Intro: Am7 riff (see below) A
A A A A*
Said farewell to my last hotel, it never was much kind of abode
A A A A*
Glasgow town never brought me down, when I was heading out on the road
A A A A*
Carlisle City never looked so pretty and the Kendal Freeway's fast
A A A A*
Slowdown driver, want to stay alive, I want to make this journey last
A A* A A* A A* A A*
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
A A* A A* E Am7 riff A
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, and they never gonna take her away
A A A A*
M6 south down to Liverpool, where they play the West Coast sound
A A A A*
Sailor Sam he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found
A A A A*
Doing fine when a London sign, greets me like a long lost friend
A A A A*
Mister Motor won't you check her out, she's got to take me back again
A A* A A* A A* A A*
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
A A* A A* E Am7 riff A
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, and they never gonna take her away
A A A A*
Got no time for a rum and lime, I wanna get my right foot down
A A A A*
Shake some dust off of this old bus, I gotta get her out of town
A A A A*
Spend the day upon the motorway, where the carburetors blast
A A A A*
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive, I want to make this journey last
A A* A A* A A* A A*
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
A A* A A* E Am7 riff A
Helen (Helen), hell on wheels, and they never gonna take her away
A A A A A A A A
Say bye, bye (bye, bye) two three four, a one two three four
A A A A A A A A
one two three four, one two three four (fade)
Main Riffs (arranged for one guitar)
A
e--------|--------|
B--------|--------|
G-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-|
D-2-2-2-2|2-2-4-2-|
A-0-0-4-4|0-0-0-0-|
E--------|--------|
A*
e--------|--------|-------|-------|------------
B--------|--------|2-2----|-------|------------
G-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2|------------
D-2-2-2-2|2-2-4-4-|----4-4|2-2-2-2|------------
A-0-0-4-4|0-0-0-0-|----0-0|0-0-4-4|------------
E--------|--------|-------|-------|------------
Am7 riff
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B-/8-5-----------------------------------------
G------7p5-7-5---------------------------------
D--------------7p5-7---------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
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