Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost

Transpose

Year: 1984
Album: Love Your Enemies

INTRO (x2)

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G

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VERSE 1

C

Up the

F

stairs,

C

side by

F

side

C

Slightly

F

drunk and

C

getting

F

worn

C

Middle-

F

aged

C

travelling

F

friends

C

Losing

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count in a

C

foreign

F

bed

C

And they

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think they’re

C

bounding

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through

C

Life’s

ad

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venture

C

F

C

He’s the

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knight in

C

shiny

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suit

C

She’s got

F

C

squalor

F

CHORUS 1

Fmaj7

Where’s the hope or beauty,

Dm7

truth or

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dignity

Fmaj7

Put that suitcase down be

Dm7

fore you

Em7

answer

me

VERSE 2

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G

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G

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C

Sunday

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lunch,

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final

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day

C

At the

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station it

C

starts to

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rain

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“Yes I’m

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fine,

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yes I’ll

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write”

C

Weary

F

grin and a

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way she

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goes

C

But

to

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night I’ll

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eat

a

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lone

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In my

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bedsit

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F

C

Sober,

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stupid,

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idle,

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fat

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Old,

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C

old

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CHORUS 2

Fmaj7

We have nothing decent

Dm7

we can

Em7

dream

about

Fmaj7

Not one thing that’s better

Dm7

than a

Em7

coward’s

death

INTERLUDE

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Bbmaj9

Bbm7

Bbmaj9

Bbm7

Amaj7

D6

Amaj7

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D6

Bm7

E9

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G

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VERSE 3

C

Holding

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on,

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holding

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on

C

From your

F

birth to the

C

day you

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die

C

Let it

F

rest,

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let it

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slide

C

One day

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you’ll see the

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face of

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Christ

C

And you

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think you’re

C

bounding

F

through

C

Life’s

ad

F

venture

C

F

You

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see

your

F

self in

C

coloured

F

clothes

C

Smiling

F

nicely

C

F

CHORUS 3/OUTRO

Fmaj7

That’s no stinking corner

Dm7

where all

Em7

rats can feed

Fmaj7

That’s the helicopter

Dm7

of the

Em7

Holy

Ghost

Fmaj7

People starve and see their

Dm7

children

Em7

shot to bits

Fmaj7

Every corpse that falls will

Dm7

make him

Em7

swell