Paul McCartney – Helen Wheels (Guitar)

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Intro: Am7 riff (see below) A
 A                   A                    A                 A*
Said farewell to my last hotel, it never was much kind of abode

  A                  A                          A                  A*
Glasgow town never brought me down, when I was heading out on the road

 A                   A                        A                 A*
Carlisle City never looked so pretty and the Kendal Freeway's fast

  A                       A                     A                 A*
Slowdown driver, want to stay alive, I want to make this journey last

 A      A*               A   A*  A                        A*               A  A*
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels,  ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels

 A      A*               A   A*          E                     Am7 riff   A
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, and they never gonna take her away

 A                A                      A                  A*
M6 south down to Liverpool, where they play the West Coast sound

 A                       A                  A             A*
Sailor Sam he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found

 A                 A                      A                 A*
Doing fine when a London sign, greets me like a long lost friend

 A                       A                          A            A*
Mister Motor won't you check her out, she's got to take me back again

 A      A*               A   A*  A                        A*               A  A*
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels,  ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels

 A      A*               A   A*          E                     Am7 riff   A
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, and they never gonna take her away

 A                 A                     A                 A*
Got no time for a rum and lime, I wanna get my right foot down

 A                      A                     A              A*
Shake some dust off of this old bus, I gotta get her out of town

 A                      A                   A            A*
Spend the day upon the motorway, where the carburetors blast

  A                       A                    A                 A*
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive, I want to make this journey last

 A      A*               A   A*  A                        A*               A  A*
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels,  ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels

 A      A*               A   A*          E                     Am7 riff   A
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, and they never gonna take her away

               A         A    A    A        A   A    A     A
Say bye, bye (bye, bye) two three four,  a one two three four

 A   A    A    A        A   A     A    A
one two three four,    one two three four  (fade)
Main Riffs (arranged for one guitar)
  A                                   
e--------|--------|
B--------|--------|
G-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-|
D-2-2-2-2|2-2-4-2-|
A-0-0-4-4|0-0-0-0-|
E--------|--------|

                   A*                                  
e--------|--------|-------|-------|------------
B--------|--------|2-2----|-------|------------
G-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2|------------
D-2-2-2-2|2-2-4-4-|----4-4|2-2-2-2|------------
A-0-0-4-4|0-0-0-0-|----0-0|0-0-4-4|------------
E--------|--------|-------|-------|------------

   Am7 riff
e----------------------------------------------
B-/8-5-----------------------------------------
G------7p5-7-5---------------------------------
D--------------7p5-7---------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------