I COULDN'T HELP IF I TRIED by DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
Written by Kevin Rowland and Big Jim Paterson
On 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (Parlophone, 1980)
(c) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. 1980
Em D C G
Am Em C B
Em D
You gave me your ace card, I gave you my time
C G Am Em
On confusion I'd stash it with mine
C B
You keep on calling, I won't give anymore
Em D
You held out your greasy hand, it slipped away
C G Am Em
Could have cried, could have saved you this time
C B
You keep on calling, I won't give you anymore
C
But if there is someone
G
Point, point, point someone
D
Point out that someone
Em
Who thinks I like I see
C
If there is someone
G D B (stop)
Em D
You held out your greasy hand, it slipped away
C G
Could have cried, could have saved you this time
Am
Branded up, brandy, brandy, brandy, brandy, brandy, brand, brand
Brand, brand
Em
Shandy, shandy, shandy, shandy, shandy, shandy, shandy, shand, shandy,
Shand
C B
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la ooooooohhh______
C
If there is someone
G
Point, point, point someone
D
Point out that someone
Em
Who thinks like I see
C
If there is someone
G
Point it out, point it out, point it out, point it out
D
If there is someone
Em
Who thinks just like me
C G D Em
C
If there is someone
G
AW! Someone. Ooooooh_____
D
Someone. Ooooohhhhhhh________
Em
Who thinks like I see.
