Verse 1: 
 
Intro:  C  F  C  F 
 
C                             F 
Grandma she don't really get around good anymore 
   Dm 
In fact to get her out of the house 
   G 
is really quite a chore 
    C 
But every day somebody seems to 
F 
find the time to stop 
   Dm 
To see if Grandma needs something 
     G 
from where they go to shop 
 
'Cause you see 


F          G         C 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves 
   F                 G 
It cares about those hearts 
            C 
that's been put up on a shelf 
        F           G 
It will introduce a lonely soul 
     C              Am 
to a lonely someone else 
F                    G               C       F 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves  
 
Verse 2: 
    C 
Mr. Johnson has a small farm 
        F 
down in southern Tennessee 
    Dm 
But one year he took ill 
           G 
before the time to plant the seed 
    C 
And no one knows which neighbor planted 
F 
or they just won't tell 
       Dm 
But he had the best crop ever 
       G 
by the time that he got well 
 
'Cause you see 
 
Repeat Chorus:   (Chord change at end of chorus) 
          C  F  C  G  D 
Verse 3: 
D 
A little helpless baby child 
    G 
was born into this world 
    Em 
She didn't have a daddy 
        A 
and her mother was just a girl 
          D 
But there came a young man willing 
        G 
to give both of them a home 
    Em 
The girl he married, the child he cherished 
   A 
as though she was his own 
 
'Cause you see 
 
Chorus: 
G          A         D 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves 
   G                 A 
It cares about those hearts 
            D 
that's been put up on a shelf 
        G           A 
It will introduce a lonely soul 
     D              Bm 
to a lonely someone else 
G                    A               D 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves 
      G                    A               D      G   A   D 
Yeah, Love helps those who cannot help themselves