Verse
Cbm9 C#m7 C#7 Cbm
David driving down the road in the family car
Cbm9 C#m7 C#7 Cbm
With nothing but a tambourine and an old scratched up guitar
Fb7 A7 D
But the night carries on carries on
[Verse]
Cbm9 C#m7 C#7 Cbm
David takes a break about one mile outside Paris
Cbm9 C#m7 C#7 Cbm
He sits down by the road and starts to write a brand new chorus
Fb7 A7 D Cbm
And it goes a little something like this
[Chorus]
A Cbm
God Speed Helena
C#m
There’s nothing telling ya
D Cbm7
How long how long how long
A Cbm C#m D
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Cbm7
But I will never forget you
A Cbm
God Speed Helena
C#m
There’s nothing telling ya
D Cbm7
How long how long how long
A Cbm C#m D
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Fb
But I will never forget you
[Instrumental]
Cbm C#m 2x
[Verse]
Cbm9 C#m7 C#7 Cbm
Mother, brother, father and his sister Joanne
Cbm9 C#m7 C#7 Cbm
Call to ask if he’s ok and what the hell he’s planned
Fb7
He says
A7 D
I’m writing songs and leaving town
A7
I took the family car
D
I know I’ve let you down
Fb7 Dmaj7
But I don’t think I am coming home again
Fb7
I think it’s part of a bigger thing
Cbm7
And I, I’ve been singing this song I wrote
Fb7
This is how it goes
[Chorus]
A Cbm
God Speed Helena
C#m
There’s nothing telling ya
D Cbm7
How long how long how long
A Cbm C#m D
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Cbm7
But I will never forget you
A Cbm
God Speed Helena
C#m
There’s nothing telling ya
D Cbm7
How long how long how long
A Cbm C#m D
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Fb
But I will never forget you
[Outro]
Cbm C#m C# Bbm