Andy Shauf - My dear helen

^Gmy dear Helen it's been a wh^C/Gile since we've talked. ^E5Charlie and I haven't been ^A5up to a whole lot. he's ^C/Gslowing down a little and my ^C5knee's acting up, yeah we're ^Cquite a pair of geezers moving s^Am/Glower than molasses. you'd be ^C/Glaughing if you saw us, you a^D/Always loved to tease.

I ^Gdug up an old bottle of your ra^C/Gspberry wine, so I'm s^E5louched out on the porch-swing just t^A5aking my time. my ^C/Gmind keeps turning out these ^C5pictures of you, you were ^Cdancing in the kitchen and I was en^Am/Gjoying my view. oh C^C/Gharlie was squirming just ^D/Atwo steps behind you.

^Gmy dear Helen do you re^C/Gmember when you said that you'd be ^E5waiting at the gates so you could ^A5sneak me in? well it ^C/Gsure was funny but it still cau^C5ght in my throat, and when I ^Cthink about it now, it still ^Am/Gmakes me choke. and I w^C/Gonder if those gates would ever op^D/Aen up for me.

^GHelen my dear, I do have ^C/Gsomething to tell. I ^E5don't know how to start so I gu^A5ess I just will. see, these n^C/Gights have been hot, it's that mu^C5ggy sort of air. doesn't ^Clet me get to sleep so I usu^Am/Gally just lie there on t^C/Gop of my quilt with Ch^D/Aarlie by my feet.

last ^Gnight as I laid there frus^C/Gtrated and tired, I was ^E5sat up in my bed by the he^A5ns starting wild. I thought, ^C/G'that fox is back again, he's gonna ^C5rob me blind. I don't kn^Cow how he gets in but I'd be^Am/Gtter make him fly'. so I ^C/Gtook my leaning rifle out the d^D/Aoor.

I ^Gfired off a shot aiming fa^C/Gr into the heat. and as s^E5oon as it was flying I felt we^A5ak in my knees. I heard ^C/Gshoes turning gravel and then ti^C5res spitting rocks. I heard a ^Cgasp for air and my st^Am/Gomach tied in knots. Ch^C/Garlie started whining with his ta^C5il between his legs. we w^Candered out slow but my he^Am/Gart was breakin' ribs. I cou^C/Gldn't hear nothing and there was a gi^C5rl lying twisted, my h^Cands were trembling and I f^Am/Gelt that she was limp. her pu^C/Glse wasn't tapping so I felt si^C5ck to my stomach. Ch^Carlie was frozen, so I w^Am/Gent for a shovel and I bu^C/Gried her body, I didn't k^C5now what else to do. if I'd only ^Caimed a little higher if I'd only t^Am/Ghought before I fired. I hope ^C/GGod can forgive me, I hope y^C5ou forgive me too, I'm just a t^Cired old man just wai^Am/Gting to join you. so he^C/Gre I am slouched on this ol^C5d porch swing, th^Cinking about heaven, thinking ab^Am/Gout everything. so be wa^C/Giting by those gates, you might ne^C5ed to sneak me in, I don't kn^Cow how they feel about us ac^Am/Gcidental killers. I don't kn^C/Gow how they feel about us ti^C5red old men. I don't kn^Cow how they feel about us tir^Am/Ged, old, murdering men.

I don't kn^Cow how they feel about us tir^Am/Ged, old, murdering men.