Helter Skelter (Lennon/McCartney) Intro: -|-----0--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|--123--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ When I get to the ... -|-----0--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|-----2--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ slide, where I s... G -|-----0--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|-----1--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6-------- -|------------------------------------------------3--3--3--3-------- ride, till I get ... E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--5--5--6---------6------2--2--2--2--32--2--2--2----------------- -|--3--3--3---------3------0--0--0--0--1--0--0--0----------------- Yeah yeah yeah! Verse: E Well do you ... I'm coming down ... G Tell me tell me ... A E Well you may be ... Chorus: A -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|----------2---2---4---4--5--4--2---------------------------------- -|----------0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0---------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, Helter ... E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------------- -|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0----------------------------- Helter skelter... A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--------------------------------------------5b(7)--3--5----------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------------- -|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0----------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ Helter ....Yeah So much for verses and choruses. The rest are pretty much the same, except that the rest of the verses hit the G chord a little sooner (at the beginning of the third line of the verse). Here's the guitar solo in the middle: E A E -|----------------------7--7--15b(17)--15b(17)--b(17)15------------- -|----------------------0--0---------------------------------------- -|----------------------9--9---------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Cos here she comes A E -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--b(17)15b(17)15---------------13b(14)------------------b(17)15----------- -|------------------b(14)12---------------b(14)12b(14)12-----------12------- -|---------------------------14----------------------------------------14~-- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Later, there's a neat riff in one of the last verses. I think it comes right after "will you won't you want me to make you" or something like that. This is a cool riff with that looonnnng slide. -|--12--15b(17)--b(17)15--12------12---------------------------------------- -|----------------------------15------1510-----10b(12)--b(12)10--8--------- -|-------------------------------------------9-----------------------7--9--- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the song fades into the first ending, there are some nice bend releases, while the lyrics repeat "coming down fast": -|--b(17)15------------------------------------------------------------ -|-----------b(17)15--------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------b(16)14------------------------------------------ -|-----------------------------b(14)12--------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------b(14)12------------------------ -|--------------------------------------------------------------------- Later, there's a whole lot of Hendrix-like guitar noise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---75--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --75/7-- play fret seven, slide down to fret five, slide back up --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five