Helen

Cal Smith

Written by Jim Mundy

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

C                              D7
Helen’s got a good job down at Kroger’s
F                 G7            C
Handlin’ people’s money all day long
                             D7
Maybe she will give me a few dollars
F              G7          C
Just enough to get my body stoned

Verse 2

                                     D7
Cause if whiskey sold for 30 cents a gallon
F       G7             C
Buddy I couldn’t buy a quart
                                   D7
I guess I’ll have to go on home to Helen
F                 G7         C
But Helen may not want me anymore

Verse 3

F              G7         C
Lord I hate to do this to Helen
      F              G7          C
Cause Helen loves me when nobody don’t
    F            G7               C
But if I keep on playin’ with her feelin’s
F               G7          C
I got a feelin’ someday she won’t

Verse 4

                                   D7
She said come on in you’re lookin’ thinner
     F              G7             C
I’ve never seen you this bad off before
                                 D7
I shouted geez and set myself to dinner
F               G7                 C
Then we quietly closed the bedroom door

Verse 5

                                   D7
Next mornin’ I found a note on the table
F              G7            C
With a big $10 bill pinned inside
                                         D7
I hope and pray someday you’ll whip that devil
F                  G7                C
And be the kind of man you were last night

Verse 3

F              G7         C
Lord I hate to do this to Helen
      F              G7          C
Cause Helen loves me when nobody don’t
    F            G7               C
But if I keep on playin’ with her feelin’s
F               G7          C
I got a feelin’ someday she won’t

Verse 6

      F              G7          C
Cause Helen loves me when nobody don’t