My Dear Helen Chords & Lyrics - Andy Shauf

[G]my dear Helen it's been a wh[C/G]ile since we've talked.
[E5]Charlie and I haven't been [A5]up to a whole lot.
he's [C/G]slowing down a little and my [C5]knee's acting up,
yeah we're [C]quite a pair of geezers moving s[Am/G]lower than molasses.
you'd be [C/G]laughing if you saw us, you a[D/A]lways loved to tease.

I [G]dug up an old bottle of your ra[C/G]spberry wine,
so I'm s[E5]louched out on the porch-swing just t[A5]aking my time.
my [C/G]mind keeps turning out these [C5]pictures of you,
you were [C]dancing in the kitchen and I was en[Am/G]joying my view.
oh C[C/G]harlie was squirming just [D/A]two steps behind you.

[G]my dear Helen do you re[C/G]member when you said
that you'd be [E5]waiting at the gates so you could [A5]sneak me in?
well it [C/G]sure was funny but it still cau[C5]ght in my throat,
and when I [C]think about it now, it still [Am/G]makes me choke.
and I w[C/G]onder if those gates would ever op[D/A]en up for me.

[G]Helen my dear, I do have [C/G]something to tell.
I [E5]don't know how to start so I gu[A5]ess I just will.
see, these n[C/G]ights have been hot, it's that mu[C5]ggy sort of air.
doesn't [C]let me get to sleep so I usu[Am/G]ally just lie there
on t[C/G]op of my quilt with Ch[D/A]arlie by my feet.

last [G]night as I laid there frus[C/G]trated and tired,
I was [E5]sat up in my bed by the he[A5]ns starting wild.
I thought, [C/G]'that fox is back again, he's gonna [C5]rob me blind.
I don't kn[C]ow how he gets in but I'd be[Am/G]tter make him fly'.
so I [C/G]took my leaning rifle out the d[D/A]oor.

I [G]fired off a shot aiming fa[C/G]r into the heat.
and as s[E5]oon as it was flying I felt we[A5]ak in my knees.
I heard [C/G]shoes turning gravel and then ti[C5]res spitting rocks.
I heard a [C]gasp for air and my st[Am/G]omach tied in knots.
Ch[C/G]arlie started whining with his ta[C5]il between his legs.
we w[C]andered out slow but my he[Am/G]art was breakin' ribs.
I cou[C/G]ldn't hear nothing and there was a gi[C5]rl lying twisted,
my h[C]ands were trembling and I f[Am/G]elt that she was limp.
her pu[C/G]lse wasn't tapping so I felt si[C5]ck to my stomach.
Ch[C]arlie was frozen, so I w[Am/G]ent for a shovel
and I bu[C/G]ried her body, I didn't k[C5]now what else to do.
if I'd only [C]aimed a little higher if I'd only t[Am/G]hought before I fired.
I hope [C/G]God can forgive me, I hope y[C5]ou forgive me too,
I'm just a t[C]ired old man just wai[Am/G]ting to join you.
so he[C/G]re I am slouched on this ol[C5]d porch swing,
th[C]inking about heaven, thinking ab[Am/G]out everything.
so be wa[C/G]iting by those gates, you might ne[C5]ed to sneak me in,
I don't kn[C]ow how they feel about us ac[Am/G]cidental killers.
I don't kn[C/G]ow how they feel about us ti[C5]red old men.
I don't kn[C]ow how they feel about us tir[Am/G]ed, old, murdering men.

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I don't kn[C]ow how they feel about us tir[Am/G]ed, old, murdering men.