
You know if you don't help me darling
Bb Fm Bb
I'll have to find myself, somebody else
Fm
Help me, help me darlin'
[Instrumental 2]
Fm Ab Bb Ab Fm Bb Db Eb Db Fm Bb Ab C Bb Fm Bb Ab
[Verse 4]
Bb Fm
Bring my nightshirt
Ab Fm C Bb Ab
Put on your morning gown
Db Bb
Oh, bring me my nightshirt
Db Fm Ab
Put on your morning gown
C Fm
Darlin' I know we sleep bare
Db Bb
But I just don't feel like lyin' down,
Ab Fm Ab Fm Bb
Oh yeah keep
if you like to play along a bit with the harmonica follow by rythm just play the tab as it is
[Intro]
Fm Bb Fm Ab x4
C Eb Bb Db
Fm Bb Fm Ab
[Verse 1]
Fm Bb
You got to help me
Fm Ab Fm Ab
I can't do it all by myself
Db
You got to help me, baby
Fm Bb Fm Ab
I can't do it all by myself
C Fm Bb
You know if you don't help me darling
Eb Fm Bb Fm
I'll have to find myself, somebody else
[Verse 2]
Bb Ab Bb
I may have to wash,
Ab
I may have to sew
Bb Fm
I may have to cook,
Ab
I might mop the floor
Bb Db Bb Db Fm Bb Fm
But you help me baby
C Bb
You know if you don't help me darling
Db Fm Bb
I'll find myself somebody else
[Instrumental]
Fm Ab C Ab Fm Bb Fm Bb Ab Bb Db Fm Bb Ab C Bb Fm Bb Ab
[Verse 3]
Fm Db C Ab
When I walk, you walk with me
Fm Ab Fm
When I talk, you talk to me
Bb Db Bb
Oh baby,
Ab Bb Ab
I can't do it all by myself
C Eb
You know if you don't help me darling
Bb Fm Bb
I'll have to find myself, somebody else
Fm
Help me, help me darlin'
[Instrumental 2]
Fm Ab Bb Ab Fm Bb Db Eb Db Fm Bb Ab C Bb Fm Bb Ab
[Verse 4]
Bb Fm
Bring my nightshirt
Ab Fm C Bb Ab
Put on your morning gown
Db Bb
Oh, bring me my nightshirt
Db Fm Ab
Put on your morning gown
C Fm
Darlin' I know we sleep bare
Db Bb
But I just don't feel like lyin' down,
Ab Fm Ab Fm Bb
Oh yeah keep
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