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Helpless Without You

By: Andrew Ripp

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Gm
  I spent years skipping over tomorrow
                                       Bb
Drowning my sorrow, pushing people a - way
                               Ab5
I couldn’t slow down, I didn’t know how 
                                  Gm
Burned out I was from spinning in place 
                 
I was dying for some kind of breakthrough
                                     Bb
With no one to turn to, I fell on my face
                                       Ab5
And there in the silence, in holy de - fi - ance
                                 Gm
I cried out, “Lord have mercy on me”

[Pre-Chorus]
                                                               Bb
Nah nah nah, nah I don’t wanna ever go back again, go back a - gain
                              Ab5
Nah nah nah, cause the end of me is where You begin

[Chorus 1]
     Eb                           F 
I am   helpless without You, Lord
Gm                            F/A  
  Helpless without your love, I’m 
Bb                                            F 
  Falling down on my knees and I’m lifting my hands
                                      Bb
You’re all that I need I confess that I am 
Eb                           F
  Helpless without You, Lord
Gm                     F/A
  Desperate forevermore
Bb                                     F
  I’m surrendering all of my heart and my soul
                                 Bb
I know that I’m helpless without You Lord

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[Verse 2]
Gm
  I lost my life, trying to find it
                                    Bb       
But you lost your’s for the sake of me 
                                  Ab5
Carried my weakness, faced all my de - mons
                                Gm
Lifted me up, put me back on my feet 
Filled my lungs with the breath of Heaven 
                      Bb
Gave my soul a second chance
                                        Ab5
To take on the darkness and tear it a - part with
                                   Gm
The weapon of love as my only de - fense

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus 1]

[Turn]

[Bridge]
Eb                F  Gm             F/A    Bb
  No longer in fear,   no longer in fail - ure 
                          F                       Bb
No longer lost now that I found You, I found You, 
Eb                  F    Gm                  F/A   Bb
  I’m swimming in free - dom, I’m diving in deep - er
                     F                       Bb
I’m alive now that I found You, I found You

[Chorus 2]
Eb  F   Gm                      F/A   
    And I’m  helpless without You,
Bb                                            F
  Falling down to my knees and I’m lifting my hands
N.C. 
  Oh I confess that I’m
Eb                           F
  Helpless without You, Lord
Gm                     F/A
  Desperate forevermore
Bb                                     F
  I’m surrendering all of my heart and my soul
                                 Bb
I know that I’m helpless without You Lord

[Outro]
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Songwriters: Andrew Ripp, Ethan Hulse

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Recommended Key: Bb

Tempo/BPM: 85