| C | F | G | |
| Somebody | help me, | yeah |
| C | F | G | |
| Somebody | help me | now |
| C | Bb | |
| Won't somebody | tell me |
| F | G | F | |
| What | I've done | wrong |
| C | Bb | C | |
| When I was | just a little | boy |
| Bb | |
| of seven | teen |
| C | Bb | |
| I had a | girl |
| F | G | F | |
| She | was my | queen |
| C | Bb | C | |
| She didn't | love me like I loved | her |
| Bb | |
| Now I | know |
| C | Bb | |
| Now I'm so | lonesome |
| F | G | F | |
| On my | own |
| C | F | G | |
| Somebody | help me, | yeah |
| C | F | G | |
| Somebody | help me | now |
| C | Bb | |
| Won't somebody | tell me |
| F | G | |
| What | I've done | wrong |
| F | G | C | |
| I need | someone in my | life |
| F | Bb | |
| I need a | girl to hold me | tight |
| F | |
| Someone who can | make me feel |
| G | |
| Make me | feel all right |
| CHORUS |
| C | F | G | |
| Somebody | help me, | yeah |
| Somebody help me now |
| Somebody help me, yeah |
| Somebody help me now |
| Somebody help me, yeah |
| Somebody help me now |