Make It By Yourself chords by Bread

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Make It By Yourself
By Bread

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Intro:
Ab Ab Fm Db Ab
Ab Ab Fm Db Ab

Verse 1:
Ab       Eb        Fm        Db          Ab  Eb Fm Db Ab
You say you're down and out and need some help to get you through each day
Ab       Eb         Fm        Db       Ab   Eb Fm Db Ab
Well, here's a thought or two I've used and like to pass them on your way
Db      Ab        Bbm7                Eb  Eb Ab Eb
I found them lying there, the answers that you say you're looking for
Ab      Eb        Fm         Db      Ab
Make what you will of them and you can change the way it was before

Chorus:
      Eb Db      Ab
You got to ma-ake it by yourself
Eb      Db       Ab
You know you got to make it by yourself
       Fm               Bb
I'll be your friend and I'll lend a helping hand
        Db              Ab  Ab Ab Fm Db Ab
But you got to try and help yourself before I can

Verse 2:
Ab     Eb       Fm       Db       Ab   Eb Fm Db Ab
I hear you talk of all the happiness and emptiness you've known
Ab       Eb     Fm       Db      Ab   Eb Fm Db
Well, let me reassure you, never were you really all a-lone
Db     Ab     Bbm7           Eb  Db C Eb
They say in quiet desperation many people cannot see
Ab     Eb       Fm          Db      Ab
They cannot see the simple truth that's not the way it has to be

Chorus:
      Eb Db      Ab
You got to fi-ind it by yourself
Eb      Db        Ab
God helps the man who helps himself, amen
     Fm               Bb
I am your friend and I'll lend a helping hand
        Db              Ab  Ab Ab Fm Db
But you got to try and help yourself before I can

Bridge:
Dbmaj7                   Cm7     Cm
    We got to help (we got to help) each other (each other)
Db                           Cm  Bbm7 Db
  You got to help (you to help) your brother when you can
     Eb
When you can

Verse 3:
Ab      Eb        Fm         Db        Ab  Eb Fm Db Ab
Now don't you think that I was preaching, I'm just reaching out for you
Ab        Eb      Fm      Db        Ab   Eb Fm Db
'Cause that's the only way that I know how to get the message through
Db      Ab        Bbm7              Eb  Db C Eb
Then you, in turn, have got to learn and teach it to somebody who
Ab      Eb    Fm    Db       Ab
Who felt the happiness, the emptiness the same as you

Chorus:
      Eb Db      Ab
You got to ma-ake it by yourself
Eb      Db       Ab
You know you got to make it by yourself
       Fm               Bb
I'll be your friend and I'll lend a helping hand
        Db              Ab  Ab Ab Fm Fm Db Db Ab
But you got to try and help yourself before I can          (hold)