Cover art for With a Little Help from My Friends by Chris Clark

With a Little Help from My Friends

Nov. 19691 viewer

With a Little Help from My Friends Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What would you do if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up, ha, and walk out on me? Mmm (Ooh ooh)
Lend me your ear and I'll sing you my song
And I'll try not to sing out of key

[Chorus]
I get by with a little help from my friends (Help, help, help)
I get high with a little help from my friends (Help, help, help)
I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends (Help, help, help)
To somehow make it by with a little help from my friends (Help, help, help)

[Bridge]
(Do you need anybody?)
I need somebody to love (Love)
Could it be anybody, yeah?
I want somebody (Now)

[Verse 2]
What do I do when my love is away?
Will I cry 'cause I'm all alone?
How do I feel at the end of the day? (Ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo)
I feel, sad, sad here on my own

[Chorus]
I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends
To get by with a little help from my friends
(Uh!)
[Bridge]
(Do you need anybody?)
I need somebody to love
(Could it be anybody?)
I want somebody to love
(Huh, huh, huh)

[Chorus]
I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends (Ooh)
To get by with a little help from my friends (Ooh)
I get high with a little help from my friends (Ooh)
Oh, get by with a little help from my friends (Ooh)
I get by with a little help from my friends (Aah)

[Outro]
Oh (High-igh-igh)
(High-igh-igh)
(High-igh-igh)
Get by, get high (High-igh-igh)
Oh, it's so high, higher, higher, and higher (High-igh-igh)
Higher, higher, with my friends (High, high, high)
Gonna take all day, all day, all day, and a hoo, yeah (High, high, high)
I get higher, higher, higher (High, high, high)
Gonna get higher with my friends (High, high, high)
I'm gettin' higher, higher, higher with my friends (High, high, high)
I'm gettin' higher, higher, higher, ooh (High, high, high)
Yeah, with my friends (High, high, high)
Gonna take all break, all break, all break, and a hoo, yeah (High, high, high)
Make, gonna make, gonna break, gonna break, gettin' hoo hoo hoo (High, high, high)
Gonna get, gonna get, gonna get, gonna get, hoo hoo (High, high, high)
Higher, higher, get a little higher (High, high, high)
Oh, gonna get higher (High, high, high)
I'm gettin' higher, higher, higher, oooh (High, high, high)
Gettin' higher, hey, nanana, yeah (High, high, high)
I'm gettin' hooo (High, high, high)

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Credits
Recorded At
RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Release Date
November 1969
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