{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1111592,"song":"Helen Of Troy","artist":"John Cale","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11247230-helen-of-troy-chords-by-john-cale/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1111592?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n        John Cale                     Helen of Troy\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]                              |    [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nOh,    did you see him standing in the street [/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G[/ch]                           | [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nHmmm, he looked so big, you're so big, but I've seen him before  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    |    [ch]G[/ch]                  |     [ch]Em[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]       |    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's running round with all the boys,  oh thats him,  hmmm,    big thighs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     |  [ch]G[/ch]          |   [ch]Em[/ch]       |    [ch]G[/ch]        | [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nCreepy, creepy in the dark, shiny, shiny Joan of Arc, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      |    [ch]G[/ch]               |    [ch]Em[/ch]       |     [ch]G[/ch]            |[ch]Em[/ch]|[ch]G[/ch]|[ch]Em[/ch]|[ch]G[/ch]|[ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nWhen the moonlight starts its glow, cold hard Helen, Queen of Troy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     |      [ch]G[/ch]              |   [ch]Em[/ch]         |  [ch]G[/ch]           |    [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nShe got charisma, got thunderstorms, like a baby, never been born[/tab]\r\n[tab]     |    [ch]G[/ch]                |  [ch]Em[/ch]        |   [ch]G[/ch]             |   [ch]Em[/ch]         \r\nShe got mammon, mammon in disguise, in the cold rooms of her eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]        \r\nOh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        |   [ch]G[/ch]          |  [ch]Em[/ch]             |  [ch]G[/ch]                  |   [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nOh look at him, inn't he gorgeous, such big thighs, all oiled and mine [/tab]\r\n[tab]     |   [ch]G[/ch]        | [ch]Em[/ch]                 |  [ch]G[/ch]     |  [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nListen, it's got to go,  I want him in my arms to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     |   [ch]G[/ch]         |  [ch]Em[/ch]          |  [ch]G[/ch]          | [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nBig fat mama done me wrong, left me hanging all alone [/tab]\r\n[tab]      |   [ch]G[/ch]                             |  [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nBut that bitch is as old, is as old, is as old[/tab]\r\n[tab]         |     [ch]G[/ch]                            |   [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\n's that dirty old crone right out there in the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]          \r\nOh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy[/tab]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    |   [ch]G[/ch]         | [ch]Em[/ch]        |   [ch]G[/ch]                |   [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nMercy, mercy, mercy me,  I'm so scared, please comfort me  [/tab]\r\n[tab]   |     [ch]G[/ch]                   |   [ch]Em[/ch]      |    [ch]G[/ch]              |   [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nI don't wanna be,  your banshee boy,  baying like the hounds of Troy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     |     [ch]G[/ch]               |   [ch]Em[/ch]        |   [ch]G[/ch]        |    [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nStanding there from under the lights,  your eyes shining bright  [/tab]\r\n[tab]   |    [ch]G[/ch]          |   [ch]Em[/ch]             |    [ch]G[/ch]           |   [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nI want you all of the time,  fill me with awe, all of the time  [/tab]\r\n[tab]    | [ch]G[/ch]        |     [ch]Em[/ch]        |    [ch]G[/ch]    |   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLubricate me, don't hate me[/tab]\r\n\r\nNote:  The trick to this song is to strike the F# note on the bass E string\r\n       when transitioning between Em & G chords.  The point at which this\r\n       occurs is indicated with a '|' .    Not sure of all the lyrics!","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n        John Cale                     Helen of Troy\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| G | Em | G | Em  | G | Em | G | Em\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote:  The trick to this song is to strike the F# note on the bass E string\n       when transitioning between Em & G chords.  The point at which this\n       occurs is indicated with a '|' .    Not sure of all the lyrics!","chords":["Em","G","A","A7","F","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}