Helicopter chords by M. Ward

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 E E E
E E A E
B E
E E E E
E E A E
B E

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

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

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

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

Interlude - E E E E E E E


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

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

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