Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
** The song is recorded with a guitar tuned down a half-step to Eb**
[(Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Gb] [C] [Eb)]
(palm-muted) E x16
**Verse 1**
[E]I was raised up believing
I was s[A]omehow unique
Like a [B]snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Un[A]ique in each way you can s[E]ee
And now [E]after some thinking
I'd say [A]I'd rather be
A [B]functioning cog in some great machinery
[A]Serving something beyond [E]me
**Chorus** (begin strumming)
But I [E]don't, I don't know [A]what that will be
I'll [E]get back to you someday [A]soon you will [E]see
**Verse 2**
What's my [E]name, what's my station
Oh just [A]tell me what I should do
I don't [B]need to be kind to the armies of night
That would [A]do such injustice to [E]you
Or bow [E]down and be grateful
And say "[A]Sure take all that you see"
To the [B]men who move only in dimly-lit halls
And de[A]termine my future for [E]me
**Chorus** (with vigor)
And I [E]don't, I don't know [A]who to believe
I'll get [E]back to you someday so[A]on you will [E]see
**Verse 3** (with subdued enthusiasm / palm-mute)
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If I [E]know only one thing
It's that [A]every thing that I see
Of the [B]world outside is so inconceivable
[A]Often I barely can [E]speak
Yeah I'm [E]tongue tied and dizzy
And I [A]can't keep it to myself
What [B]good is it to sing helplessness blues?
Why should [A]I wait for anyone [E]else?
**Chorus** (With renewed intensity)
And I [E]know, I know you will [A]keep me on the shelf
I'll come [E]back to you someday s[A]oon myyyy--[E]self
**Awesome**
E x6
If I had an o[Amaj7]rchard
I'd [E]work till I'm raw[F#m]
If [E]i had an orchard
I'd [(C#m)]work till I'm [Amaj7]sore
And [E]you would wait [A]tables
And [E]soon run the [Amaj7]store
Gold [E]hair in the [Amaj7]sunlight
My [E]light in the [Amaj7]dawn[F#m]
If I had an [E]orchard
I'd [(C#m)]work till I'm [Amaj7]sore
If [E]I had an [A]orchard
I'd [E]work till I'm s[Amaj7]ore
[E]Oooooo[Amaj7]OOOhhhh
[E]Oooooo[F#m]OOOhhhh
[E]OohhhhhhoooOOOOh[A]oooohhhh
[E]Someday I'll [A]be
Like the [E]man on the s[A]creen[E]
**FIN**
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