FOSTER THE PEOPLE - HELENA BEAT CAPO 1 General arrangement looping throughout song: Em (4 beats) D (4 beats) C (2 beats) D (2 beats) G (2 beats) D (2 beats) Em (4 beats) D (4 beats) C (2 beats) D (2 beats) G (1 beats) D (1 beats) Em (2 beats) Structure: Intro Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus Breakdown Chorus Chorus Woooo woooo section [Verse 1] Em D Sometimes life it takes you by the hand C D It puts you down before you know it G D It's gone and you're dead again Em D I've been in places and I won't pretend C D That I make it I just G D Em Follow my head Em D When it's strange to take a walk downstairs C D Sweep you all up on a corner G D And pay for my bread Em D You know that I cannot believe my own truth C D To show what a truth G D Em Got nothing to lose [Chorus] Em D Yeah yeah and it's okay C D I tie my hands up to a chair G D So I don't fall that way Em D Yeah yeah and I'm alright C D I took a sip of something poison G D Em But I'll hold on tight [Verse 2] (same as verse 1) You know those days when you wanted to choose To not get out of bed and Get lost in your head again You play the game but you gotta cut Cuz' you're coming down hard Your joints are off stud I tried to say that's not the only way I never knew if I could Convince myself to change You were pacing I was insecure Slip and fall I got the calls of the Prison I was living in [Chorus] Em D Yeah yeah and it's okay C D I tie my hands up to a chair G D So I don't fall that way Em D Yeah yeah and I'm alright C D I took a sip of something poison G D Em But I'll hold on tight
