Help The Poor Chords & Tabs

by B.B. King

[Version Description]
Added the chords for the two solos and made a few corrections.
Strumming Patterns:
Whole Song:
BPM: 107
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 201, 101, 203, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
Dm                      A7
Dm     Gm    Dm   A7    Dm

[Verse 1]
Dm                                    
Help the poor,  won’t you help poor me
                                     A7         
I need help from you baby, I need it desperately
Dm                                       
Ohh, I need you so much, I need your care
Gm                                     
Need all the loving baby, you can spare
Dm             A7                       Dm     
Help the Poor, Ohh, baby won’t you help poor me

[Verse 2]
Dm                                 
Say you will, Say you’ll help me on
                                        A7   
I can’t make it no longer in this world alone
Dm                                    
Baby I’m begging with tears in my eyes
         Gm                     
For your love, don’t you realize
Dm           A7              Dm 
I need help, baby, help poor me.

[Bridge]
Gm                    
You are my inspiration
                         Dm  
Baby, you make me feel a king
           Gm                     
But if you don’t come to my rescue
        A7                 
I couldn’t ever be anything

[Verse 3]
Dm                                    
Help the poor,  Won’t you help poor me
                                          A7  
Have a heart won’t you baby, listen to my plea
Dm                                       
Ohhh, I lost my courage, till I found you
Gm                                            
You got what it takes baby, To pull me through
Dm              A7                       Dm     
Help the poor, Ohhh baby, won’t you help poor me

[Lead Solo 1]
Dm
A7  Dm  Gm  Dm
Gm                    
You are my inspiration
Dm                           
Baby, you make me feel a king
Gm                                
But if you don’t come to my rescue
A7                         
I couldn’t ever be anything

[Verse 4]
Dm                                    
Help the poor,  Won’t you help poor me
                                          A7  
Have a heart won’t you baby, listen to my plea
Dm                                       
Ohhh, I lost my courage, till I found you
Gm                                            
You got what it takes baby, To pull me through
Dm              A7                       Dm     
Help the poor, Ohhh baby, won’t you help poor me

[Lead Solo 2]
Dm
A7 Gm   Dm  A7  Dm
Dm