Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes
This is my first ever tab, but this song is so damn awesome that I had to put a
tab out there for it that people can either use or improve upon. Again, I am not
an expert with chords but I think this sounds fairly close.
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Chords: E x22100
A xx2220
B xx4442
Aadd9 xx22xx
Asus4 xx223x
Verse 1:
[E]I was raised up believing
I was [A]somehow unique
Like a [B]snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Uni[A]que in each way you can [E]see
Verse 2:
[E]And now after some thinking
I'd [A]say I'd rather be
A [B]functioning cog in some great machinery
S[A]erving something beyond [E]me
Chorus:
[E]But I don't, I don't know what that will [A]be
I'll get [E]back to you someday soon[A] you will [E]see
Verse 3:
[E]What's my 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
Verse 4:
[E]Or bow 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 det[A]ermine my future for [E]me
Chorus:
[E]And I don't, I don't know who to belie[A]ve
I'll get [E]back to you someday so[A]on you will [E]see
Verse 6:
[E]If I 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 tongue tied and dizzy
And I [A]can't keep it to myself
What g[B]ood is it to sing helplessness blues?
Why should [A]I wait for anyone [E]else?
Chorus
[E]And I know, I know you will keep me on the [A]shelf
I'll come [E]back to you someday s[A]oon myse[E]lf
Short Instrumental: E
Choral Section:
[E]If I had an [A]orchard
I'd [E]work till I'm [A]raw[(Aadd9)]
[A6]If i had an [E]orchard
I'd work till I'm [A]sore[Asus4] [A]
And [E]you would wait [A]tables
And [E]soon run the [A]store[Asus4] [A]
[E]Gold hair in the s[A]unlight
My [E]light in the [A]dawn[(Aadd9)]
[A6]If I had an [E]orchard
I'd work till I'm [A]sore[Asus4] [A]
If [E]I had an[A] orchard
I'd[E] work till I'm [A]sore[Asus4] [A]
Harmony Verse - follow same chord pattern as before...
Som[E]eday I'll [A]be
Like the[E] man on the scre[A]en
[A] [-] [Asus4] [-] [A] [-] [E]
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