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Joni Mitchell - Help Me (2024)

Help Me

by Joni Mitchell

Help me
I think I'm falling
In love again
When I get that crazy feeling
I know I'm in trouble again
I'm in trouble
'Cause you're a rambler and a gambler
And a sweet taIking ladies man
And you love your lovin'
But not like you love your freedom

Help me
I think I'm falling
In love too fast
It's got me hoping for the future
And worrying about the past
'Cause I've seen some hot hot blazes
Come down to smoke and ash
We love our lovin'
But not like we love our freedom

Didn't it feel good
We were sitting there talking
Or lying there not talking
Didn't it feel good
You dance with the lady
With the hole in her stocking
Didn't it feel good
Didn't it feel good

Help me
I think I'm falling
In love with you
Are you going to let me go there by myself
That's such a lonely thing to do
Both of us flirting around
Flirting and flirting
Hurting too
We love our lovin'
But not like we love our freedom

© November 28, 1973; Crazy Crow Music

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Transcriptions of Help Me

  • Guitar chords by Marian Russell
  • Guitar chords by Hits songbook
  • Guitar tablature by Andy Werle

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  • Anntones(from "Everything We Touch Turns to Hits"-2005)
  • Anschell, Bill (-)
  • Arizaga, Anthony (from "Guitarra Romantica"-1999)
  • Ashbrook, Daphne(from "All Good Dreamers"-2014)
  • Baker, Cheryl (from "Cheryl Sings Joni"-2017)
  • Becca Stevens Band(from "Weightless"-2011)
  • Big Yellow Taxi(from "A Tribute To Joni Mitchell"-2002)
  • Big Yellow Taxi(from "Big Yellow Taxi "-2012)
  • Billy & Sally(from "Billy & Sally: Live At Thorley Recital Hall"-2014)
  • Birdsall, Megan(from "Track 13"-2005)
  • Blowzone(from "Blowzone"-2007)
  • BlueMotelRoom(-)
  • Boltz, Stefanie (from "Digital Single"-2024)
  • Both Sides Of A Taxi(from "Joni Mitchell We Miss Streaming You"-2022)
  • Brown, Divine (from "Divine Brown"-2005)
  • Castaldo, Vincent(-2017)
  • Conway, Caley(from "Digital Single"-2021)
  • Court And Spark Band(-2018)
  • Darol Anger and The American Fiddle Ensemble(from "Republic Of Strings"-2004)
  • David Johnson & Fake Zappa(from "In Search of Love and Music: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell"-2019)
  • Deeme Katson, Grace Griffith, Carey Creed, & Margot Macdonald(from "Strathmore Presents - A Tribute To Joni Mitchell"-2009)
  • Emanuel, Alex(from "Rodan vs. Lucan (EP) "-1994)
  • Emma Frank and Jean Sebastian Duo(-2013)
  • English Girls(from "Came Upon A Child of God"-2000)
  • Esp Vocal Trio(from "They All Laughed"-2014)
  • Foni Mitchell(from "Foni Mitchell"-2022)
  • Ford, Kimberly(from "A Celebration of Joni Mitchell"-2015)
  • Freedom Suite(from "Portrait of Freedom Suite"-)
  • Frewer, Terry(from "CBC Radio Canada Broadcast Recording"-1974)
  • Georgetown(from "Wanderlust"-2010)
  • Gore, Valery(-)
  • Graham Blvd(from "Best Of Bandstand 60's, Vol. 1"-2008)
  • Guv'ner(from "In The Fishtank EP"-1999)
  • Hall, Jane(from "You Sing The Hits Of Joni Mitchell"-1989)
  • Hall, Kira(from "Not So Blue: Kira Sings Joni "-2016)
  • Harris, Gina(from "Deep Love"-2010)
  • Henning Olsen Band(from "A Tribute Minus Mitchell"-2004)
  • James, Morgan(-2016)
  • Jodi Proznick Quartet(from "Foundations"-2006)
  • John Hart Trio(from "Standards - Green and Blue"-2006)
