Helplessness Blues Lyrics

*CAPO 1st FRET*
CHORD REFERENCE CHART:
M
D# (strum for intro)
I was raised up believing
I was somehow unique
M
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Unique in each way you can see
And now after some thinking
I'd say I'd rather be
M
A functioning cog in some great machinery
Serving something beyond me
But I don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww what that will be
I'll get back to you someday, sooooooon, you will see
What's my name, what's my station
Oh, just tell me what I should do
M
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night
That would do such injustice to you
Or bow down, and be grateful
And say "Sure, take all that you see"
#M
To the men who move only in dimly lit halls
That determine my future for me
But I don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww who to believe
I'll get back to you someday, sooooooon, you will see
If I know only one thing
It's that everything that I see
M
Of the world outside is so inconceivable
Often I barely can speak
Yah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy
And I can't keep it to myself
M
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
M
Why should I wait for anyone else?
And I know, I knowwww, youuuuu will keep me on the shelf
I'll come back to you someday, soooooooon, my saint
TIME SIGNATURE CHANGE (3/4)
Electric guitar, standard tuning, tremolo picking:
"If I had an orchard......."
M
If I had an orchard
M
I'd work till I'm raw
If I had an orchard
M
I'd work till I'm sore
*(These next notes on the low E string):
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
And you would wait taaaables, and soon run the store
M
Go hail in the sunlight
M
My light in the dawn
If I had an orchard
M
I'd work till I'm sore
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
If I had an or chard I'd work till I'm sore
M
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
M
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
M
Wooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
4th 7th 5th 2nd 5th 4th D# G7M
Someday I'll be like the man on the screen
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend