Barenaked Ladies – Helicopters (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Verse 1]
D G Em7 (Asus4) A7 This is where the helicopters came to take me away D G Em7 A7 This is where the children used to play D G Em7 A7 This is only half a mile away from the attack D G Em7 A7 This is where my life changed in a day; and then it changed back D D/C# Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 Buried in the din of rotor noise and close explosions D D/C# Gmaj7/B G/F# G A7 I do my best to synthesize the sounds and my emotions D G Em7 A7 This is where the allies bombed the school, they say by mistake D G Em7 A7 Here nobody takes me for a fool, just for a fake D D/C# Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 Later at the hotel bar, the journalists are waiting D D/C# Gmaj7/B G/F# G A7 I hurry back to my guitar while they're commiserating
[Chorus 1]
D G Em7 A7 And I'll be leaving soon D G Em7 A7 I'll be leaving soon
[Verse 2]
D G Em7 A7 Just as soon as we were on the ground, we were back in the jet D G Em7 A7 Just another three-day foreign tour we'd never forget D D/C# Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 It's hard to sympathize with all this devastation D D/C# Gmaj7/B G/F# G A7 Hopping 'round from site to site like tourists on vacation
[Chorus 2]
D G Em7 A7 And I'll be leaving soon D G Em7 A7 I'll be leaving soon D D/C# D/C Bm A7 I can't help anyone, 'cause everyone's so cold D D/C# D/C Gm/Bb Bm Everyone's so skeptical of everything they're told Cadd9 G/B Gm/Bb A7 And even I get sick of needing to be sold
[Verse 3]
D G Em7 A7 Though it's only half a month away, the media's gone D G Em7 A7 An entertaining scandal broke today, but I can't move on D D/C# D/C Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 I'm haunted by a story and I do my best to tell it
[Chorus 3]
D D/C# D/C Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 Can't even give this stuff away, why would I sell it? D D/C# D/C Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 Everybody's laughing while at me they point a finger D D/C# D/C Gmaj7/B G/F# G Em7 A world that loves its irony must hate the protest singer
[Outro]
D G Em7 A7 And I'll be leaving soon D G Em7 A7 I'll be leaving soon D G Em7 A7 I'll be leaving soon D G Em7 A7 I'll be leaving soon