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Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes - Guitar Chords

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Tuning: Open D (DADF#AD)
*CAPO 1st FRET*

CHORD REFERENCE CHART:
     D    G   Dmaj7 G*  Gmaj7
D |--0----0----0----0----0---|
A |--0----2----4----5----5---|
F#|--0----1----3----5----5---|
D |--0----0----0----0----4---|
A |--0----2----4----x----x---|
D |--0----0----0----5----5---|

D  (strum for intro)

[Verse]
      D
I was raised up believing
      G
I was somehow unique
       Dmaj7
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
   G                       D
Unique in each way you can see

And now after some thinking
        G
I'd say I'd rather be
  Dmaj7
A functioning cog in some great machinery
G                        D
Serving something beyond me

[Chorus]
      D                                           G*
But I don't, I don't kno---w what that will be
         D    G*     D        G*                  D
I'll get back to you someday, sooooooon, you will see

[Verse]
          D
What's my name, what's my station
         G
Oh, just tell me what I should do
        Dmaj7
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night
           G                    D
That would do such injustice to you

Or bow down, and be grateful
         G
And say "Sure, take all that you see"
       Dmaj7
To the men who move only in dimly lit halls
       G                     D
And determine my future for me

[Chorus]
      D                                      G*
But I don't, I don't kno---w who to believe
         D    G*     D        G*                  D
I'll get back to you someday, sooooooon, you will see

[Verse]
     D
If I know only one thing
          G
It's that everything that I see
       Dmaj7
Of the world outside is so inconceivable
G                  D
Often I barely can speak

Yeah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy
       G
And I can't keep it to myself
     Dmaj7
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
           G                 Dmaj7
Why should I wait for anyone else?

[Chorus]
      D                                            G*
And I know, I kno-w, youuuuu will keep me on the shelf
          D    G*     D        G*             G*
I'll come back to you someday, soooooooon, myself

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|-------------------|-------------------| x2

         "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            Gmaj7
If I had an orchard
    D              Gmaj7
I'd work till I'm raw
   D
If I had an orchard
                  Gmaj7
I'd work till I'm sore

(These next notes on the low E string)
    4th 7th   5th  2nd  5th   4th D             Gmaj7
And you would wait taaaables, and soon run the store

   D           Gmaj7
Gold hair in the sunlight
   D              Gmaj7
My light in the dawn
   D
If I had an orchard
                  Gmaj7
I'd work till I'm sore
   4th  7th 5th 2nd 5th   4th D             Gmaj7
If I    had an  or  chard I'd work till I'm sore

D          Gmaj7
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
D          Gmaj7
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
D          Gmaj7
Wooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
4th 7th 5th  2nd 5th  4th D          Gmaj7
Someday I'll be  like the man on the screen

D
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