Song: Helplessness Blues Artist: FLEET FOXES Album: "Helplessness Blues" [2011] Tabbed by: Devin Miller Tuning: Open D (DADF#Ad) *CAPO 1st FRET* ======================================================================== 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) ---- VERSE 1 Eb I was raised up believing Ab I was somehow unique D#7M Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes Ab Eb Unique in each way you can see And now after some thinking Ab I'd say I'd rather be D#7M A functioning cog in some great machinery Ab Eb Serving something beyond me ---- CHORUS Eb Ab2 But I don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww what that will be Eb Ab2 Eb Ab2 Eb I'll get back to you someday, sooooooon, you will see ---- VERSE 2 Eb What's my name, what's my station Ab Oh, just tell me what I should do D#7M I don't need to be kind to the armies of night Ab Eb That would do such injustice to you Or bow down, and be grateful Ab And say "Sure, take all that you see" D7#M To the men who move only in dimly lit halls Ab Eb That determine my future for me ---- CHORUS Eb Ab2 But I don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww who to believe Eb Ab2 Eb Ab2 Eb I'll get back to you someday, sooooooon, you will see ---- VERSE 3 Eb If I know only one thing Ab It's that everything that I see D#7M Of the world outside is so inconceivable Ab Eb Often I barely can speak Yah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy Ab And I can't keep it to myself D#7M What good is it to sing helplessness blues? Ab D#7M Why should I wait for anyone else? ---- CHORUS Eb Ab2 And I know, I knowwww, youuuuu will keep me on the shelf Eb Ab2 Eb Ab2 Ab2 I'll come back to you someday, soooooooon, my saint ---- 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 Gm7 If I had an orchard Eb Gm7 I'd work till I'm raw Eb If I had an orchard Gm7 I'd work till I'm 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 Eb Gm7 Go hail in the sunlight Eb Gm7 My light in the dawn Eb If I had an orchard Gm7 I'd work till I'm sore 4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M If I had an or chard I'd work till I'm sore Eb Gm7 Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Eb Gm7 Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Eb Gm7 Wooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M Someday I'll be like the man on the screen Eb ************************************ | / 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 ************************************