{title: Help the poor} {artist: Robben Ford} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 120} {key: Dm} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Dm] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} help the [Dm]poor, won't you help poor me have a heart, won't you baby, listening to my [A7]plea [A7aug] I [Dm7]need all your love, I need your care I [G7]need all of the love you can [Bb9]spare help the [Dm7]poor, help the poor, [A7aug#9] won't you help poor [Dm]me {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} say you [Dm]will, say you'll help me on I can't make it no further in this world a-[A7]lone [A7aug] I [Dm7]lost all my courage when I found you [G7]got what I needed to [Bb9]see me through help the [Dm7]poor, help the poor, [A7aug#9] won't you help poor [Dm7]me {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} [D7aug] [Gm7] you're my inspiration, [Dm7] you can make me a king [Bb9] if you don't come to my rescue, [G/A] I'll never be any-[A7aug#9]thing {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} help the [Dm]poor, help the poor, won't you help poor me have a heart won't you, baby, listening to my [A7]plea [A7aug] I'm [Dm7]begging with tears in my eyes [G7]something you must rea-[Bb9]lize help the [Dm7]poor, help the poor, [A7aug#9] won't you help poor [Dm]me {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Solo 1, x2} [Dm] [A7] [A7aug] [Dm7] [G7] [Bb9] [Dm7] [A7aug#9] [Dm] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Bridge} [D7aug] [Gm7] you're my inspiration, [Dm7] you can make me a king [Bb9] if you don't come to my rescue, [G/A] I'll never be any-[A7aug#9]thing {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo 2} [Dm] [A7] [A7aug] [Dm7] [G7] [Bb9] [Dm7] [A7aug#9] [Dm] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} help the [Dm]poor, help the poor, won't you help poor me have a heart, won't you baby, listening to my [A7]plea [A7aug] I [Dm7]lost all my courage when I found you [G7]got what I needed to [Bb9]see me through help the [Dm7]poor, help the poor, [A7aug#9] won't you help poor [Dm]me {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro} help the [Dm7]poor, won't you help poor me help the [Dm7]poor, help the poor [Dm] {end_of_part}