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] .
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
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To learn Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Eb, Ab and Eb in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 61 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 123 BPM. With Eb Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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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] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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