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Helpless When She Smiles

Backstreet Boys

PopAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
E
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
A×
C#mDiagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                intro: (D E F#) - 2x D 
 
 
               E              F#   D 
She keeps the secrets in her eyes 
           E              F# 
She wraps truth inside her lies 
   D             E                     F# 
And just when I can't take what she's done to me 
                 D 
She comes to me 
               E           F#   B 
And leades me back to paradise  
 
 
 
 
                 F#m    B 
She's so hard to hold 
                 A      
But I can't let go 
 
 
 
 
E                                 B 
  I'm a house of cards in a hurricane 
                                C#m 
A reckless ride in the pouring rain  
             B       A                        E 
She cuts me and the pain is all I wanna feel 
                              B 
She danced away just like a child 
                                F#m E/G# A 
She drives me crazy, drives me wild 
                          D   E   F# 
But I'm helpless when she   smiles 
                     D E        F# 
Oh, when she smiles,     she smiles       
 
 
 
 
D             E            F#    D 
  Maybe I'd fight it if I could 
            E                F#    D 
It hurts so bad, but feels so good 
          E               F#         
She opens up just like a rose to me 
                       D 
When she's close to me 
             E             F#      B 
Anything she asked me to, I would 
 
 
 
          F#m   B 
Out of control  
                 A 
But I can't let go 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
E                                 B 
  I'm a house of cards in a hurricane 
                                C#m 
A reckless ride in the pouring rain  
             B       A                        E 
She cuts me and the pain is all I wanna feel 
                              B 
She danced away just like a child 
                                F#m E/G# A 
She drives me crazy, drives me wild 
                          E    B C#m B A  
But I'm helpless when she smiles      
 
 
 
 
 
B                   F#m 
  When she looks at me 
B            A 
  I get so weak 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
E                                 B 
  I'm a house of cards in a hurricane 
                                C#m 
A reckless ride in the pouring rain  
             B       A                        E 
She cuts me and the pain is all I wanna feel 
                              B 
She danced away just like a child 
                                F#m E/G# A 
She drives me crazy, drives me wild 
                          D   E   F# 
But I'm helpless when she   smiles 
                     D E        F# 
Oh, when she smiles,     she smiles       
         D   E   F# 
when she   smiles   oh, when she smiles 
         D   E   F# 
when she   smiles 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

D · E · F# · B · F#m · A · C#m · G#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.