Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes
Song: Helplessness Blues
Artist: FLEET FOXES
Album: "Helplessness Blues" (2011)
Tabbed by: Devin Miller
Tuning: Open D (DADF#Ad)
*CAPO 1st FRET*
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CHORD REFERENCE CHART:
[D#] [G#] [D#7M] [G#2] [G7M]
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---|
D# (strum for intro)
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VERSE 1
I was [D#]raised up believing
I was [G#]somehow unique
Like a [D#7M]snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Uni[G#]que in each way you can [D#]see
And now after some thinking
I'd say [G#]I'd rather be
A [D#7M]functioning cog in some great machinery
[G#]Serving something beyond [D#]me
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CHORUS
But I [D#]don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww what that will [G#2]be
I'll get [D#]back [G#2]to you [D#]someday, [G#2]sooooooon, you will [D#]see
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VERSE 2
What's my [D#]name, what's my station
Oh, just [G#]tell me what I should do
I don't [D#7M]need 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#]Sure, take all that you see"
To the [D7#M]men who move only in dimly lit halls
That de[G#]termine my future for [D#]me
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CHORUS
But I [D#]don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww who to bel[G#2]ieve
I'll get [D#]back [G#2]to you [D#]someday, [G#2]sooooooon, you will [D#]see
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VERSE 3
If I [D#]know only one thing
It's that [G#]everything that I see
Of the [D#7M]world outside is so inconceivable
[G#]Often I barely can [D#]speak
Yah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy
And I c[G#]an't keep it to myself
What [D#7M]good is it to sing helplessness blues?
Why should [G#]I wait for anyone [D#7M]else?
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CHORUS
And I [D#]know, I knowwww, youuuuu will keep me on the [G#2]shelf
I'll come [D#]back [G#2]to you [D#]someday, [G#2]soooooooon, my [G#2]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|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[D#]If I had an o[G7M]rchard
I'd [D#]work till I'm r[G7M]aw
If [D#]I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm [G7M]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 [D#]hail in the [G7M]sunlight
My [D#]light in the da[G7M]wn
If [D#]I had an orchard
I'd work till I'm [G7M]sore
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
If I had an or chard I'd work till I'm sore
[D#]Ooooohhhhhh[G7M]hhhhhhhhhhhh
[D#]Ooooohhhhhh[G7M]hhhhhhhhhhhh
[D#]Wooooahhhhh[G7M]hhhhhhhhhh
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
Someday I'll be like the man on the screen
[D#]
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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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