Artist: Foster the People
Song: Helena Beat

Capo 1st fret

N.B: To play without capo, transpose up 1 semitone

Intro: Em, D, C, D, G, D

Verse 1:
Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)                              CSometimes (x32010@1)life it takes you by the hair, pulls you down,
           D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)             DBefore (xx0232@1)you know it, it's gone and you're dead again.
Em (022000@1)                      D (xx0232@1)I've been in places and I won't pretend,
         C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)        DThat (xx0232@1)I'd make it out just to fall on my head.

Verse 2:
Em (022000@1)                        DWhich (xx0232@1)is strange I take the walk downstairs,
        C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)        DHit (xx0232@1)the pawn up on the corner and pay for my rent.
Em (022000@1)                      DYou (xx0232@1)know that I could not believe my own truth,
     C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)        DJust (xx0232@1)show them what I choose, got nothing to lose.

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)                  DYeah, (xx0232@1)yeah and it's O.K.,
         C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)       DI (xx0232@1)tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way.
Em D
Yeah, yeah and I'm alright,
         C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)     DI (xx0232@1)took a sip of something poisoned but I'll hold on tight.

Instrumental: Em, D, C, D, G, D x2

Verse 3:
Em (022000@1)                         DYou (xx0232@1)know those days when you want to just choose,
       C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)          DTo (xx0232@1)not get out of bed, get lost in your head again.
Em (022000@1)                         DYou're (xx0232@1)playin' games but you kind of cut,
              C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)          
'Cause you're coming down hard
         G (320003@1)            Dand (xx0232@1)your joints are all stuck.

Verse 4:
Em (022000@1)                        DI've (xx0232@1)tried to say that it's not the only way,
   C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)            DI (xx0232@1)never knew if I could face myself to change.
Em (022000@1)                      DYou (xx0232@1)were impatient, I was insecure,
         C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)         
Slip and fall, I'm dodging calls,
       G (320003@1)              DIn (xx0232@1)the prison I've been living in.

[Chorus] x2

Instrumental:  Em, D, C, D, G, D

[Chorus] x2

Outro:
EmD CD GD
Oooooo-oooooh