  • Joni's Soul(from "Shades of Joni"-2018)
  • Jordan, Vi(from "Digital Single"-2021)
  • Joy, Gwendolyn (from "Love Is..."-2005)
  • Judd, Wynonna(from "New Day Dawning"-2000)
  • Judd, Wynonna(from "Her Story: Scenes From A Lifetime"-2005)
  • Khan, Chaka (from "Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration"-2019)
  • Koch, Becky(from "Take Me Away"-1978)
  • Konkova, Olga(from "Improvisational Four"-2009)
  • Kramer, Nicole(from "Rewind! 4"-2005)
  • Kuhn, Judy(from "All This Happiness"-2013)
  • Kymaera(from "California Dreamin: Smooth Jazz on a West Coast Trip"-2001)
  • Ladies Of The Canyon(from "California Dreaming"-2022)
  • Lagan, Mandy(from "The Joni Book II"-2017)
  • Lang, k.d.(from "A Tribute To Joni Mitchell"-2007)
  • Lang, k.d.(from "An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell (TV Broadcast)"-2000)
  • Ledon, Deborah (from "Diving for Pearls"-2014)
  • Leiter, Corey (from "White Heat"-2024)
  • Lenke, Jean(-2019)
  • Love City Music Collective(-2020)
  • LRK Trio(-)
  • Mackenzie, Ginger(from "All Too Human"-2000)
  • Martone, Fabiana(from "Flowers"-2009)
  • Mauro, Naomi(-2018)
  • McPhee, Katharine(from "Unbroken (I-tunes bonus track)"-2010)
  • Molaskey, Jessica(from "Portraits of Joni"-2017)
  • Monika Herzig & Janiece Jaffe(from "Both Sides Of Joni"-2023)
  • Moore, Mandy(from "Coverage"-2003)
  • Moses, Edwin(from "Edwin Moses"-2000)
  • Neikrug, Arianna (from "Changes"-2018)
  • Nuance Live Group(-2012)
  • O'Brien, Trisha(from "Out Of A Dream"-2010)
  • Piano Project(from "Piano Tribute to Joni Mitchell"-2021)
  • Puglia, Lara(from "Heart and Mind: Tribute to Joni Mitchell "-2014)
  • Puleo, Veronica (-2020)
  • Rachel Z Trio(from "Moon At The Window"-2002)
  • Rae, Nygira(-)
  • Richards, Nicki(from "The Songs of Joni Mitchell: A Soulful Tribute"-2017)
  • Ride, Johnny (from "The Guilt and the Ambiguity"-2012)
  • Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet(from "Safaris to the Heart - The Songs of Joni Mitchell"-2010)
  • Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet(from "Joni Mitchell's Blue & Court And Spark - Live At Dizzy's"-2011)
  • Rolins, Dara(from "Stereo"-2011)
  • Sciolla, Annie (from "Soul Full Snapshot to Joni"-2019)
  • Serotta, Jen (from "Songs of Hope"-2015)
  • Shirey, DaNica(-2014)
  • Sister Soleil(from "Bare"-2010)
  • Sjoerdsma, Margriet (from "With The Whisper Of A Morning"-2006)
  • Skinner, Lynn(from "Gems In The Rough"-2002)
  • Stoltz, Brian (with Kevin Aucoin & Sam Price)(from "PazFest - The New Orleans Tribute to Joni Mitchell at the Howlin' Wolf"-2002)
  • Sybersound(from "Party Tyme Karaoke - Acoustic Gold"-2000)
  • Thacker, Deborah(from "My Favorite Things"-)
  • The Practicers(from "Smooth & Raw"-2000)
  • Timmer, Inez(from "Baas Giele Taksy"-2022)
  • Tincher, Jeff(from "All I Want"-2015)
  • Tiny Deserts (from "Joni Mitchell Cover Comp"-2020)
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star(from "Lullaby Versions of Joni Mitchell"-2021)
  • Valley High School Band(from "Sound Unlimited"-1978)
  • Wibi(from "20/20 Hearing"-2006)
  • You Sing The Hits(-)
  • Young, Will(from "Let It Go (CD Single bonus track)"-2009)
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FAQs

Does Joni Mitchell still have a relationship with her daughter? ›

In 1997, Mitchell and Gibb were reunited after more than 30 years of separation and have had a relationship ever since.

