Ukulele: Tegan and Sara – Please Help Me Ukulele Chords & Tab

Ukulele: Tegan and Sara – Please Help Me Ukulele Chords & Tab

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This is the chords of Please Help Me by Tegan.

[Verse 1]
D           A           B5              A
What if I don’t do the things I need?
D                     A           B5                     A
What if I don’t know who I can believe?
D                                         A                               G                             A
What if I become all the horrible things I said that I would never be?
G                               A
Waste my life and then never see
G                                                   A
Take and take, and I never give

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[Refrain]
B5                     A
Oh, please help me
B5                         A
Oh, please help me

[Chorus]
D                     A                     B5
I needed a place to rest my head
G                     A                               D
Needed a place to make my bed
A                                                   B5
Wanted something better than this
G                               A           D
Needed a place to rest my head
G                               A
All the things I’ll never be (I’ll never be)
G                                                   A
Waste my life and never see (I never see)
G                                         A
Take and take, I never give (I never give)
B5                     A           G
All the things I’ll never be

[Verse 2]
D A B5 A
What if I don’t feel like I belong?
D A B5 A
What happens to my head if I go beyond?
D A G A
What if I become all the horrible things I swore that I would never be?
G A
Waste my life, I’m never free
G A
Take and take ’til I’m empty

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[Refrain]
B5 A
Oh, please help me
B5 A
Oh, please help me

[Chorus]
D A B5
I needed a place to rest my head
G A D
Needed a place to make my bed
A B5
Wanted something better than this
G A D
Needed a place to rest my head
G A
All the things I’ll never be (I’ll never be)
G A
Waste my life and never see (I never see)
G A
Take and take, I never give (I never give)
B5 A G
All the things I’ll never be

[Bridge]
D A B5
Who am I to disagree?
D A B5
Who am I to fall apart?
B5 G B5
I lived my life the best I could
B5 G B5
Lived my life the best I could

[Chorus]
D A B5
I needed a place to rest my head
G A D
Needed a place to make my bed
A B5
Wanted something better than this
G A
All the things I’ll never be (I’ll never be)
G A
Waste my life and never see (I never see)
G A
Take and take, I never give (I never give)
B5 A G D
All the things I’ll never be

How to play Please Help Me: key, chords and progression

Please Help Me by Tegan and Sara keeps coming home to A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). You need 4 chords: D, A, B5 and G.

The backbone of the song is A – D – A – B5 (I – IV – I – II in A major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – reh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, E5, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
B5 chord on guitar (x244xx)
B5B F♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

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Please Help Me chords: questions

What key is Please Help Me in?

Please Help Me by Tegan and Sara is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Please Help Me?

Please Help Me uses 4 chords: D, A, B5, G.

What is the chord progression of Please Help Me?

The main progression is A – D – A – B5 (I – IV – I – II).

Is Please Help Me easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, E5, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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