G
future
                                  Em
In the fizzing bubbles of an Alka Seltzer
      G
I was wound around you
                          D
Like barbed wire around a jail
      C
I was just another male
                        G
Who failed to let it go
       C
I was just another boy
                                   D
Who paled next to the glow of your cheeks
           C                 D
Who turned minutes into weeks


[Chorus]
N.C.
Helen
   G                                         C
I wish I could have said that I had your back
   G                                           C
I wish I hadn't let you fall through the cracks
  Em                                            C
I wish I had been there that night at the hotel
   D                                   Em
I wish I could say that I knew you well
   C             D           G
I really didn't know you well


[Solo]
G  G  Em  G  D


[Verse 2]
           G
I went downtown to a diner
                                Em
Sat in a booth order coffee and the lemon pie
             G
My hand was shaking just a little
               D
I had a little twitch in my eye
       C
I was just another guy
                           G
who failed to let you know
       C
I was just another boy
                                   D
who paled next to the glow of your cheeks
           C                  D
Who turned minutes into weeks


[Chorus 2]
N.C.
Helen
  G                                           C
I wish I could have said that I had your back
  G                                             C
I wish I hadn't let you fall through the cracks
  Em                                           C
I wish I had been there that night at the hotel
  D                                   Em
I wish I could say that I knew you well
  C             D           G
I really didn't know you well