{"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":2116905,"song":"Helpless","artist":"Electric Light Orchestra","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459584-helpless-chords-by-electric-light-orchestra/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2116905?type=chord","rating":4.94394,"votes":4,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHelpless, helpless, helpless, helpless[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI thought about it but I couldn't think of what to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I thought about it anyway, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI tried to tell you what you mean to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut it didn't come so easily, no[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI never reckoned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor more than a second[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nJust how it would be on my own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'd be helpless, without you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'd be helpless, without you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]D#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe dawn that calls beyond the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTells its old story[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe shadows fade into the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nIn all it's glory[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelpless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelpless, baby, I'm a helpless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelpless, baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'm a helpless[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf I could put a good shine on the past[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo you think that we could make it last, oh yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSeems to mind the time goes fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder if the vote is cast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nNow that you mention it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot my attention[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI quite clearly blew me away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'd be helpless, without you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'd be helpless, without you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]D#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe dawn that calls beyond the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTells its old story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe shadows fade into the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nIn all it's glory[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelpless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelpless, baby, I'm a helpless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelpless, baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'm a helpless, without    you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'd be helpless, without    you[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bm","D","C#m","F#","Em","A","G","C","B","A#","D#m","E","D#","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}