Verse 1: 
 
Intro:  C5  F5  C5  F5 
 
C5                             F5 
Grandma she don't really get around good anymore 
   D5 
In fact to get her out of the house 
   G5 
is really quite a chore 
    C5 
But every day somebody seems to 
F5 
find the time to stop 
   D5 
To see if Grandma needs something 
     G5 
from where they go to shop 
 
'Cause you see 


F5          G5         C5 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves 
   F5                 G5 
It cares about those hearts 
            C5 
that's been put up on a shelf 
        F5           G5 
It will introduce a lonely soul 
     C5              A5 
to a lonely someone else 
F5                    G5               C5       F5 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves  
 
Verse 2: 
    C5 
Mr. Johnson has a small farm 
        F5 
down in southern Tennessee 
    D5 
But one year he took ill 
           G5 
before the time to plant the seed 
    C5 
And no one knows which neighbor planted 
F5 
or they just won't tell 
       D5 
But he had the best crop ever 
       G5 
by the time that he got well 
 
'Cause you see 
 
Repeat Chorus:   (Chord change at end of chorus) 
          C5  F5  C5  G5  D5 
Verse 3: 
D5 
A little helpless baby child 
    G5 
was born into this world 
    E5 
She didn't have a daddy 
        A5 
and her mother was just a girl 
          D5 
But there came a young man willing 
        G5 
to give both of them a home 
    E5 
The girl he married, the child he cherished 
   A5 
as though she was his own 
 
'Cause you see 
 
Chorus: 
G5          A5         D5 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves 
   G5                 A5 
It cares about those hearts 
            D5 
that's been put up on a shelf 
        G5           A5 
It will introduce a lonely soul 
     D5              B5 
to a lonely someone else 
G5                    A5               D5 
Love helps those who cannot help themselves 
      G5                    A5               D5      G5   A5   D5 
Yeah, Love helps those who cannot help themselves