Verse
Fm9 Gm7 G7 Fm
David driving down the road in the family car
Fm9 Gm7 G7 Fm
With nothing but a tambourine and an old scratched up guitar
A#7 Eb7 Ab
But the night carries on carries on
[Verse]
Fm9 Gm7 G7 Fm
David takes a break about one mile outside Paris
Fm9 Gm7 G7 Fm
He sits down by the road and starts to write a brand new chorus
A#7 Eb7 Ab Fm
And it goes a little something like this
[Chorus]
Eb Fm
God Speed Helena
Gm
There’s nothing telling ya
Ab Fm7
How long how long how long
Eb Fm Gm Ab
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Fm7
But I will never forget you
Eb Fm
God Speed Helena
Gm
There’s nothing telling ya
Ab Fm7
How long how long how long
Eb Fm Gm Ab
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
A#
But I will never forget you
[Instrumental]
Fm Gm 2x
[Verse]
Fm9 Gm7 G7 Fm
Mother, brother, father and his sister Joanne
Fm9 Gm7 G7 Fm
Call to ask if he’s ok and what the hell he’s planned
A#7
He says
Eb7 Ab
I’m writing songs and leaving town
Eb7
I took the family car
Ab
I know I’ve let you down
A#7 Abmaj7
But I don’t think I am coming home again
A#7
I think it’s part of a bigger thing
Fm7
And I, I’ve been singing this song I wrote
A#7
This is how it goes
[Chorus]
Eb Fm
God Speed Helena
Gm
There’s nothing telling ya
Ab Fm7
How long how long how long
Eb Fm Gm Ab
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
Fm7
But I will never forget you
Eb Fm
God Speed Helena
Gm
There’s nothing telling ya
Ab Fm7
How long how long how long
Eb Fm Gm Ab
I’ll be traveling far babe in the family car
A#
But I will never forget you
[Outro]
Fm Gm G Bbm