Helpless Chords by Phillipa Soo  &  Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

[Intro]

[Chorus]
N.C.         
Ooh I do I do
N.C.     
I do I do
        F          
Hey Ooh ■ I do I do
     Bb  
I do I do
               F       
Boy you got me helpless
Bb                                         
Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit
    F       
I'm helpless
Bb                                        
Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em


[Verse]
F                                                       
I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
Bb                                                
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
F                                               
Laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the room
     Bb                                  
Then you walked in and my heart went boom
F                                                     
Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
Bb                                           
Everybody's dancin' and the band's top volume
F                                      
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
        Bb                
Grab my sister and whisper
              Dm7 
Yo this one's mine
                                       F     
My sister made her way across the room to you
                                      Bb      
And I got nervous thinking what's she gonna do
                                          F      
She grabs you by the arm I'm thinkin' I'm through
Csus4                                     F       
Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm helpless


[Chorus]
           Bb           
Oh look at those eyes oh
F            Bb       
I'm helpless ■  I know
F             Bb 
■ I'm so into you
        Bb      
I am so into you
F           
I'm helpless
           Bb                                        
I know I'm down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em


[Verse]
F                      
Where are you taking me
                         C   
I'm about to change your life
        C                     
Then by all means lead the way
          C       
Elizabeth Schuyler
C                          
It's a pleasure to meet you
            C     
Schuyler My sister
          C                   
Thank you for all your service
      C                                                             
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet it will have been worth it
C                   
I'll leave you to it
F             
One week later
                     F      
I'm writin' a letter nightly
Bb                                                    
Now my life gets better every letter that you write me
F                                                     
Laughin' at my sister 'cause she wants to form a harem
F                                                         
I'm just sayin' if you really loved me you would share him
F              
Two weeks later
       F                    
In the living room stressin'
   F                  
My father's stonefaced
             Bb                     
While you're asking for his blessin'
    F                                
I'm dying inside as you wine and dine
        Bb               
And I'm tryin' not to cry
                                            Dm7
'cause there's nothing that your mind can't do 
                                        F     
My father makes his way across the room to you
                                    Bb     
I panic for a second thinking we're through
F           Bb                           F   
But then he shakes your hand and says Be true
             Csus4                  F  
And you turn back to me smiling and I'm


[Chorus]
          Bb                F              
Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit
    F       
I'm helpless
Bb                                        
Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em
F                            Bb  
That boy is mine that boy is mine
    F            
I'm ■ so helpless
Bb                                        
Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em


[Verse]
F                                     
Eliza I don't have a dollar to my name
   Bb                                              
An acre of land a troop to command a dollop of fame
F7                                        
All I have's my honor a tolerance for pain
Bb                                               
A couple of college credits and my topnotch brain
F7                                                  
Insane your family brings out a different side of me
Bb                                                      
Peggy confides in me Angelica tried to take a bite of me
F7                                         
No stress my love for you is never in doubt
            Bb                                            
We'll get a little place in Harlem and we'll figure it out
          Dm7                                        
I've been livin' without a family since I was a child
          F                                     
My father left my mother died I grew up buckwild
Bb             Bbmaj7             Bb                
But I'll never forget my mother's face that was real
         Csus4                                             F 
And long as I'm alive Eliza swear to God you'll never feel so


[Chorus]
  Bb               
I do I do I do I do
                     Dm7 
Eliza I do I do I do I do
        Bb     
I never felt so
    Bb                
I'm down for the count
         F                     
Said I'm down for the count I'm
F                                              
Yo my life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it
Bb                            Dm7   Bb        F   Fmaj7
I look into your eyes and the sky's the limit I'm ■    


[Outro]
F Dm                                        
■ Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em
   Bbmaj7       F               
In New York you can be a new man
Bb                     Fsus4       F  
In New York you can be ■     a new man
            F                   
In New York you can be a new man
F       
Helpless


[End]