Chords for How To Play Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills and Nash
Tempo:
115.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G]
[D] [Am]
[C]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D]
[Am] [G]
[C] [G] Here we start with an A [Am] minor, [G] and we're really pinching the [C] A and the B string to [Am] start with.
And then I pluck the [F] strings, the other strings, in [F#] different ways, but I start with an [Am] A minor.
And then I climb up to a C.
[Gm] You can climb up [A] open, [B] to second, [C] third, [F#] or just from second to [B] third.
[C] It sounds [E] something like [Am] this.
[C]
[F] You can add that pinky on the first string, third fret.
So we [Am] have,
[C] to [G] G, [D] to D.
[F#] And there just toggle the second fret on the [D] first string.
Back to [Am] A minor.
[C] [G]
[D]
Just [E] that twice in the verse, [G#] and then on the last one, it's a quick change from A [Am] minor.
A minor, to [C] C, G.
[G] Hang on to the G.
[D]
[Am] [G]
I think another verse happens, and then we go, I guess, to the bridge.
Here we have a G.
And I forget the exact lyrics there, but that's what I'm talking about, where one is lonely, and two and three and four is together.
Just hang on to the G [F#] chord there, and you can pick it in different [G] ways.
What I do is I pinch the E and the B string.
And [F#] I hammer on the first fret of the second [G] string.
[N] And that's how I like to pick that bridge.
And then we finish off that bridge, or maybe [F] it's the chorus, I guess, by [F#]
going for [G] an F.
You don't need the [E] pinky there.
[C] C, [G] G.
[G]
[D] [Am]
[C]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D]
[Am] [G]
[C] [G] Here we start with an A [Am] minor, [G] and we're really pinching the [C] A and the B string to [Am] start with.
And then I pluck the [F] strings, the other strings, in [F#] different ways, but I start with an [Am] A minor.
And then I climb up to a C.
[Gm] You can climb up [A] open, [B] to second, [C] third, [F#] or just from second to [B] third.
[C] It sounds [E] something like [Am] this.
[C]
[F] You can add that pinky on the first string, third fret.
So we [Am] have,
[C] to [G] G, [D] to D.
[F#] And there just toggle the second fret on the [D] first string.
Back to [Am] A minor.
[C] [G]
[D]
Just [E] that twice in the verse, [G#] and then on the last one, it's a quick change from A [Am] minor.
A minor, to [C] C, G.
[G] Hang on to the G.
[D]
[Am] [G]
I think another verse happens, and then we go, I guess, to the bridge.
Here we have a G.
And I forget the exact lyrics there, but that's what I'm talking about, where one is lonely, and two and three and four is together.
Just hang on to the G [F#] chord there, and you can pick it in different [G] ways.
What I do is I pinch the E and the B string.
And [F#] I hammer on the first fret of the second [G] string.
[N] And that's how I like to pick that bridge.
And then we finish off that bridge, or maybe [F] it's the chorus, I guess, by [F#]
going for [G] an F.
You don't need the [E] pinky there.
[C] C, [G] G.
Key:
G
C
Am
D
F#
G
C
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] Here we start with an A [Am] minor, _ _ _ [G] and we're really pinching the [C] A and the B string to [Am] start with.
_ _ And then I pluck the [F] strings, the other strings, in [F#] different ways, but I start with an [Am] A minor. _ _
And then I climb up to a C.
[Gm] You can climb up [A] open, _ [B] to second, [C] third, [F#] or just from second to [B] third.
_ [C] _ It sounds [E] something like [Am] this.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] You can add that pinky on the first string, third fret.
So we [Am] have, _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ to [G] G, _ _ _ [D] to D. _ _ _
_ [F#] And there just toggle the second fret on the [D] first string.
_ Back to [Am] A minor. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Just [E] that twice in the verse, [G#] and then on the last one, it's a quick change from A [Am] minor.
A minor, to [C] C, G.
[G] _ _ Hang on to the G.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
I think another verse happens, and then we go, I guess, to the bridge.
Here we have a G. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I forget the exact lyrics there, but that's what I'm talking about, where one is lonely, and two and three and four is together. _ _
_ Just hang on to the G [F#] chord there, and you can pick it in different [G] ways.
What I do is I pinch the E and the B string.
And [F#] I hammer on the first fret _ of the second [G] string. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] And that's how I like to pick that _ bridge.
And then we finish off that bridge, or maybe [F] it's the chorus, I guess, by [F#]
going for [G] an F.
_ _ You don't need the [E] pinky there. _
_ [C] _ _ C, [G] G. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] Here we start with an A [Am] minor, _ _ _ [G] and we're really pinching the [C] A and the B string to [Am] start with.
_ _ And then I pluck the [F] strings, the other strings, in [F#] different ways, but I start with an [Am] A minor. _ _
And then I climb up to a C.
[Gm] You can climb up [A] open, _ [B] to second, [C] third, [F#] or just from second to [B] third.
_ [C] _ It sounds [E] something like [Am] this.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] You can add that pinky on the first string, third fret.
So we [Am] have, _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ to [G] G, _ _ _ [D] to D. _ _ _
_ [F#] And there just toggle the second fret on the [D] first string.
_ Back to [Am] A minor. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Just [E] that twice in the verse, [G#] and then on the last one, it's a quick change from A [Am] minor.
A minor, to [C] C, G.
[G] _ _ Hang on to the G.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
I think another verse happens, and then we go, I guess, to the bridge.
Here we have a G. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I forget the exact lyrics there, but that's what I'm talking about, where one is lonely, and two and three and four is together. _ _
_ Just hang on to the G [F#] chord there, and you can pick it in different [G] ways.
What I do is I pinch the E and the B string.
And [F#] I hammer on the first fret _ of the second [G] string. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] And that's how I like to pick that _ bridge.
And then we finish off that bridge, or maybe [F] it's the chorus, I guess, by [F#]
going for [G] an F.
_ _ You don't need the [E] pinky there. _
_ [C] _ _ C, [G] G. _