What is Joni Mitchell's biggest hit? ›

50 years ago today, Joni Mitchell released “Help Me.” This timeless classic became her biggest hit single, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1974. Revisit the song and listen here: JM.lnk.to/HelpMe.

Why was Joni Mitchell in a wheelchair? ›

My spine was twisted up like a train wreck. I couldn't walk. I was paralyzed. Forty years later, it comes back with a vengeance,” Mitchell explained in 1995, referencing the fact that, like 60 percent of polio patients, she was experiencing post-polio syndrome.

Did Joni Mitchell write her own songs? ›

Joni Mitchell is primarily a song writer and a hell of a good one at that so yes, she writes her own songs. Not only did she compose many of her own songs, but she also wrote for dozens of other artists.

Who was the father of Joni Mitchell's baby? ›

The child's father, a Calgary artist named Brad MacMath, had, as the song says, disappeared "to California/hearing everything was warmer there." Joni balked at the prospect of being a single, destitute mother, and was not prepared to ask her parents back in Saskatchewan for help - they did not even know she was ...

Who was Joni Mitchell's big love? ›

Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen

Mitchell apparently met Leonard Cohen — another great of her generation — for the first time at the Newport Folk Festival in 1967 (above.) The two became friends and even entered into a romantic relationship.

Did Led Zeppelin like Joni Mitchell? ›

Joni Mitchell: "Led Zeppelin was very courageous and outspoken about liking my music, but others wouldn't admit it.” Led Zeppelin loved Joni Mitchell.

Is Joni Mitchell a polio survivor? ›

Polio had weakened her left hand, so she devised alternative tunings to compensate; she later used these tunings to create nonstandard approaches to harmony and structure in her songwriting. Mitchell started singing with her friends at bonfires around Waskesiu Lake, northwest of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

What was Joni Mitchell's octave range? ›

She was a mezzo-soprano through the late sixties and seventies, with her voice standing out among other singer-songwriters due to its unusual comfort in the fifth octave.

Who were Joni Mitchell's lovers? ›

While Joni only walked down the aisle twice in her lifetime, she has an impressive list of celebrity exes. The “Both Sides Now” singer has dated Leonard Cohen, David Crosby from Crosby, Stills and Nash, guitarist Wayne Perkins and songwriter J.D. Souther.

Why did Joni Mitchell's voice change? ›

Mitchell suffered an aneurysm in 2015 and her Rhode Island performance was her first live outing in two decades. Age and injury mean Mitchell's voice is markedly different from her youth.

Where does Joni Mitchell live now? ›

Did Joni Mitchell ever marry? ›

In 1965 she married an American folk singer named Chuck Mitchell. Short lived marriage (2 years) but she kept the name. She was also married to a sound engineer and bass player Larry Klein between 1982 and 1994.

Who is Joni Mitchell's granddaughter? ›

Joni's grandchildren, Marlin Kohler, 30, and Daisy Gibb, 24, were both there at the Gorge Amphitheatre bearing witness to their grandmother's triumphant return to live performance.

Did Joni Mitchell give up her daughter for adoption? ›

Knowing she could not take on parenthood, Joni placed Kelly for adoption. Her adoptive parents, David and Ida Gibbs, renamed their 6-month-old Kilauren Gibb. Joni's adoption was a closed adoption. Kilauren did not find out she was adopted until she was 27 years old and pregnant with her own child.

Was Joni Mitchell married to James Taylor? ›

In 1970, Joni Mitchell found a like-minded soul in James Taylor, and they soon started a romantic relationship. Both musicians were flying high artistically and saw life from a shared lens. Sadly, however, the relationship only lasted for 12 months before it all came crumbling down.

Did Joni Mitchell ever marry and have children? ›

A few weeks after the birth, Joni married folk-singer Chuck Mitchell. He promised to help take responsibility for the child but something changed, and a few weeks later Joni gave up her daughter for adoption.

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