Help Yourself Chords & Tabs
Dm A7 Dm G5 A7
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Dm A7
Even the devil was an angel 'fore he tried to rush the throne
Dm G5 A7
Lord, they threw him in hell there all alone
Dm A7
Now he builds a castle out of the sinner's bones
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
You'd be angry too, if you could never go home
A7 Dm
Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 Dm
I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
A7 Dm
A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
G5 A7 Dm A7
Well I say, the good lord helps those that help themselves
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
So help yourselves now
Dm A7
Old man Nicodemus could not hear his heart bleed
Dm G5 A7
He saw that Jesus had some tricks up his sleeve
Dm A7
He said "Oh man Jesus I can't do things your way
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
But I see you work for somebody big, so I'm backin' your play."
Dm A7
Old man Nicodemus, his pockets they were deep
Dm G5 A7
And on the day that they decided to put Jesus to sleep
Dm A7
Jesus could not care for money now or any such thing
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
Old Nicodemus paid to have Jesus just buried like a king.
A7 Dm
Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 Dm
I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
A7 Dm
A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
G5 A7 Dm A7
Well I say, the good lord helps those that help themselves
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
So help yourselves now
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Dm A7
Our father art in heaven hallowed be thy name
Dm G5 A7
Told Noah build a boat, on the driest of days
Dm A7
And everybody in the neighborhood thought old Noah was insane
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
I guess when the waters receded now the truth was plain
A7 Dm
Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 Dm
I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
A7 Dm
A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
G5 A7 Dm A7
Well I say, the good lord helps those that help themselves
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
So help yourselves now
Dm A7
Moses was a great man, parted the waters of the red sea
Dm G5 A7
Down the road to Egypt he made sure the slaves were free
Dm A7
Well he could speak to god, so they say, yes indeed
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
Well the noise of his voice woulda made our poor ears bleed
Dm A7
Moses he had an army I tell ya all his own
Dm G5 A7
They stood in circles outside his very home
Dm A7
And when the Pharaohs got to killin' they left ol' Moses alone
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
But the Romans drove those nails through Jesus' bones
A7 Dm
Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son
A7 Dm
I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
A7 Dm
A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
G5 A7 Dm A7
Well I say, the good lord helps those that help themselves
Dm A7 Dm A7 Dm
So help yourselves now
Dm A7 Dm G5 A7
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