Helpless Blues Chords by David Bromberg

[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
[D] _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[C] You know she [D] took the Chevrolet weather this morning [Dbm] people.
[Cm] _ _
[Am] She didn't leave me [C] nothing but [Fm] a [Gm] mule to ride.
_ [Am] _ [Gm] _
_ [A] She [Dm] took the car this morning, [Cm] _ _
[Am] left me that [C] old mule to ride.
_ [Cm] _ [Em] _ [Eb] _
[B] _ _ [Em] You know when the [B] car backed out [A] the driveway, _
[F] _ [C] _ [F] that old mule [Gm] laid down [G] to die.
_ [C] She didn't leave [Dm] me nothing people, [C] _ [Cm] _ _
[B] nothing but these [C] old helpless blues.
She _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
[Eb] _ [F] didn't [Dm] leave me nothing people, [A] _ _
[Eb] nothing but [C] these old helpless blues. _ _ _ _
[Ebm] [G] 32 [Em] room apartment, [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[B] [C] yes and a [Cm] hardware suitcase [Ab] full of [C] _ IOU's.
[G] _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[B] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [A] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _
[Eb] _ [B] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [B] _
[C] _ [E] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [E] _ [G] _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [C]
How [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C]
can you do it [Am] to me baby?
[A] _ _ _ [C] How can you just stand right [E] there in my face and [A] watch me cry? _ _ _
Tell me [D] baby, [Cm] how [Ab] can you [E] stand in my face [A] and [Am] watch me cry?
_ _ [G] [E] She said I got news [Gb] for [F] you, darling.
_ _ [C] _ _
[F] I can stand in your [Eb] face and watch you die.
[G] _ [C] She took my ring right off the [Am] nightstand people.
[A] _ You know she [Bb] went and put my [C] grandpa's watch in pull. _
[F] [C] She _ [Eb] _ [Dm] [F] took my [D]
[Dm] nightstand, [A] _ [Gm] she put [Am] my grandpa's [C] watch in pull. _
_ _ _ [E] She [G] said if you don't believe [C] I'm leaving David,
[G] if you don't believe I'm leaving baby,
_ if you don't believe I'm going sweet thing,
_ if you don't think I'm quitting David, _ _
[Ab] [Db] why just you count the [C] days I'm [F] gone?
[Gb] _ [C] _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ _
I'm gone.
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _