Oingo Boingo – Helpless (Guitar)

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Bm(b5) x24431 Bm(add11) x24430 Fmmaj7 133110 Fm7 13314x Dmmaj7 x00221 Dm7 x00211 [Verse 1]
F#m                           C#m
Countless long nights while I stare at the wall

D                      Bm  Bm(b5) Bm(add11)
I ask myself over again...

F#m                 C#m
How did I end up in this little hell?

D                     Fm Fmmaj7 Fm7
How did it ever begin?
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 [Chorus 1]
F C   G   Am       G                    G7
  Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess, helpless to turn back the
[Verse 2]
F#m                          C#m
clock that ticks on with its cruel shiny face

   F#m             Am         Cm                    Fm
It laughs while it watches my every disgrace - I was

                   Cm
born a sap - all the nurses laughed when they
[Pre-chorus]
G#m        Bm               G#m              Bm
Saw me the first time, they giggled and they said

      G#m         Bm           Gm
"This poor little monster'd be better off dead."
[Chorus 2]
F C   G   Am       G                    G7
  Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess, helplessly trapped in a
[Verse 3]
F#m                       C#m
body I'm sure should have never been mine.

F#m           Am         Cm
I bet that my real one's doing just fine - and I

Fm                   Cm
Don't belong here, I don't belong here - I
[Pre-chorus 2]
G#m             Bm          G#m       Bm
Should be quite rich with a big shiny car

  G#m               Bm          Gm
A house with twelve room - I deserve to go far!
[Chorus 3]
F C   G   Am       G                   G7
  Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess, helplessly falling in
[Verse 4]
F#m                       C#m
love but does love really last through the night?

   F#m       Am         Cm                     Fm
To love - To honor - to kick and to bite! and I

Fm                  Cm
Don't belong here, I don't belong here
[Pre-Chorus 3]
     G#m       Bm        G#m          Bm
It's all a mistake I was destined for greatness

  G#m       Bm                     Gm
A leader, a prophet - They're just too blind to notice.
[Verse 5]
F#m                          C#m           D                              Bm  Bm(b5) Bm(add11)
Where did this whole silly story begin? it seems that my mind has gone - blank.

  F#m                         C#m             D                            Fm Fmmaj7 Fm7
I think that I've messed up a chapter or two. Perhaps it is best if I'm frank!
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 [Chorus 4]
F  C   G   Am       G                    G7
Oh,oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess - helplessly lost like that

F#m                       C#m
Poor chap who came for an innocent dance.

   F#m           Am                 Cm
He left with his brain smeared all over his pants! cause he

Fm                    Cm
Didn't belong here, he didn't belong here
[Bridge]
   G#m                Bm          G#m         Bm
He never should've left that warm cage in a zoo!

    G#m         Bm        Gm
His face was so ugly what else could I do?

          Dm                Fm                   Dm                         Fm
Can you - really blame me, I had to smash it. He left me no choice, he was just like the others.

  Dm                            Fm
I just had to kill him, like my poor, dear, old mother.
[Chorus 5]
F C   G   Am       G                   G7
  Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess, helplessly fucked in the
[Verse 6]
F#m                C#m
ass by a legion of forty ex-cons

F#m            Am              Cm
That's what it feels like when you walk all over me.

Fm                   Cm
Don't belong here, I don't belong here

     G#m             Bm               G#m          Bm
Your eyes burn right through me. They fill me with fear.

  G#m                 Bm                 Gm
I could've been at home watching football, and drinking beer.
[outro]
F C   G   Am       G           G
  Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess, so helpless.