Chords for Help Me Make it Through The Night by Kris Kristofferson Acoustic Guitar Lesson and Tutorial

How's it going?
This is Shane Thomas ready to show you another country classic on acoustic guitar.
This time this video
We are gonna learn help me make it through the night by Chris Christopherson one of the best songwriters ever
This song came out in 1970 written by Chris Christopherson off his Christopherson
Album then Sammy Smith recorded it made it a hit but man you name it
Dottie West Elvis Willie Nelson Tammy Wynette Michael blue blade
Mariah Carey just that's when you know, you got a classic when
numerous artists cover your song and this song is a wonderful songs about five chords for the
Christopherson version in the key of C which is the one we're gonna learn but five chords just some verses
Chorus and a little instrumental section you'll be strumming along playing along to this song in no time
So Shane T's got a sweet tea ready
You grab the beverage of your choice
If you don't want to drink anything while you play then grab your acoustic guitar and let's learn
Help me make it through the night by Chris Christopherson
_ _ _ _ So now let's learn the chords and the strumming pattern to help me make it through the night.
[E] You just got five chords
You [C] got the C major chord the [F] F major chord
[A] [Dm] D minor and _ [G] G and then [Em] in the chorus section of the song you'll add the [D] D major _
[G] Which leads right up to the G?
All right
so [F] C major F major D minor G major and
D major that it is your five chords
That's your five chords as you're going to learn how to play now
If you're just learning how to play the guitar and learning how to play chords look in the description below in this video
I'll put links to how to play each one of those chords
Now if you already know how to play those chords, you can skip ahead
I'll put time stamps in this video where you could skip ahead to we're actually learning the song
[C] Strumming pattern for the Chris Christopherson version.
It's a little upbeat
Lot faster than some other ones some other versions so the Chris the original Chris Christopherson version
_ [F] just kind of a
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] down like alternating bass kind of thing _
just down strokes
[C] _ _ _ _ _
The so it's more uptempo than say like the Willie Nelson version a little [D] a little slower
Take the ribbon from your hand.
It's a lot slower, but a Chris Christopherson [C] version
in the key of C
just down [F] strokes
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] All right, so let's put it all together
Let's put all these chords where they should go and let's play along with the song and let's learn how to play
Help me make it through the night _ _ _ _ _
All right.
Now that we know the chords in the strumming pattern
Let's put it all together as we play along with this song
You'll see the words and the chord changes in the proper place on your [C] screen above
So the song starts off with the C chord
The intro you could either do C
C sustained back to C.
What C [F] sustained is is just putting your pinky on that fourth string third [C] fret so
_ _ Just make some nice transition leading up to the [Bm] first verse or you could [C] play C
[F] _ [C] F C
[E] So in real time, it sounds like this
[C] _ _ _ [C] Right into the first verse on the chord C take the ribbon from your hair C _
_ Shake it loose.
[F] Let it fall F [Dm] to D minor
Laying soft [G] on my skin G _
Still on G like shadows [C] on the wall C _
the other section come and lay down by my side C
Till _ _ the early [F] morning light
F [Dm] to D minor all I'm taking [G] is your time G _
Help me make it through the night C
_ [C] Okay, so that's your first [G] verse now goes into the chorus as we go into the chorus
You want to stay [C] right here on the C chord?
I [F] don't care who's right or wrong F
Stay on F.
I don't try to [C] understand C
Stay on C.
Let the devil [D] take tomorrow
Now this is a D major not a D minor
Only time we use it in the in the song Lord tonight.
I [G] need a friend G
Going to verse 2 yesterday
It's [C] dead and gone C
_ And tomorrow's out [F] of sight F
to D [Dm] minor and it's sad to be [G] alone G
_ _ Help me make it [C] through the night
See now we come up on the instrumental section.
So doom doom doom doom doom doo doo C
_ _ doo doo doo doo [F] doo doo doo F
to [Dm] D minor
Lord it's sad to be [G] alone G
_ Help me make [C] it through the night
Now you're gonna play the instrumental again doo doo doo doo doo doo
It's gonna fade out
doo doo doo [F] doo doo doo
_ _ [Dm] D minor
_ _ [G]
Just kind of fade out you in it.
However, you please _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ That's how you play
[F] _ Help me make it through the night [Dm] by Chris Christopherson. _ _
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I want you all to keep humming and [G] strumming
strumming and humming
And [C] keep these wonderful songs alive until next time I'm Shane Thomas take care _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Help me make it through [C] the night _ _ _