E----------------------------------------------------------
B---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5
G---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--6--6--5--5--5--5
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
| | G | E |
| ....see me again yeah | , yeah, yeah | |
| | E |
| | Do you, don't you want me to love you, yeah |
| I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you, |
| | G | A |
| Tell | me, tell me, tell me the answer, yo | u may be a lover, but you ain't no |
E----------------------------------0--0----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------0--0-----------------------------------2--2
G---2------------------------------1--1-----------------------------------2--2
D-------4--2--0--------------------2--2-----2-----------------------------2--2
A-------------------4--2--0--------2--2----------4---2--0-----------------0--0
E----------------------------------0--0-----------------------4--2--0---------
E--------------------------------------0-
B--------------------------------------0-
G----2---------------------------------1- then keep on playing the E
chord ---------4--2--0-----------------------2- 2nd verse as you did
A----------------------4--2--0---------2- first
E--------------------------------------0-
| The only thing left is the solo which goes some thing like this- |
E-0--0-------------15--------15----------------------------------10-----------10
B-0--0---15b(17)------15b(17)--------15b(17)---2--2----10b(12)-------10b(12)---
G-1--1-----------------------------------------2--2---------------------------
D-2--2-----------------------------------------2--2---------------------------
A-2--2-----------------------------------------0--0-----------------------------
E-0--0------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------
B----10b(12)--
G-------------- Play this twice and then finish on an E.
D--------------
A---------------
E---------------
| That should have all the guitar parts to the song. Quite simple really. |
| Richard Zangoli (ahowden@magna.com.au) |
| "Helter Skelter" (Lennon/McCartney) |
-|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------
-|--12\3--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
| When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the |
-|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------
-|-----2--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
| slide, where I stop and I turn and I go for a |
-|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------
-|-----1--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6--------
-|------------------------------------------------3--3--3--3--------
| ride, till I get to the bottom and I see you again. |
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--5--5--6---------6------2--2--2--2--3\2--2--2--2-----------------
-|--3--3--3---------3------0--0--0--0--1\0--0--0--0-----------------
| | E |
| Well | do you don't you want me to make you |
| I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you |
| | G |
| Tell me tell me tell me come on t | ell me the answer |
| | A | E |
| Well you m | ay be a lover but you ain't no da | ncer. |
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------
-|----------0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0----------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2-----------------------------------------
-|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0-----------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------------5b(7)--3--5-----------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2-----------------------------------------
-|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0-----------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
| So much for verses and choruses. The rest are pretty much the same, |
| except that the rest of the verses hit the G chord a little sooner |
| (at the beginning of the third line of the verse). |
| Here's the guitar solo in the middle: |
-|----------------------7--7--15b(17)--15b(17)--b(17)15-------------
-|----------------------0--0----------------------------------------
-|----------------------9--9----------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--b(17)15b(17)15---------------13b(14)------------------b(17)15-----------
-|------------------b(14)12---------------b(14)12b(14)12-----------12-------
-|---------------------------14----------------------------------------14~--
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Later, there's a neat riff in one of the last verses. I think it |
| comes right after "will you won't you want me to make you" or something |
| like that. This is a cool riff with that looonnnng slide. |
-|--12--15b(17)--b(17)15--12------12----------------------------------------
-|----------------------------15------15\10-----10b(12)--b(12)10--8---------
-|-------------------------------------------9-----------------------7--9---
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| As the song fades into the first ending, there are some nice bend releases, |
| while the lyrics repeat "coming down fast": |
-|--b(17)15------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------b(17)15---------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------b(16)14------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------b(14)12---------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------b(14)12------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
| Later, there's a whole lot of Hendrix-like guitar noise. |
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----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
| --7\5/7-- play fret seven, slide down to fret five, slide back up |
| --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach |
| --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, |
| unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight |
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five
| "This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. |
| When you get to the bottom |
| You go back to the top of the slide |
| And you stop and you turn |
| Till you get to the bottom |
| Do you, don't you want me to love you? |
| I'm coming down fast, but I'm miles above you |
| Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer |
| You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer |
| Do you, don't you want me to make you? |
| Coming down fast I don't want me to break you |
| Tell me , tell me, tell me the answer |
| You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer |
| When you get to the bottom |
| you go back to the top of the slide |
| Where you stop and you turn |
| Till you get to the bottom |
| Do you, don't you want me to love you ? |
| Coming down fast I'm right above you |
| Tell me , tell me, tell me the answer |
| You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer |