Helmet chords by Steve Lacy

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

🎸 Verse 1:
 Cmaj7            A
Ooh
I'd been consumed
             D9                  Dm9
I'm not for sale, man, what the hell?
             Cmaj7
I been with you
                     A             D9  Bm7
And this ain't gon' last me forever




🎸 Pre-Chorus:
            Cmaj7            A
All that I can be is me and all me
             D9                     Dm9
Time to get out
I don't want you around
            Cmaj7             A
All that I can see is you without me
              D9              Bm7
No
I can't scold you, however

🎸 Chorus 1:
Cmaj7
I tried to play pretend (ooh)
A
Try not to see the end (ah)
      D9
But I couldn't see you the way you saw me
Dm9
Now I can feel the waste on me
Cmaj7                  A
I tried my best to be worth all your while
D9                       Bm7
You just gotta let me go as I'm tryna let go of you

🎸 Bridge:
Cmaj7 A D9
Dm9
Shoo-doo, d-doo-doo-doo
Cmaj7         A
 Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
D9 Bm7

🎸 Verse 2:
 Cmaj7              A
Ooh
I'll be there soon
            D9                   Dm9
I'm kind of sad, what should I do? (What should I do)
                Cmaj7
Guess I'll move on
              A              D9 Bm7
Love won't harass me forever

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
             Cmaj7             A
All that I could be is me and all me
                 D9                     Dm9
Fuck all that nostalgia, been up on a downer
                   Cmaj7                       A
I can't make your eyes see, gon' be what it's gon' be
                  D9                Bm7
Don't come back around me, no, never

🎸 Chorus 2:
     Cmaj7
You were so automatic
       A
So you know I had to have it
     D9
But lovin' you was a hazard
     Dm9
So I got my heart a helmet
Cmaj7                  A
I tried my best to be worth all your while
D9                       Bm7                      Cmaj7
You just gotta let me go as I'm tryna let go of you
   A
Ooh

🎸 Outro:
   D9
Let me (let me)
  Dm9                    Cmaj7
Allow me to let go of you
   A
Ooh
   D9
Let me
   Bm7            Cmaj7
Let me (let me) go
 A   D9
Oh, no
 Dm9
Oh (oh), oh
Cmaj7 A
Yeah
D9       Bm7
Fuck yeah
La-la-la-la-la-la-la (ooh)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la (ooh)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la (ooh)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la (ooh)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la (ooh)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la