Helplessness Blues Chords by Fleet Foxes
Tempo:
122.7 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Fm
Cm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] .
I was raised up believing I was somehow unique, like a snowflake, distinct among snowflakes,.
[Cm] unique in each way you [Eb] can see.
And now after some thinking, I'd [Ab] say I'd [Cm] rather be [Eb] a functioning cog in some great [Ab] machinery,.
serving something [Eb] beyond me.
But I don't know what that [Ab] will be.
[Eb] I'll get [Ab] back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] .
Soon you [Eb] will see.
.
What's my name?.
What's my spaceship?.
Oh, [Ab] just tell me what I should do.
I [Eb] don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would [Ab] do such injustice [Eb] to you.
Or bow down and be grateful, and [Ab] say,.
I should take all that you see to [Eb] the men who move on me in dimly lit halls,.
[Ab] to determine my future [Eb] for me.
And I don't [Ab] believe [Eb] I'll get back [Ab] to you [Eb] someday.
[Ab] Soon you will [Eb] see.
.
If I know only one thing, it's [Ab] that everything that I see [Eb] of the world outside is so inconceivable,.
[Ab] often I barely [Eb] can speak.
Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzy, and [Ab] I can't keep it to myself.
But [Eb] what good is it to sing helplessness blues?.
Why [Ab] should I wait for anyone [Eb] else?.
And I know I could keep me [Ab] on the shelf.
.
[Eb] I'll [Ab] get back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] .
Soon you will [Eb] realize.
If I had [Fm] an armchair, .
[Eb] I'd work till [Fm] I'm numb.
If I had an [Bb] armchair, [Eb] I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
.
[Eb] You would wait tables and sing [Ab] and soar.
.
[Eb] Out here in the [Fm] sunlight, .
[Eb] my light in [Fm] the [Bb] dark.
[Ab] .
[Eb] If [Ab] I had an [Eb] armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
.
[Eb] If I had an armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
.
[Eb] Oh, [Fm] oh, .
[Eb] .
[Fm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh.
[Ab] .
[Eb] Someday I'll be like the man on [Ab] the screen.
.
[Db] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
I was raised up believing I was somehow unique, like a snowflake, distinct among snowflakes,.
[Cm] unique in each way you [Eb] can see.
And now after some thinking, I'd [Ab] say I'd [Cm] rather be [Eb] a functioning cog in some great [Ab] machinery,.
serving something [Eb] beyond me.
But I don't know what that [Ab] will be.
[Eb] I'll get [Ab] back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] .
Soon you [Eb] will see.
.
What's my name?.
What's my spaceship?.
Oh, [Ab] just tell me what I should do.
I [Eb] don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would [Ab] do such injustice [Eb] to you.
Or bow down and be grateful, and [Ab] say,.
I should take all that you see to [Eb] the men who move on me in dimly lit halls,.
[Ab] to determine my future [Eb] for me.
And I don't [Ab] believe [Eb] I'll get back [Ab] to you [Eb] someday.
[Ab] Soon you will [Eb] see.
.
If I know only one thing, it's [Ab] that everything that I see [Eb] of the world outside is so inconceivable,.
[Ab] often I barely [Eb] can speak.
Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzy, and [Ab] I can't keep it to myself.
But [Eb] what good is it to sing helplessness blues?.
Why [Ab] should I wait for anyone [Eb] else?.
And I know I could keep me [Ab] on the shelf.
.
[Eb] I'll [Ab] get back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] .
Soon you will [Eb] realize.
If I had [Fm] an armchair, .
[Eb] I'd work till [Fm] I'm numb.
If I had an [Bb] armchair, [Eb] I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
.
[Eb] You would wait tables and sing [Ab] and soar.
.
[Eb] Out here in the [Fm] sunlight, .
[Eb] my light in [Fm] the [Bb] dark.
[Ab] .
[Eb] If [Ab] I had an [Eb] armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
.
[Eb] If I had an armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
.
[Eb] Oh, [Fm] oh, .
[Eb] .
[Fm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh.
[Ab] .
[Eb] Someday I'll be like the man on [Ab] the screen.
.
[Db] .
[Ab] [Eb] .
Key:
Eb
Ab
Fm
Cm
Bb
Eb
Ab
Fm
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ I was raised up believing I was somehow unique, _ like a _ snowflake, distinct among snowflakes,.
