Chord Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

helplessness blues - fleet foxes * * the song is recorded with a guitar tuned down a half - step to D# * * D# G# C# F# C D# palm - muted E x16 * * verse 1 * * 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 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 * * begin strumming 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 2 * * 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 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 * * with vigor 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 3 * * with subdued enthusiasm / palm - mute 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 E 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 * * with renewed intensity 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 myyyy - - self * * awesome * * E x6 Amaj7 if i had an orchard E F#m i’d work till i’m raw E if i had an orchard C#m Amaj7 i’d work till i’m sore E A and you would wait tables E Amaj7 and soon run the store E Amaj7 gold hair in the sunlight E Amaj7 F#m my light in the dawn E if i had an orchard C#m Amaj7 i’d work till i’m sore E A if i had an orchard E Amaj7 i’d work till i’m sore E Amaj7 ooooooooohhhh E F#m ooooooooohhhh E A oohhhhhhooooooohoooohhhh E A someday i’ll be E A E like the man on the screen * * fin * *