My Dear Helen
My Dear Helen

My Dear Helen easy guitar chords by Andy Shauf

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  • Verse 1
    My 
    dear 
    Helen 
    it's been 
    a while 

    since 
    we've talked 

    Charlie 
    and 
    haven't 
    been 

    up 
    to 
    a whole lot 

    He's 
    slowing 
    down 
    a little 

    and my knee's 
    acting 
    up 

    Yeah 
    we're 
    quite 
    a pair 
    of 
    geezers 

    moving 
    slower 
    than molasses 

    You'd 
    be 
    laughing 
    if you 
    saw 
    us, 

    you 
    always 
    loved 
    to 
    tease 

    Verse 2
    dug 
    up an 
    old bottle 
    of 

    your rasp
    berry 
    wine 

    So 
    I'm slouched 
    out on 
    the porch 

    swing 
    just 
    taking 
    my 
    time 

    My mind 
    keeps 
    turning 

    out these 
    pictures 
    of you 

    You were 
    dancing 
    in 
    the kitchen 

    and 
    was 
    enjoying 
    my 
    view 

    Oh 
    Charlie 
    was 
    squirming 
    just 

    two 
    steps 
    behind 
    you 

    Verse 3
    My 
    dear 
    Helen 
    do you 

    remember 
    when you 
    said 

    That 
    you'd be 
    waiting 
    at the 
    gates 

    so 
    you 
    could sneak 
    me in? 

    Well 
    it 
    sure 
    was 
    funny 
    but it 

    still 
    caught 
    in my 
    throat 

    And 
    when I think 
    about 
    it now, 

    it 
    still 
    makes 
    me 
    choke 

    And 
    wonder 
    if those 
    gates 

    would ever 
    open 
    up for 
    me 

    Verse 4
    Helen 
    my dear, 

    do 
    have 
    something 
    to tell 

    I don't 
    know 
    how 
    to start 

    so 
    I guess 
    I just 
    will 

    See, 
    these 
    nights 
    have been 
    hot, 

    it's that 
    muggy 
    sort 
    of air 

    Does
    n't 
    let me 
    get to 
    sleep 

    so 
    usually 
    just 
    lie 
    there 

    On 
    top 
    of my 
    quilt 
    with 
    Charlie 
    by 
    my 
    feet 

    Verse 5
    Last 
    night as 
    laid 
    there 

    frus
    trated 
    and 
    tired 

    I was 
    sat 
    up in 
    my 
    bed 
    by 

    the hens 
    starting 
    wild 

    I thought 
    'That 
    fox 
    is back 
    again, 

    he's 
    gonna 
    rob 
    me 
    blind 

    I don't 
    know 
    how 
    he 
    gets 
    in 

    but I'd 
    better 
    make 
    him 
    fly' 

    So 
    took 
    my 
    leaning 
    rifle 
    out the 
    door 

    Verse 6
    fired 
    off 
    a shot 
    aiming 
    far 
    into 
    the heat 

    And 
    as soon 
    as it was 
    flying 

    felt 
    weak 
    in 
    my knees 

    I heard 
    shoes 
    turning 
    gravel 

    and then 
    tires 
    spitting 
    rocks 

    I heard 
    gasp 
    for air 
    and 

    my stomach 
    tied 
    in 
    knots 

    Charlie 
    started 
    whining 
    with his 

    tail 
    between 
    his 
    legs 

    We 
    wandered 
    out slow 
    but my 

    heart 
    was breaking 
    ribs 

    could
    n't 
    hear 
    nothing 
    and there 

    was 
    girl 
    lying 
    twisted 

    My 
    hands 
    were trembling 
    and 

    felt 
    that she 
    was 
    limp 

    Her 
    pulse 
    wasn't 
    tapping 
    so 

    I felt 
    sick 
    to my 
    stomach 

    Charlie 
    was 
    frozen, 
    so I 
    went 
    for 
    a shovel 

    And 
    buried 
    her 
    body, 

    I didn't 
    know 
    what 
    else 
    to 
    do 

    Verse 7
    If I'd 
    only 
    aimed 
    a little 
    higher 

    If 
    I'd only 
    thought 
    before 
    I fired 

    hope 
    God 
    can forgive 
    me, 

    hope for 
    you 
    to forgive 
    me 
    too 

    I'm just 
    tired 
    old 
    man 

    just 
    waiting to 
    join you 

    So 
    here 
    I am 
    slouched 
    on this 

    old 
    porch 
    swing 

    Thinking 
    about 
    heaven, 

    thinking 
    about 
    everything 

    So 
    be 
    waiting 
    by those 
    gates, 

    Verse 8
    you 
    might need 
    to sneak 
    me 
    in 

    I don't know 
    how 
    they feel 

    about 
    us 
    accidental 
    killers 

    I don't 
    know how 
    they feel 

    about us 
    tired 
    old 
    men 

    I don't know 
    how they 
    feel 
    about 
    us tired 

    old 
    murdering 
    men 

    I don't know 
    how they 
    feel 

    about 
    us 
    tired 
    old 
    murdering 
    men 

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