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I Cant Help It

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"I Can't Help It" - Andy Gibb 'After Dark' (1980)
(Barry Gibb)
Duet w/Olivia Newton-John.
[Intro]
|  Bb/C| % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
(Andy:)
Oh, Fmaj7I,     Gm7baby what a fool I Fmaj7am
 Gm7First a boy and then a Fmaj7man, am Dm7I
And Am7you, you're the Bbheart of it all
You're the Cthings I say and Fmaj7doDm7  
 Am I Am7wasting my Dm7time, F/Ahangin' aGm7round
You would be Bb/Cgone
[Chorus 1]
 (Both:)
But I can't Bb/Chelp it
Ev'ry Bb/Cmoment that I think about you
Ev'ry Bb/Cday and ev'ry night without you
I Fmaj7can't survive
 Dm7Love, take away the lonely Am7days gone by
Make it ev'ry day for Gm7you and I
Givin' me the chance to go on beBb/Clievin'
(Andy:)
Girl, you gotta go on beBb/Clievin'
(Olivia:)
(Boy), you gotta Dm7go on beGlievin'
[Verse 2]
 (Olivia:)
 Cmaj7You,  Dm7baby you're the breathe I Cmaj7take
 Dm7Coming from a heart in Cmaj7love, am Am7I
And Em7you, you're the Fheart of it all
You're the Gthings I say and Cmaj7doAm7  
 Am I Em7wasting my Am7time, C/Ehangin' aDm7round
You would be F/Ggone
[Chorus 2]
 (Both:)
But I can't F/Ghelp it
Ev'ry F/Gmoment that I think about you
Ev'ry F/Gday and ev'ry night without you
I Cmaj7can't survive
Am7Love, take away the lonely Em7days gone by
Make it ev'ry day for Dm7you and I
Givin' me the chance to F/Ggo on believin'
[Olivia:]
(F/GBoy), you gotta Am7go on beBm7lievin'
[Interlude]
 (Both:)
(Bm7)         F#m7         Em7  Fmaj7  
      La, la, la, lalalala.....
 Am7La, la, Em7la, lalaF/Glala.....
[Chorus 3]
(Both:)
I can't F/Ghelp it
Ev'ry F/Gmoment that I think about you
Ev'ry day and ev'ry night without you, I Cmaj7can't survive
Am7Love, take away the lonely Em7days gone by
Make it ev'ry day for Dm7you and I
Giving me a chance to,  F/Ghelp it, help it
Ev'ry F/Gmoment that I think about you
Ev'ry day and night without you, I Cmaj7can't survive
Am7Love, take away the lonely Em7days gone by (fade out)
Make it ev'ry day for Dm7you and I
Giving me a chance to,  F/Ghelp it, help it,...
Suggested CHORDS Voicings:
   Bb/Cx30331
  Fmaj7133210
    Gm73x0331
    F/G3x3211

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I Cant Help It

by Andy Gibb

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bb/C

Fmaj7

Gm7

Dm7

Am7

F/A

Cmaj7

Em7

C/E

F/G

Bm7

F#m7

"I Can't Help It" - Andy Gibb 'After Dark' (1980)

(Barry Gibb)

Duet w/Olivia Newton-John.

[Intro]

Bb/C

| | % | % | % |

[Verse 1]

(Andy:)

Fmaj7 Gm7 Fmaj7

Oh, I, baby what a fool I am

Gm7 Fmaj7 Dm7

First a boy and then a man, am I

Am7 Bb

And you, you're the heart of it all

C Fmaj7 Dm7

You're the things I say and do

Am7 Dm7 F/A Gm7

Am I wasting my time, hangin' around

Bb/C

You would be gone

[Chorus 1]

(Both:)

Bb/C

But I can't help it

Bb/C

Ev'ry moment that I think about you

Bb/C

Ev'ry day and ev'ry night without you

Fmaj7

I can't survive

Dm7 Am7

Love, take away the lonely days gone by

Gm7

Make it ev'ry day for you and I

Bb/C

Givin' me the chance to go on believin'

(Andy:)

Bb/C

Girl, you gotta go on believin'

(Olivia:)

Dm7 G

(Boy), you gotta go on believin'

[Verse 2]

(Olivia:)

Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7

You, baby you're the breathe I take

Dm7 Cmaj7 Am7

Coming from a heart in love, am I

Em7 F

And you, you're the heart of it all

G Cmaj7 Am7

You're the things I say and do

Em7 Am7 C/E Dm7

Am I wasting my time, hangin' around

F/G

You would be gone

[Chorus 2]

(Both:)

F/G

But I can't help it

F/G

Ev'ry moment that I think about you

F/G

Ev'ry day and ev'ry night without you

Cmaj7

I can't survive

Am7 Em7

Love, take away the lonely days gone by

Dm7

Make it ev'ry day for you and I

F/G

Givin' me the chance to go on believin'

[Olivia:]

F/G Am7 Bm7

(Boy), you gotta go on believin'

[Interlude]

(Both:)

Bm7 F#m7 Em7 Fmaj7

()

La, la, la, lalalala.....

Am7 Em7 F/G

La, la, la, lalalala.....

[Chorus 3]

(Both:)

F/G

I can't help it

F/G

Ev'ry moment that I think about you

Cmaj7

Ev'ry day and ev'ry night without you, I can't survive

Am7 Em7

Love, take away the lonely days gone by

Dm7

Make it ev'ry day for you and I

F/G

Giving me a chance to, help it, help it

F/G

Ev'ry moment that I think about you

Cmaj7

Ev'ry day and night without you, I can't survive

Am7 Em7

Love, take away the lonely days gone by (fade out)

Dm7

Make it ev'ry day for you and I

F/G

Giving me a chance to, help it, help it,...

Suggested CHORDS Voicings:

Bb/C

x30331

Fmaj7

133210

Gm7

3x0331

F/G

3x3211

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