Verse
A#m9 Cm7 C7 A#m
David driving down the road in the family car
A#m9 Cm7 C7 A#m
With nothing but a tambourine and an old scratched up guitar
Eb7 Ab7 Db
But the night carries on carries on
[Verse]
A#m9 Cm7 C7 A#m
David takes a break about one mile outside Paris
A#m9 Cm7 C7 A#m
He sits down by the road and starts to write a brand new chorus
Eb7 Ab7 Db A#m
And it goes a little something like this
[Chorus]
Ab A#m
God Speed Helena
Cm
There’s nothing telling ya
Db A#m7
How long how long how long
Ab A#m Cm Db
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
A#m7
But I will never forget you
Ab A#m
God Speed Helena
Cm
There’s nothing telling ya
Db A#m7
How long how long how long
Ab A#m Cm Db
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Eb
But I will never forget you
[Instrumental]
A#m Cm 2x
[Verse]
A#m9 Cm7 C7 A#m
Mother, brother, father and his sister Joanne
A#m9 Cm7 C7 A#m
Call to ask if he’s ok and what the hell he’s planned
Eb7
He says
Ab7 Db
I’m writing songs and leaving town
Ab7
I took the family car
Db
I know I’ve let you down
Eb7 Dbmaj7
But I don’t think I am coming home again
Eb7
I think it’s part of a bigger thing
A#m7
And I, I’ve been singing this song I wrote
Eb7
This is how it goes
[Chorus]
Ab A#m
God Speed Helena
Cm
There’s nothing telling ya
Db A#m7
How long how long how long
Ab A#m Cm Db
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
A#m7
But I will never forget you
Ab A#m
God Speed Helena
Cm
There’s nothing telling ya
Db A#m7
How long how long how long
Ab A#m Cm Db
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Eb
But I will never forget you
[Outro]
A#m Cm C Bbm