Help Me Make It Through the Night
Words by Kris Kristofferson (with Rita Coolidge). Willie Nelson
Sung by Kris Kristofferson, Sammi Smith, Joan Baez, Eddie Arnold, Gladys Knight, Englebert Humperdinck, Bobby Darin
Charlie Pride, Freddie Fender, Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Elvis Presley, Faith Hill, Martina McBride 

Midi 1(Eb111)    Midi 2(G70)    Midi 3(Eb111)
 Midi 4(G165)*harp		  

 
Midi 5(D74 )     Midi 6(D70)     Midi 7(C100)
Sammi Smith (1943 - 2005)
For diatonic harmonica
See YouTube videos below
 Hilarious videos
Tabbed by Mark Purintun

                 

I can help you make it through the night...


 RR  -5   -6 r    -7 -6 r  6   -6    4 --->  RRRR 
|   Take the   | ribbon  from your hair |   |     |
 R r   -5  -6 r    -7   -6 r -6  6  -5 --->   RRRR
|    Shake it  | loose and  let it fall. |   |     |
 R r 6 -6 r    -7  -6 6 -7     5    RRRR 
|   Layin'  | soft upon my | skin, |     |
 R r -7   -7    -6 6   -5  5   -5 --->  RRRR
|   Like the | shadows on the wall. |  |     |

 RR -5   -6    -7  -6   6 -6   4 -->   RRRR
|  Come and | lay down by my side |   |     |
R r -5   -6    -7-6  -6  6    -5 --->    RRRR
|  Till the | early mornin' light. |   |      |
 R r 6   -6   -7 r -6   6  -7      5 --->  RRRR 
|   All I'm | tak  in' is your | time. |  |     |
 R r -7  -7    -6  6     -5    5   -5 ----->   RRRR
|   Help me | make it through the night. |    |     |

 RR -5  -5 r   -8    -8   -8#   8   -9 ---->    RRRR
|   I don't | care who's right or wrong, |     |     |
 R r -8 -9     9   -9 -9 -9 -8     7 ----> RRR     
|   'n' I | won't try to under | stand. |      |  
 R r -8  8    -9 -9  -9  -8 -9  R  -8---> RR 
|   Let the | devil take tomor |  row, |     |
 RR -8 r -8     -9 -8  -8 -7    7 ----> ----> 
|  Lord, to | night I need a friend. |   |    |

 RR -5 -6    -7 -6   6   -6   4 ---->   RRRR
|  Yester | day is dead and gone. |    |     |
 R r -5  6    -7 -6    -6  6  -5 ----->   RRRR
|   And to | morrow's out of sight. |    |     |
 R r 6   -6     -7 -6  6 -7    5 --->    RRRR
|   And it's | sad to be a | lone. |   |      |
 R r -7  -7    -6  6     -5    5   -5 ----->   RRRR
|   Help me | make it through the night. |    |     |


small instrumental here

 RR -5  -5 r   -8    -8   -8#   8   -9 ---->    RRRR
|   I don't | care who's right or wrong, |     |     |
 R r -8 -9     9   -9 -9 -9 -8     7 ----> RRR     
|   'n' I | won't try to under | stand. |      |  
 R r -8  8    -9 -9  -9  -8 -9  R  -8---> RR 
|   Let the | devil take tomor |  row, |     |
 RR -8 r -8     -9 -8  -8 -7    7 ----> ----> 
|  Lord, to | night I need a friend. |   |    |
 

 RR -5 -6    -7 -6   6   -6   4 ---->   RRRR
|  Yester | day is dead and gone. |    |     |
 R r -5  6    -7 -6    -6  6  -5 ----->   RRRR
|   And to | morrow's out of sight. |    |     |
 R r 6   -6     -7 -6  6 -7    5 --->    RRRR
|   And it's | sad to be a | lone. |   |      |
 R r -7  -7    -6  6     -5    5   -5 ----->   RRRR
|   Help me | make it through the night. |    |     |

 
 R r6   -6     -7 r-6  6 -7    5 ---->  RRRR 
|   I don't | want to be a | lone. |   |     |
 R r -7  -7 r   -6  6     -5    5   -5 ----->
|   Help me  | make it through the night. |   |

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Kris Kristofferson                                                                    Kris with Rita Coolidge (live)
   
Elvis Presley                                                                         Johnny Cash and June Carter

 

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