{"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":493602,"song":"Helicopters","artist":"Barenaked Ladies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/493602-helicopters-chords-by-barenaked-ladies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/493602?type=chord","rating":4.8466,"votes":20,"content":"Capo 3\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]  ([ch]Asus4[/ch])     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThis is where the helicopters came to take me away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThis is where the children used to play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThis is only half a mile away from the attack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThis is where my life changed in a day; and then it changed back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/C#[/ch]    [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBuried in the din of rotor noise and close explosions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/C#[/ch]    [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI do my best to synthesize the sounds and my emotions[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThis is where the allies bombed the school, they say by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHere nobody takes me for a fool, just for a fake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D/C#[/ch]    [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nLater at the hotel   bar, the journalists are waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C#[/ch]    [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI hurry back to my guitar while they're commiserating[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust as soon as we were on the ground, we were back in the jet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust another three-day foreign tour we'd never forget[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D/C#[/ch]     [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to sympathize with all this devastation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D/C#[/ch]        [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHopping 'round from site to site like tourists on vacation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch]       [ch]D/C[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI can't help anyone, 'cause everyone's so cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C#[/ch]      [ch]D/C[/ch]           [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nEveryone's so skeptical of everything they're told[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd even I get sick of needing to be sold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThough it's only half a month away, the media's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAn entertaining scandal broke today, but I can't move on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI'm haunted by a story and I   do my best to tell it[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/C#[/ch]  [ch]D/C[/ch]      [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nCan't even give this stuff   away, why would I sell it?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D/C#[/ch]    [ch]D/C[/ch]     [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nEverybody's laughing while at me they point a finger[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D/C#[/ch]      [ch]D/C[/ch]   [ch]Gmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nA world that loves its irony must    hate the protest singer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll be leaving soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'll be leaving soon[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 3\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","Em7","Asus4","A7","D/C#","Gmaj7/B","G/F#","D/C","Bm","Gm/Bb","Cadd9","G/B","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}