Help me make it through the night
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1. Take the ribbon from my hair, shake it lose and let it fall,
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laying
soft against your skin like a shadow on the wall.
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Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light,
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all
I'm taking is your time, help me
make it through the night.
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I don't care what’s right or
wrong, I won't try to understand,
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let
the devil take tomorrow ‘cause tonight I need a friend.
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C
3. Yesterday is dead and gone, and tomorrow's out of sight,
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and
it's sad to be alone, help me
make it through the night.
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Mm mm, mm mm,
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and
it's sad to be alone, help me make
it through the night.
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I don't want to be alone, help me make it though the night.
(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 5th) (Sammi Smith)