Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes
Tuning: Open D (DADF#Ad)
*CAPO 1st FRET*
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CHORD REFERENCE CHART:
[Eb] [Ab] [D#7M] [Ab2] [Gm7]
e|--0----0----0----0----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---|
Eb (strum for intro)
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VERSE 1
I was [Eb]raised up believing
I was [Ab]somehow unique
Like a [D#7M]snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Uni[Ab]que in each way you can [Eb]see
And now after some thinking
I'd say [Ab]I'd rather be
A [D#7M]functioning cog in some great machinery
[Ab]Serving something beyond [Eb]me
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CHORUS
But I [Eb]don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww what that will [Ab2]be
I'll get [Eb]back [Ab2]to you [Eb]someday, [Ab2]sooooooon, you will [Eb]see
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VERSE 2
What's my [Eb]name, what's my station
Oh, just [Ab]tell me what I should do
I don't [D#7M]need to be kind to the armies of night
That would [Ab]do such injustice to [Eb]you
Or bow down, and be grateful
And say "[Ab]Sure, take all that you see"
To the [D7#M]men who move only in dimly lit halls
That de[Ab]termine my future for [Eb]me
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CHORUS
But I [Eb]don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww who to bel[Ab2]ieve
I'll get [Eb]back [Ab2]to you [Eb]someday, [Ab2]sooooooon, you will [Eb]see
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VERSE 3
If I [Eb]know only one thing
It's that [Ab]everything that I see
Of the [D#7M]world outside is so inconceivable
[Ab]Often I barely can [Eb]speak
Yah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy
And I c[Ab]an't keep it to myself
What [D#7M]good is it to sing helplessness blues?
Why should [Ab]I wait for anyone [D#7M]else?
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CHORUS
And I [Eb]know, I knowwww, youuuuu will keep me on the [Ab2]shelf
I'll come [Eb]back [Ab2]to you [Eb]someday, [Ab2]soooooooon, my [Ab2]saint
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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|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[Eb]If I had an o[Gm7]rchard
I'd [Eb]work till I'm r[Gm7]aw
If [Eb]I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm [Gm7]sore
*(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 [Eb]hail in the [Gm7]sunlight
My [Eb]light in the da[Gm7]wn
If [Eb]I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm [Gm7]sore
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
If I had an or chard I'd work till I'm sore
[Eb]Ooooohhhhhh[Gm7]hhhhhhhhhhhh
[Eb]Ooooohhhhhh[Gm7]hhhhhhhhhhhh
[Eb]Wooooahhhhh[Gm7]hhhhhhhhhh
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
Someday I'll be like the man on the screen
[Eb]
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| / 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
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