Van Zant
"I Cant Help Myself"
Written by: Van Zant and The Warren Brothers


 	 Intro:
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 	 Verse 1:
 	  	 
 	  	   Cadd9 	  	  	  	  	  	 
 	  	 Ive been lost in the darkness for so long 
                                G
 	  	 I cant see the light
 	  	     Cadd9 	  	  	  	  	 
 	         Ive be strung out, burned out, left out
 	  	  	         G
 	         and hung out to dry
 	  	   Em 	  	       D
 	  	 So I say to myself, that i wanna get better
 	  	   Em 	  	       Cadd9
 	  	 Hidin from the truth, I cant last forever

 	 Chorus:

 	  	 G
 	  	 Jesus help me
 	  	 Cadd9
 	  	 Obviously 
 	  	              Em 	    D
 	  	 I cant help myself
 	  	  	   Cadd9
 	  	 Ive got nobody else
 	  	 G
 	  	 Send me an angel
 	  	 Cadd9
 	  	 Someone to stangle
 	  	          Em
 	  	 that ol demon
 	  	       D 	  	               Cadd9      D
 	  	 thats hauting me there on the shelf
 	  	 (NC)            G
 	  	 I cant help myself

 	 Verse 2:

 	  	 Cadd9 	  	  	                  
 	  	 An my excuses are so old and tired 
 	  	           G
 	  	 Hell i forgot em
 	  	 Cadd9 	  	  	  	  	      
 	  	 I keep fallin, and crawlin, and drownin
 	  	   	              G
 	  	  down here on the bottom
 	  	          Em 	  	  	             
 	  	 Yea I pushed back my brothers
 	  	           D
 	  	  Said good-bye to my friends
 	  	             Em 	               Cadd9
 	  	 When ya get in this deep, the hell never ends


 	  	 -Repeat Chorus-
 	  	  	 
 	  	 G 	            Cadd9 	    D
 	  	 Gimme a reason to live, show me a sign
 	  	 Cadd9 	                        D
 	  	 Im on the edge, goin outta my mind
                       	        Em  	  	     
 	  	 Im down on my knee's
  	  	  	           D 	  	        Cadd9   D
 	  	  im beggin you please make me somebody else
 	  	  	       G
 	  	 I cant help myself

 	  	 Cadd9                                    
 	  	 I need something stronger
 	  	 (NC)
 	  	  pour it all over me


 	 Partial Chorus:

 	  	 G
 	  	 Send me an angel
 	  	 Cadd9
 	  	 Someone to stangle 
 	  	           Em
 	  	 That ol demon
 	                   D                   Cadd9    D
 	  	 Thats hauting me there on the shelf
 	  	  	        G
 	  	 I cant help myself

 	  	 Lord I cant help myself