Hes Reading Helena Chords

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Hes Reading Helena by Jamie Lawson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, A#m, E, B, G#m, C#, D#m, G# and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 

F#             A#m   E                      B 
He's reading Helena just as his plane takes off 
G#m             C#                         D#m                 G# 
She's falling asleep through the same film she slept through before 
F#           A#m        E                    B 
I put my headphones on, listening to someone new 
G#m             C#   B   C#       F# 
He's reading Helena, I'm stuck on you 

F#             A#m                     E               B 
With one hand, he turns the pages, the other always in hers 
G#m             C#              D#m                        G# 
And he doesn't ever let go, not even through the turbulent skies 
F#          A#m                E                   B 
I find your Beatles playlist, listening to Love Me Do 
G#m                C#      B   C#             F# 
He's still reading Helena, I'm still stuck on you 

G#m                  D#m 
Everyone is dying to find 
                        Bm 
Someway just to make it through 
                       A#m 
Someone's always crucified 
                          F# 
For doing what it is they do 

A#m E B G#m C# B A#m* F# 

Verse 

F#             A#m   E                B 
He's reading Helena, over the landing call 
G#m           C#                          D#m                          G# 
She takes her hand out of his, cleans his glasses, then puts them back on 
F#             A#m                           E             B 
I've turned to Dylan, who's singing how he's tangled up in blue 
G#m              C#                    B             C#     D#m G# 
Then she takes a book from her bag and she's reading Helena too 
B               C#      B    C#      F# A#m E B 
They're reading Helena, I'm stuck on you 
G#m             C#      B    C#      F# 
They're reading Helena, I'm stuck on you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante