Help Me by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Name: Help Me
Description: Learn the guitar tab for 'Help Me' by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers with accurate tablature, lyrics, and easy-to-follow guitar charts.

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Key: Fm

🎸 Intro: 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|

🎸 Verse:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|
  You gotta help me baby I can't do it all by myself
  You gotta help me baby I can't do it all by myself

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
                     You know if you don't help me darling
                     I'll have to find myself somebody else

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|
   I may have to wash  I may have to sew I might have to cook
   I might mop the floor but you help me darling 
   I can't do it all by myself

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
                       You know if you don't help me baby 
                       I'll have to find somebody else

🎸 Interlude: 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|

🎸 Verse:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|
  And when I walk, you walk with me
  And when I talk, you talk to me
  Oh baby, I can't do it all by myself

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
  You know if you don't help me darling 
  I'll have to find somebody else

🎸 Interlude: 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|
  Help me, help me darlin'

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|

🎸 Verse:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|
  Bring me my nightshirt       Put on your morning gown
  Yeah bring me my nightshirt  Put on your morning gown
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-----------------------|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
                       Darlin' I know we stripping
                       I just feel like laying down

🎸 Outro: 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------1---------1--|
A|---------1---------1---------1---------1--1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4----|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4-------------------------|
                                         Yeah you gotta help me baby
                                         I can't do it all by myself

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------1--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------1--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------1--|
D|-----------------------------3---------1-------------------------3--|
A|---------1---------1-3-3-3-6---1-1-1-4------------1---------1----3--|
E|-1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4------------------------1-1-1-4---1-1-1-4---1--1--|
                       You know if you don't help me baby 
                       I'll have to find somebody else

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Published: October 7, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025