Helena Beat Chords & Tabs
Chords:
Capo 1 fret
Intro 3x
Bm D C D G D
Bm D
Sometimes life it takes you by the hair
D C D G
Pulls you down before you know it its gone and you're dead-again
Bm D
I've been in places and I won't pretend
C D G
Yeah I'd make it out just to fall on my head
Bm D
Wake up strange and take the walk downstairs
D C D G
Hit the pawn up on the corner and pay for my rent
Bm D
You know that I could not believe my own truth
D C D G
Just show them what I choose, I got nothing to lose.
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Chorus
Bm D
Yeah Yeah and its ok
D C D G D
I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way
Bm D
Yeah Yeah and I'm alright
D C D G D
I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight
Bm D C D G D
Bm D C D G D
Bm D
You know those days when you want to just choose
D C D G
To not get out of bed you're just lost in your head-again
Bm D
You play the game but you kind of cut
D C D G
Cause you're coming down hard and your joints are all stuck
Bm D
I've tried to say that its not the only way
D C D G
I never knew if I could face myself to change
Bm D C D
You were pacing, I was insecure slip and fall I'm dodging calls
G
Hug the prison I've been living in
Chorus 2x
Percussive break
Chorus repeat... ooo wee ooo ooo...