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Version 1
            =======Author's Note===================
This contains 2 versions:
ACCURATE---Top version contains the walk-up and walk-down chords.
BEGINNER---bottom version does not contain the walk-up and walk-down chords.
Chorus Chord pattern *with* optional walkup/walkdown chords:
  |Em    | Em(Bm) | G     | G     |
  |Am    | Am     | Em    | Em(D) |
Verse Chord *with* optional walkup/walkdown chords:
  | C    | (Am) D |  Em   | Em(D) |
  | C    | (Am) D |  Em   | Em(D) |
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Top version *with* walkup/walkdown chords:
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em   D
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Verse 1]
C                Am           D               Em                                Em      D
   Thought I was alone in the world, until my memories gathered round me in the night
C                Am      D                     Em   Em   D
   Thought I was strong until I finally had to fight
          C                          Am       D                        Em Em
I kept my head down and showed up to work on time and watched my appetite
        D            C                  Am       D                        Em     Em
Put the money in the mattress, lock the doors at night, and we'll all be alright
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Verse 2]
          D       C                   Am   D
See I've made mistakes that I can't erase
            Em                                   Em
Some of the love I've lost will not come back to me
  D         C                  Am            D          Em      Em
I broke my word, I lied on a Bible just to feel a little  free
    D         C                        Am       D
She didn't deserve it; nobody ever deserves it
           Em                            Em
But I cut anchor and I drifted out to sea
        D        C                      Am            D                 Em  Em
And you found me busted and somehow you trusted I was not what I could be
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em  
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Verse 3]
    D        C                          Am   D
We climb to safety, you and me and the baby
             Em                                        Em      D
We send our thoughts and prayers to loved ones on the ground
C               Am             D                    Em                 Em
    And as the days went by we just stopped looking  down, down, down
              C                    Am         D                Em                               Em
The world's on   fire and we just climb higher   'til we're no longer bothered by the smoke and sound
     D       C                          Am               D            Em      Em
Good people suffer and the heart gets tougher, nothing given, nothing   found
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em   D
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Chorus 2] (add electronic guitar solo)
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em   D
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Chorus 3] (add vocal ad-lib after line)
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em   D
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Chorus 4]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
    Bm   G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em   D
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Outro]
Em Em  G  G
Am Am  Em E
E
=================SIMPLER VERSION=============
Bottom version *without* walkup/walkdown chords:
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not myself?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                            Em      Em
What've I done to help but not myself?
[Verse 1]
C                             D               Em
   Thought I was alone in the world, until my memories gathered round me in the night
C                        D                     Em   Em
   Thought I was strong until I finally had to fight
          C                          Am                                Em Em
I kept my head down and showed up to work on time and watched my appetite
                     C                           D                        Em
Put the money in the mattress, lock the doors at night, and we'll all be alright
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                             Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Verse 2]
              C                            D
See I've made mistakes that I can't erase
            Em
Some of the love I've lost will not come back to me
            C                                              Em      Em
I broke my word, I lied on a Bible just to feel a little free
              C
She didn't deserve it; nobody ever deserves it
           Em
But I cut anchor and I drifted out to sea
                 C                              D                      Em  Em
And you found me busted and somehow you trusted I was not what I could be
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Verse 3]
             C                               D
We climb to safety, you and me and the baby
             Em                                        Em
We send our thoughts and prayers to loved ones on the ground
C                              D                    Em                 Em
    And as the days went by we just stopped looking  down, down, down
                C                           D                Em
The world's on fire and we just climb higher   'til we're no longer bothered by the smoke and sound
             C                                           D            Em      Em
Good people suffer and the heart gets tougher, nothing given, nothing   found
[Chorus]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Chorus 2] (add electronic guitar solo)
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Chorus 3] (add vocal ad-lib after line)
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Chorus 4]
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G       G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
Em
What've I done to help?
Em
What've I done to help?
         G        G
Somebody save me
Am
What've I done to help?
Am                              Em      Em
What've I done to help but not my-self?
[Outro]
Em Em  G  G
Am Am  Em Em
Em 
        
                