Verse 1
    F 
Oh, Helen 
                Bb 
They've told me about you 
        Bb           Gm              F 
Made it out like I'd like to be like you. 
       Gm 
Said, "She had the face 
     Bb                  F 
that launched a thousand ships". 
         Bb 
I do not seek this 
         F 
Nor do I wish it. 
  C 
I doubt you did, 
    F 
either. 
 
Verse 2
    F 
Oh, Helen, 
                Bb 
They've told me about you. 
     Gm                   Bb               F 
They write what they have grown too shy to speak. 
                  Bb 
Write, "she was a young thing..." 
                   F 
Write, "golden and shining..." 
             Gm 
Wrote like a trophy, 
    Dm 
Oh, Helen... 
          C               F 
You never sailed a single ship. 
 
Bridge
Bb          C 
There is no power 
           F        Dm                Bb 
In this supposed control (she had the face) 
Bb              C 
And yet, you're blamed 
            F              Dm                Bb 
For all the pain that they sowed (a thousand ships) 
Bb       C 
A single phrase, 
                F           Dm 
That weight you never could throw. 
           Gm                     Bb 
Yet, every warrior acts like he's owed, doesn't he, 
 
Verse 3
F 
Helen? 
                Bb 
They've told me about you. 
    Gm 
Oh, Helen! 
  Bb                F 
I do not think they think. 
                  Bb 
Your heart is not forgot... 
              F 
Your hand, no longer sought. 
    Gm 
Oh, Helen, 
               C             F         Dm 
I'm sure you'd sail a steady ship, oh, Helen! 
               C                F 
I'm sure you'd sail... a steady ship.