[Cm] unique in each way you [Eb] can see.
And now after some thinking, I'd [Ab] say I'd [Cm] rather be [Eb] a functioning cog in some great [Ab] machinery,.
serving something [Eb] beyond me.
But I _ don't know what _ _ _ _ that [Ab] will be.
_ [Eb] I'll get [Ab] back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] _ _ _ .
Soon you [Eb] will see.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
What's my name?.
What's my spaceship?.
Oh, [Ab] just tell me what I should do.
I [Eb] don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would [Ab] do such injustice [Eb] to you.
Or bow down and be grateful, and [Ab] say,.
I should take all that you see to [Eb] the men who move on me in dimly lit halls,.
[Ab] to determine my future [Eb] for me.
And I don't _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] believe _ _ [Eb] I'll get back [Ab] to you [Eb] someday.
[Ab] Soon _ you will [Eb] see.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ If I know only one thing, it's [Ab] that everything that I see [Eb] of the world outside is so inconceivable,.
[Ab] often I barely [Eb] can speak.
Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzy, and [Ab] I can't keep it to myself.
But [Eb] what good is it to sing helplessness blues?.
Why [Ab] should I wait for anyone [Eb] else?.
And I know I _ _ _ could keep me [Ab] on the shelf.
_ .
[Eb] I'll [Ab] get back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] _ .
Soon you will _ [Eb] realize.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ If I had [Fm] an _ armchair, _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I'd work till [Fm] I'm _ _ _ _ numb.
_ _ _ _ _ If I had an [Bb] armchair, [Eb] I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] You would wait _ tables and sing [Ab] and _ soar.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Out here in the [Fm] _ _ sunlight, _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Eb] my light in [Fm] the _ _ _ [Bb] dark.
_ [Ab] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] If [Ab] I had an [Eb] armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Eb] If I had an armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Oh, _ _ [Fm] _ _ oh, _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ .
[Fm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [Ab] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] _ Someday I'll be like the man on [Ab] the screen.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ .
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ I was raised up believing I was somehow unique, _ like a _ snowflake, distinct among snowflakes,.
[Cm] unique in each way you [Eb] can see.
And now after some thinking, I'd [Ab] say I'd [Cm] rather be [Eb] a functioning cog in some great [Ab] machinery,.
serving something [Eb] beyond me.
But I _ don't know what _ _ _ _ that [Ab] will be.
_ [Eb] I'll get [Ab] back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] _ _ _ .
Soon you [Eb] will see.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
What's my name?.
What's my spaceship?.
Oh, [Ab] just tell me what I should do.
I [Eb] don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would [Ab] do such injustice [Eb] to you.
Or bow down and be grateful, and [Ab] say,.
I should take all that you see to [Eb] the men who move on me in dimly lit halls,.
[Ab] to determine my future [Eb] for me.
And I don't _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] believe _ _ [Eb] I'll get back [Ab] to you [Eb] someday.
[Ab] Soon _ you will [Eb] see.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ If I know only one thing, it's [Ab] that everything that I see [Eb] of the world outside is so inconceivable,.
[Ab] often I barely [Eb] can speak.
Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzy, and [Ab] I can't keep it to myself.
But [Eb] what good is it to sing helplessness blues?.
Why [Ab] should I wait for anyone [Eb] else?.
And I know I _ _ _ could keep me [Ab] on the shelf.
_ .
[Eb] I'll [Ab] get back to [Eb] you someday.
[Ab] _ .
Soon you will _ [Eb] realize.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ If I had [Fm] an _ armchair, _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I'd work till [Fm] I'm _ _ _ _ numb.
_ _ _ _ _ If I had an [Bb] armchair, [Eb] I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] You would wait _ tables and sing [Ab] and _ soar.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Out here in the [Fm] _ _ sunlight, _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Eb] my light in [Fm] the _ _ _ [Bb] dark.
_ [Ab] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] If [Ab] I had an [Eb] armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Eb] If I had an armchair, I'd work till [Ab] I'm sore.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Oh, _ _ [Fm] _ _ oh, _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ .
[Fm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [Ab] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] _ Someday I'll be like the man on [Ab] the screen.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ .
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .