With A Little Help From My Friends

Joe Cocker

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Played: 197

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With A Little Help From My Friends

Released: 16 Aug 2009

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"With a Little Help from My Friends" (originally titled A Little Help from My Friends) is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The song was written for and sung by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr as the character "Billy Shears"; it is ranked #304 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, in a different key, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction (featuring drums by Procol Harum's B.J. Wilson and guitar lines from Jimmy Page). It was used as the opening theme song of the American television series The Wonder Years and is one of Joe Cocker's most famous songs. Cocker can be seen performing the song at Woodstock in 1969 and can be seen in the related documentary film, "3 Days of Peace and Music". The cover was ranked #2 in UpVenue's top 10 best music covers of all time in 2009.[4] The version heard in the film Across the Universe segues from the original to Joe Cocker's arrangement at the end of the song.

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[Instrumental Intro 00:00-00:50] [Guitar Solo: Jimmy Page] [Verse 1] What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears, then I'll sing you a song I will try not to sing out of key, yeah [Chorus] Oh, baby I get by (By with a little help from my friends) All I need is my buddies (High with a little help from my friends) I say, I'm gonna get high (Try with a little help from my friends) Oh yeah (Oooooh) [Verse 2] What do I do when my love is away? (Does it worry you to be alone?) No, no How do I feel at the end of the day? (Are you sad 'cause you're on your own?) I tel I don't get sad no more [Chorus] (By with a little help from my friends) Gonna get by with my friends (High with a little help from my friends) Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna try (Try with a little help from my friends) Keep on getting high, oh Lord (Oooooh) [Bridge] (Do you need anybody?) I need someone to love (Could it be anybody?) All I need is someone Knows just where I'm goin', yeah Somebody who knows just what I'll show them, baby [Chorus] (By with a little help from my friends) Said, I'm gonna make it with my friends, yeah, yeah (High with a little help from my friends) Oh, oh, I'm gonna keep on tryin', yeah (Try with a little help from my friends) I'm gonna keep on tryin' now, babe (Ooooh) [Verse 3] (Would you believe in a love at first sight?) I'm certain it happens all the time, yeah (What do you see when you turn out the light?) I can't tell you, but it sure feels like mine [Chorus] (By with a little help from my friends) Don't you know I'm gonna make it with my friends? (High with a little help from my friends) I promised myself I'll get by (Try with a little help from my friends) Said, I'm gonna try it with them too hard (Oooh) [Bridge] (Do you need anybody?) Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah (Could it be anybody?) Oh, there's gotta be somebody Going to be right, I know it Somebody carefee, now Oh, yeah, yeah [Chorus/Outro] (By with a little help from my friends) Said, I'm gonna get by with my friends, yeah (High with a little help from my friends) Oh, yes I'm gonna keep tryin', now (Try with a little help from my friends) Keep on tryin' with my friends (By with a little help from my friends) Oh, you never gonna stop me anymore (High, with a little help from my friends) I'm gonna keep on tryin', yeah (Try with a little help from my friends) I'm gettin' high, I wanna make time, Lord, no (Ooh) Gonna get by with my friends, yeah Oh, I'm gonna get on by Yes, I'm gonna get on by Wanna take 'em all along I wanna take 'em all along with me, yeah, yeah