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From: "Hughes, Mike" 
Subject: TAB: Helicopter by Red House Painters
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:07:46 -0600

Helicopter
Red House Painters
album 3 (bridge cover)
written by Mark Kozelek
===========================
tab by michael hughes 1/98
hughesme@bergelect.com
comments/questions welcomed
===========================

tuning: DGCFAD

the beginning in just fingerstyle   C   G   Dmin7   G   pattern
you'll have to work out what's best harmonized to your own ear

then comes...

D|-------------1-|--------------|------------3-|--------------|
A|---------1-----|--------1-----|--------3-----|--------3-----|
F|-------0---0---|------0---0---|------0---0---|------0---0---|
C|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--1------------|--1-----------|--3-----------|--3-----------|
D|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


 |-------------0-|--------------|------------0-|--------------|
 |---------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|
 |-------3---3---|------3---3---|------3---3---|------3---3---|
 |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 |--1------------|--------------|--3-----------|--------------|
 |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


 |-------------1-|--------------|------------3-|--------------|
 |---------1-----|--------1-----|--------3-----|--------3-----|
 |-------0---0---|------0---0---|------0---0---|------0---0---|
 |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 |--1------------|--1-----------|--3-----------|--3-----------|
 |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


into the oddly harmonized part...
  repeat 4x
||--6----6------||
||--6------6----||
||.-0--------0-.||
||.------------.||
||--------------||
||--6-----------||


get the strumming  off recording for the following chord forms
  repeat 12x
||------6--------|-------0------|-------3------|-------0------||
||------6--------|-------6------|-------3------|-------3------||
||.-----0--------|-------0------|-------0------|-------0-----.||
||.--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------.||
||------6--------|-------6------|--------------|--------------||
||------6--------|-------6------|-------3------|-------3------||


experiment with the following chords from "daylight..." to end

 |--5---0---2---0---------------------------------------------|
 |--3---3---3---3------4---4---4------------------------------|
 |--0---0---0---0------3---3---3------------------------------|
 |--4---4---4---4------5---5---3------------------------------|
 |--5---5--------------6---3---3------------------------------|
 |----------3---3---------------------------------------------|


final end ascension is              end with

 |--3---5---6----8---5---2--|       |---1---|
 |--3---5---6----8---3---3--|       |---1---|
 |--0---0---0----0---0---0--|       |---0---|
 |--0---7---8---10---4---4--|       |---3---|
 |------7---8---10---5---5--|       |---3---|
 |--3-----------------------|       |-------|