Chords for Cal Smith "Helen"

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_ _ _ Ellen's got a good job [A] down at _ _ [D] Kroger's _
_ [E] _ [F] Handlin' _ [G] people's money all [C] day long
And _ _ _ maybe she will give me a [A] few dollars
_ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [F] Just enough [G] to get my [C] body _ stoned _ _
_ Cause the whiskey's sold for thirty _ [A] cents a gallon
_ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [F] Buddy, _ [G] I couldn't buy [C] a fort _ _ _ _
_ I guess I'll have to go on [D] home to [A] Ellen
_ [D] But _
_ [E] _ [F] Ellen may [G] not want me _ [C] anymore
_ _ Lord, [Em] _ _ [F] _ I [G] hate to do [C] this to Ellen
_ Cause _
[D] _ _ [F] _ Ellen loves [G] me when nobody [C] don't
But _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F] if I keep [G] on playing [C] with her feelings
_ [Am] _
[C] I _ [F] _ got a [G] feeling _ someday [Cm] she won't _ _
_ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [D] She said, come on in, you're looking [E] thinner _ _
I've _ _ [G] never seen [A] you this bad [D] off before
_ I _ [B] _ [D] _ showered and shaved and set myself [E] to [B] dinner
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [G] Then we quietly [A]
closed the bedroom [D] _ door _ _
_ _ Next morning I found a note _ [E] on the [B] table
_ [E] _
_ _ [G] With a big ten [A] dollar bill _ [D] pinned inside _ _ _
_ I hope and pray someday you'll whip [E] that devil _ _ _
_ _ [F#] [G] And be the [A] kind of man you were [D] last _ _ night
_ [F#m] _ _ [G] Lord, I [A] hate to do [D] this to Ellen
_ Cause _ [E] _ _ [G] _ Ellen loves [A] me when nobody [D] _ don't _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] But if I keep [A] on playing [D] with her feelings _
I _ _ [G] _ got a [A] feeling _ someday [D] she _ won't
_ [E] _ _ [G] Cause Ellen [A] loves me when _ [D] nobody [B] don't _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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