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Song: Helplessness Blues Artist: FLEET FOXES Album: "Helplessness Blues" [2011] Tabbed by: Devin Miller Tuning: Open D (DADF#Ad) *CAPO 1st FRET* ======================================================================== CHORD REFERENCE CHART:
e|--D#0----G#0---D#7M-0---G#2-0---G7M-0---| B|--0----2----4----5----5---| G|--0----1----3----5----5---| D|--0----0----0----0----4---| A|--0----2----4----x----x---| E|--0----0----0----5----5---|
D# (strum for intro) ---- VERSE 1
I was D#raised up believing I was G#somehow unique
Like a D#7Msnowflake distinct among snowflakes UniG#que in each way you can D#see
And now after some thinking
I'd say G#I'd rather be A D#7Mfunctioning cog in some great machinery
G#Serving something beyond D#me ----
CHORUS
But I D#don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww what that will G#2be I'll get D#back G#2to you D#someday, G#2sooooooon, you will D#see
---- VERSE 2
What's my D#name, what's my station Oh, just G#tell me what I should do
I don't D#7Mneed to be kind to the armies of night That would G#do such injustice to D#you
Or bow down, and be grateful
And say &G#quot;Sure, take all that you see" To the D7#Mmen who move only in dimly lit halls
That deG#termine my future for D#me ----
CHORUS
But I D#don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww who to belG#2ieve I'll get D#back G#2to you D#someday, G#2sooooooon, you will D#see
---- VERSE 3
If I D#know only one thing It's that G#everything that I see
Of the D#7Mworld outside is so inconceivable G#Often I barely can D#speak
Yah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy
And I cG#an't keep it to myself What D#7Mgood is it to sing helplessness blues'
Why should G#I wait for anyone D#7Melse' ----
CHORUS
And I D#know, I knowwww, youuuuu will keep me on the G#2shelf I'll come D#back G#2to you D#someday, G#2soooooooon, my G#2saint
---- TIME SIGNATURE CHANGE (3/4) Electric guitar, standard tuning, tremolo picking: e|----------11-------|----------14-10----| B|-------11----11----|-------11-------11-| G|----12----------12-|----12-------------| D|-13----------------|-13----------------| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| x 2 "If I had an orchard......." e|----------11-------|----------13-------|----------13-------| B|-------11----11----|-------13----13----|-------13----13----| G|----12----------12-|----13----------13-|----13----------13-| D|-13----------------|-15----------------|-15----------------| A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D#If I had an oG7Mrchard I'd D#work till I'm rG7Maw
If D#I had an orchard I'd work till I'm G7Msore
*(These next notes on the low E string): 4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M And you would wait taaaables, and soon run the store
Go D#hail in the G7Msunlight My D#light in the daG7Mwn
If D#I had an orchard I'd work till I'm G7Msore
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M If I had an or chard I'd work till I'm sore
D#OoooohhhhhhG7Mhhhhhhhhhhhh D#OoooohhhhhhG7Mhhhhhhhhhhhh
D#WooooahhhhhG7Mhhhhhhhhhh 4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M Someday I'll be like the man on the screen
D# ************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************