Helicopter Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays631

Helicopter by Branches is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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Riff for the intro and verses: 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------3-3-3-3--| 
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0----------| 

INTRO G Em C 

G                 
Yellow leaf fall 
Em              C 
Like helicopter blades 
G                Em           C   
Yellow leaf fall, yellow leaf fall 


G                   
Come on, you words 
Em                   C 
Come and take your places 
G                  Em           C 
Everything changes, everything changes 


G         D                   Em 
After the sun, the wind will come 
And the wind will come! 
G            D                   Em 
When worries gone, the wind will come 
And the wind will come! 


C  Em  G  C  Em  G 
Cooooome! Cooooome! 


G 
Come on, you heart 
Em           C 
You restless child 
G 
Open up your hands 
Em            C  
And wait here a while 


G   
Yellow leaf fall 
Em             C 
Sound under my feet 
G             Em       C 
Fill my sleep, fill my sleep 


G           D                     Em 
When all is done, the night will come. 
And the night will come! 
G            D                          Em 
Come meet me there, and the night will come! 
And the night will come! 

C  Em  G  C  Em  G 
Cooooome! Cooooome! 


   Am       Em            G            D  
If I am the dreamer, then Thou art the Dream 
   Am       Em           G            D 
If I am the pebble, then Thou art the Stream 
   Am       Em            G            D 
If I am the sapling, then Thou art the Bean 
C            G      D               C   G   D 
Thou art the Laughter, Thou art the Dreeeaaam! 


             C   G   D 
Thou art the Dreeeaaam! (3x) 


C G D 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante