Helplessness Blues

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Intro: E

Verse:
E
I was raised up believing
      A
I was somehow unique
       B
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
   A                       E
Unique in each way you can see

Verse:
E
And now after some thinking
    A
I'd say I'd rather be
  B
A functioning cog in some great machinery
 A                       E
Serving something beyond me

Chorus:
E                                        A
But I don't, I don't know what that will be
         E                       A         E
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

Verse:
E
What's my name, what's my station
        A
Oh just tell me what I should do
        B
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night
           A                    E
That would do such injustice to you

Verse: 
E
Or bow down and be grateful
         A
And say "Sure take all that you see"
       B
To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls
       A                    E
And determine my future for me

Chorus:
E                                     A
And I don't, I don't know who to believe
         E                     A           E
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

Verse: 
E
If I know only one thing
          A
It's that every thing that I see
       B
Of the world outside is so inconceivable
A                  E
Often I barely can speak

Yeah I'm tongue tied and dizzy
      A                    
And I can't keep it to myself
      B                             
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
           A                 E
Why should I wait for anyone else?

Chorus:
E                                          A
And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
          E                    A       E
I'll come back to you someday soon myself

Short Instrumental: E

Bridge:
E           A
If I had an orchard
    E             A
I'd work till I'm raw
A6          E
If i had an orchard
                  A      Asus4   A
I'd work till I'm sore


    E              A
And you would wait tables
    E            A    Asus4   A
And soon run the store


E                 A
Gold hair in the sunlight
   E            A 
My light in the dawn
A6          E
If I had an orchard
                  A    Asus4    A
I'd work till I'm sore


   E       A
If I had an orchard
   E              A    Asus4   A
I'd work till I'm sore


-harmony Verse - follow same chord pattern as before-


   E         A
Someday I'll be
        E               A
Like the man on the screen

Outro: A  Asus4  A  E
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Album: Helplessness Blues

From the same album
  1. Helplessness Blues
  2. Lorelai
  3. Montezuma
  4. The Shrine / An Argument
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Fleet Foxes are an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington in 2006. The band consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals), Christian Wargo (bass, guitar, backing vocals) and Morgan Henderson (upright bass, guitar, woodwinds, violin, percussion, saxophone).

Led by singer-songwriter Robin Pecknold, the band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP Sun Giant and their debut album Fleet Foxes on Sub Pop.

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