How Can I Help You chords by Patty Loveless

HOW CAN I HELP YOU SAY GOODBYE
(by Burton Banks Collins & Karen Good Taylor)
(performed by Patty Loveless)
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[Each chord is half a measure, except two measures joined by a hyphen
 (e.g., "C - C/E") are a half measure _total_.]

Am7  G/B  C  C   Am7  G/B  C  C
[intro]

D                  G            F   F
Through the back window ...
  C                       C             Gsus      G
I watched my best ...
D         G           F          F
I kept on waving till I ...
    C                  C           F  -   G        C
And through my tears I asked ...
F              F        Gsus           G
Mama whispered softly, time ...
F               F               Gsus          G
Life's about changing, ...

              C          C          G        C
And she said, how can I ...
     C        C             Gsus     G
It's okay to hurt, ...
F           G             C - C/E   F   F
Come let me hold ...
C/G       Am7      Gsus   G
How can I help you         ...

Am7(4)  G/B  C  C    Am7(4)  G/B  C  C
[instrumental]

I sat on our bed, he packed his ...

And she said, how can I help you ...
Am7(4)  G/B   C   C    Am7(4)  G/B   C   C
[instrumental; lots of strings]
Am7    G/B    F - G/F    F    F - G/F    F
[instrumental; strings]
Gsus   Gsus   G   G
[instrumental; strings and an acoustic guitar riff]

Sitting with Mama, alone in her ...

And she said, how can I help you ....

Am7(4)  G/B  C  C
[instrumental; play 4 times and end on C.]