Helicopter chords by M. Ward

Chords with lyrics

Artist - M. Ward
Song - Helicopter
Album - Transfiguration of Vincent

All chords not attached to lyrics indicate 4 counts (one measure) of that
 chord. So the intro is 16 beats or 4 measures of E. The chords with the
 lyrics are the chords used for those lyrics, those you can figure out.

intro - E MajorE E E MajorE E
E MajorE E A augmentedA E MajorE
BB E MajorE
E E MajorE E E MajorE
E E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
BB E MajorE

   E MajorE
I am somewhere in the city
I am climbing up a fire escape
   A augmentedA
I am somewhere in the city
I am climbing up a fire escape
E MajorE E
    BB
I have gotta save my baby
from the mess this world has made
E MajorE E

E MajorE
I arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
 A augmentedA
I arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
E MajorE
 BB
I scramble down the stairwell
with my baby, cradle and all
E MajorE E

A augmentedA                     E MajorE
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
BB
Let us sway into the sunset
A augmentedA                 E MajorE
I have done all I can do in this town
E MajorE
interlude- E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E

E MajorE
Tom, violence has taken
the wind out of my sail
A augmentedA
Tom, violence has taken
            E MajorE
the wind out of my sail
BB
Helicopter has taken to
breaking this dreamin' spell
E MajorE E

Interlude - E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE

E MajorE
My mind is 'a racing
my heart is prepared somehow
A augmentedA
My mind is 'a racing
             E MajorE
my heart is prepared somehow
BB
For that searchlight come shining
and find me under a cloud.
E MajorE

A augmentedA                     E MajorE
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
BB
Let us sway into the sunset,
A augmentedA                 E MajorE
I have done all I can do in this town.

A augmentedA                     E MajorE
Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
BB
Let us sway into the sunset,
A augmentedA                 E MajorE
I have done all I can do in this town.