Helpless
Electric Light Orchestra
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Tom : Bm
Bm D C#m F# Bm D C#m F#
Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless
[Verse 1]
D C#m F# Bm
I thought about it but I couldn't think of what to say
Em A D G A
But I thought about it anyway, yeah
D C#m F# Bm
I tried to tell you what you mean to me
Em A D G A
But it didn't come so easily, no
[Bridge]
C#m
I never reckoned
C
For more than a second
B A#
Just how it would be on my own
[Chorus]
Bm D C#m F#
I'd be helpless, without you
Bm D C#m F#
I'd be helpless, without you
[Bridge 2]
B D#m E
The dawn that calls beyond the night
Em
Tells its old story
G Bm C
The shadows fade into the light
D#
In all it's glory
[Chorus 2]
E
Helpless
E
Helpless, baby, I'm a helpless
E
Helpless, baby
Bm
I'm a helpless
[Verse 2]
D C#m F# Bm
If I could put a good shine on the past
Em A D G A
Do you think that we could make it last, oh yeah
D C#m F# Bm
Seems to mind the time goes fast
Em A D
I wonder if the vote is cast
[Bridge]
C#m
Now that you mention it
C
Got my attention
B Bb
I quite clearly blew me away
[Chorus]
[Chorus 2]
E
Helpless
E
Helpless, baby, I'm a helpless
E
Helpless, baby
[Chorus]
Bm D C#m F#
I'm a helpless, without you
Bm D C#m F#
I'd be helpless, without you
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