My Dear Helen chords by Andy Shauf

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Verse 1
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 (D major) My dear Helen it's been a while
G 
 (G major) since we've talked
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Charlie  (B minor) and I haven't been
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 (E minor) up  to a whole lot
G 
He's  (G major) slowing down a little
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 (C sharpdim) and my knee's acting up
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Yeah  (G major) we're quite a pair of geezers
moving slower than molasses
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You'd be  (E minor) laughing if you saw us,
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you  (A major) always loved to tease

Verse 2
D 
I  (D major) dug up an old bottle of
G 
your rasp (G major) berry wine
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 (B minor) So  I'm slouched out on the porch
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swing just  (E minor) taking my time
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 (G major) My mind keeps turning
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out these  (C sharpdim) pictures of you
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 (E minor) You were  (G major) dancing in the kitchen
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and I was enjoying my  (E minor) view
Oh Charlie was squirming just
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two  (A major) steps behind you

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Verse 3
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 (D major) My dear Helen do you
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remember  (G major) when you said
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That you'd be  (B minor) waiting at the gates
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so you could sneak  (E minor) me in?
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Well it  (G major) sure was funny but it
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still  (C sharpdim) caught   in my throat
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And  (G major) when I think about it now,
it still makes me choke
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And I  (E minor) wonder if those gates
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would ever open  (C sharpdim) up for  (A major) me

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) Helen my dear,
G 
I do  (G major) have something to tell
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 (B minor) I don't know how to start
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so I guess  (E minor) I just will
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See, these  (G major) nights have been hot,
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it's that  (C sharpdim) muggy    sort of air
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Does (G major) n't let me get to sleep
so I usually just lie there
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On  (E minor) top of my quilt with Charlie  (A major) by my feet

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) Last night as I laid there
G 
frus (G major) trated and tired
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I was  (B minor) sat up in my bed by
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the hens  (E minor) starting wild
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I thought 'That  (G major) fox is back again,
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he's gonna  (C sharpdim) rob      me blind
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 (G major) I don't know how he gets in
but I'd better make him fly'
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A 
So I  (E minor) took my leaning rifle out the  (A major) door

Verse 6
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I  (A major)  (D major) fired off a shot aiming far  (G major) into the heat
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And  (B minor) as soon as it was flying I
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felt  (E minor) weak in my knees
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I heard  (G major) shoes turning gravel
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 (C sharpdim) and then tires spitting rocks
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I heard  (G major) a  gasp for air and
my stomach tied in knots
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 (E minor) Charlie started whining with his
tail between his legs
We wandered out slow but my
heart was breaking ribs
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I  (G major) couldn't hear nothing and there
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was a  (C sharpdim) girl     lying twisted
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My  (G major) hands were trembling and
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I felt  (C sharpdim) that she was limp
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Em 
 (G major) Her pulse  (E minor) wasn't tapping so
I felt sick to my stomach
Charlie was frozen, so I went for a shovel
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And I  (G major) buried her body,
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I didn't know  (C sharpdim) what     else to do

Verse 7
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If I'd  (G major) only aimed a little higher
If I'd only thought before I fired
Em 
I  (E minor) hope God can forgive me,
I hope for you to forgive me too
I'm just a tired old man
just waiting to join you
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So  (G major) here I am slouched on this
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old  (C sharpdim) porch swing
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 (G major) Thinking about heaven,
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thinking about everything  (C sharpdim) 
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Em 
 (G major) So be  (E minor) waiting by those gates,

Verse 8
you might need to sneak me in
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 (E minor) I don't know how they feel
about us accidental killers
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 (G major) I don't know how they feel
about us tired old men
I don't know how they feel about us tired
Em 
old murdering men  (E minor) 
I don't know how they feel
about us tired old murdering men