With A Little Help From My Friends

"With a Little Help from My Friends" (originally titled A Little Help from My Friends) is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The song was written for and sung by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr as the character "Billy Shears"; it is ranked #304 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, in a different key, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction (featuring drums by Procol Harum's B.J. Wilson and guitar lines from Jimmy Page). It was used as the opening theme song of the American television series The Wonder Years and is one of Joe Cocker's most famous songs. Cocker can be seen performing the song at Woodstock in 1969 and can be seen in the related documentary film, "3 Days of Peace and Music". The cover was ranked #2 in UpVenue's top 10 best music covers of all time in 2009.[4] The version heard in the film Across the Universe segues from the original to Joe Cocker's arrangement at the end of the song.

[Guitar Solo: Jimmy Page] [Verse 1] What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song I will try not to sing out of key [Chorus 1] Oh, baby I get by (Ah, with a little help from my friends) All I need is my buddies (Ah, with a little help from my friends) I say I'm gonna get high (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Oh yeah (Oooooh) [Verse 2] What do I do when my love is away? (Does it worry you to be alone?) No, no How do I feel at the end of the day? (Are you sad because you're on your own?) I tell ya I don't get sad no more [Chorus 2] (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Gonna get by with my friends (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Yeah yeah, I'm gonna try (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Keep on getting high, oh Lord (Oooooh) [Hook 1] (Do you need anybody?) I need someone to love (Could it be anybody?) All I need is someone That's just where I'm going, yeah Somebody knows that's where I'm showing Baby [Chorus 3] (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Said I'm gonna make it with my friends (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Oh, I'm gonna keep on trying (Ah, with a little help from my friends) I'm gonna keep on trying (Ooooh) [Verse 3] (Would you believe in a love at first sight?) I'm certain it happens all the time, yeah (What do you see when you turn out the light?) I can't tell you but it sure feels like mine [Chorus] (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Don't you know I'm gonna make it with my friends? (Ah, with a little help from my friends) I promised myself I'd get by (Ah, with a little help from my friends) I said I'm gonna try and not work too hard (Oooh) [Hook 2] (Do you need anybody?) Woah, yeah yeah yeah (Could it be anybody?) Oh, there's gotta be somebody (?) somebody (?) Oh, yeah, yeah [Chorus 4] (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Said I'm gonna get by with my friends, yeah (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Oh, yes I'm gonna keep trying, now (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Keep on trying with my friends (Ah, with a little help from my friends) Oh, I'm never gonna stop there, oh (Ah, with a little help from my friends) I'm gonna keep on trying, yeah yeah (Ah, with a little help from my friends) I'm getting high, I'm gonna try, oh Lord (Ooh) Gonna get by with my friends I'm gonna get on by, yes I'm gonna get on by, my Lord I'm gonna tell them all about it, I'm gonna tell them all, yeah yeah