M Ward – Helicopter chords

Artist - M. Ward
Song - Helicopter
Album - Transfiguration of Vincent

All chords not attached to lyrics indicate 4 counts (one measure) of that
 chord.  So the intro is 16 beats or 4 measures of E.  The chords with the
 lyrics are the chords used for those lyrics, those you can figure out.

intro - E E E E
E E A E
B E 
E E E E
E E A E
B E

     EI am somewhere in the city
I am climbing up a fire escape
     AI am somewhere in the city
I am climbing up a fire escape
E E
       BI have gotta save my baby
from the mess this world has made
E E

EI arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
  AI arrive through a window
I leave through a whole in the wall
E
  BI scramble down the stairwell
with my baby, cradle and all
E E

A                                          EHelicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
BLet us sway into the sunset
A                                 EI have done all I can do in this town
E
interlude- E E E E E E

ETom, violence has taken
the wind out of my sail
ATom, violence has taken
                       Ethe wind out of my sail
BHelicopter has taken to
breaking this dreamin' spell
E E

Interlude - E E E E E E E


EMy mind is 'a racing
my heart is prepared somehow
AMy mind is 'a racing
                          Emy heart is prepared somehow
BFor that searchlight come shining
and find me under a cloud.
E

A                                         EHelicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
BLet us sway into the sunset,
A                                  EI have done all I can do in this town.

A                                         EHelicopter, helicopter let your long rope down
BLet us sway into the sunset,
A                                  EI have done all I can do in this town.