Verse
Abm9 A#m7 A#7 Abm
David driving down the road in the family car
Abm9 A#m7 A#7 Abm
With nothing but a tambourine and an old scratched up guitar
Db7 Gb7 Cb
But the night carries on carries on
[Verse]
Abm9 A#m7 A#7 Abm
David takes a break about one mile outside Paris
Abm9 A#m7 A#7 Abm
He sits down by the road and starts to write a brand new chorus
Db7 Gb7 Cb Abm
And it goes a little something like this
[Chorus]
Gb Abm
God Speed Helena
A#m
There’s nothing telling ya
Cb Abm7
How long how long how long
Gb Abm A#m Cb
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Abm7
But I will never forget you
Gb Abm
God Speed Helena
A#m
There’s nothing telling ya
Cb Abm7
How long how long how long
Gb Abm A#m Cb
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Db
But I will never forget you
[Instrumental]
Abm A#m 2x
[Verse]
Abm9 A#m7 A#7 Abm
Mother, brother, father and his sister Joanne
Abm9 A#m7 A#7 Abm
Call to ask if he’s ok and what the hell he’s planned
Db7
He says
Gb7 Cb
I’m writing songs and leaving town
Gb7
I took the family car
Cb
I know I’ve let you down
Db7 Cbmaj7
But I don’t think I am coming home again
Db7
I think it’s part of a bigger thing
Abm7
And I, I’ve been singing this song I wrote
Db7
This is how it goes
[Chorus]
Gb Abm
God Speed Helena
A#m
There’s nothing telling ya
Cb Abm7
How long how long how long
Gb Abm A#m Cb
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Abm7
But I will never forget you
Gb Abm
God Speed Helena
A#m
There’s nothing telling ya
Cb Abm7
How long how long how long
Gb Abm A#m Cb
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Db
But I will never forget you
[Outro]
Abm A#m A# Bbm