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.