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HELTER SKELTER
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the
slide, where I stop and I turn and I go for a
ride, till I get to the bottom and I see you aGgain.
Yeah yeaEh yeah!
Well Edo you don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me tell me tell me come on tGell me the answer
Well you mAay be a lover but you ain't no daEncer.
WeAll, Helter Skelter
EHelter skelter
AHelter skelter YEeah
E'Cos here she comesA  E  
A E
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer (HELTER SKELTER X3)
Intro and verses: Dsus2-A-E-Esus4- E(this is labeled [+])
Gonna go where the bright lights and the big city meet
Dsus2   A[+]
With a red guitar, on fire, Desire
She's the candle burning in my room
I'm like the needle - needle and spoon
Over the counter with a shotgun
Pretty soon, everybody got one
And the fever when I'm beside her
Desire, desire
(Dsus2BurninAg, bDsus2urningE)
She's the dollars
She's my protection
She's a promise
In the year of election
Sister, I can't let you go
I'm like a preacher
Stealing hearts at a traveling show
For love or money, money, money
Desire
CAPO ON THE FIRST FRET!
INTRO: Bb   Eb   Bb   Eb   Bb  Eb  
Like a desert needs rain
Bb
Like a town needs a name
Eb
I need your love
Bb Eb
Like a drifter needs a room
Bb
Hawkmoon
Eb
I need your love I need your love
Bb Eb Ab Ab Ab Bb Eb Bb Eb
Bb||
Eb Starts playing the Eb's like:
Like sweet soul music E--3--4--3--1-------------------
Bb B--4--4--4--4-------------------
G--3--3--3--3-------------------
Like sunlight D-------------------------------
Eb A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------
I need your love
Like coming hoBbmeEb  
Bb
And you don't know where you've been
Eb
Like black coffee
Bb
Like nicotine
Eb
I need your love I need your love
Bb Eb
Ooooooooo ooo BbI need your love (I need Ebyour love)
Ab Eb Bb Eb
When the night has no end
Bb Eb
As the rBboom spins aEbround
Bb Db
I need your love I need your love
Bb Eb
I need your love(I need your love) E--4-4-4--4/3-3---/1---------------
Bb Eb
Bb Eb Ab Ab Ab
Bb Eb
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
Bb Eb
Bb Eb
Bb Eb Bb
Eb Bb Eb
Like thunder needs rain
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb Bb Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb Eb Bb
I need your loEbve Ab(I neAbed Abyour love) Ow!Bb  Eb  
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb
Bb Eb
Bb Eb
Bb Eb
CHORD FORMATIONS: (Capo first fret)
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Bb 1 1 3 3 3 x (Like an A chord formation)
Eb 1 1 1 3 4 3 (Like a D chord formation)
Ab 1 1 6 5 4 4 (Like an F chord formation)
Db 4 3 1 1 4 4 (Like a G chord formation)
Am - G - F - G is the pattern throughout the song.
So when it says intro x2 then play this pattern twice
Am- G- F- G{intro} x4
Intro x2
Intro x 8
Intro x 4
All I got is a red guitar, 3 chords and the truth
Intro x4
Intro x 4 (Yeaaaah heyyeh e ehhy)
This song is played in the key of C# (C#, F#, G#), but works equally well
in C(C, F, G) or G(G, C, D), so long as you don't play along to the recording.
C#I have climbed highest mountain
I have run thG#rough the fields
Only to F#be with you
Only to C#be with you
C#I have run
I have G#crawled
I have scaled these G#city walls
These city F#walls
Only to C#be with you
But I G#still haven't F#found what I'm C#looking for
But I G#still haven't F#found what I'm C#looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for X4
Standard Tuning
E...I want some freedomE, for my people, I want some freedom, freedom for my
Play this until Sterling stops singing, and when the harmonica kicks in,
play and A chord. Then, right about when he starts singing again play the
E-chord part again.
E-0---0--0-0--0
B-0---0--2-2--0
G-1---1--1-1--1
D-2---2--2-2--2
A-2---2--2-2--2
E-0---0--0-0--0
Chords
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E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
A: x 0 2 2 2 0
B: x 2 4 4 4 2
[Intro]
E[Verse]
EIn the s*** house, a shotgun
[Chorus]
EThe warden said,
"The Aexit is sold,"
If you Bwant a way outE  
E   A   E  A(XII) E  A(XII) E  A(XII) E  
Silver and gold.
EBroken back to the ceilingA  E  
A(XII) E  
Broken nose to the floor
I scream at the sounds, it's comingA  E  
A(XII) E  
Crawls under the door
There's a rope around my neck and Athere's aE  
A(XII) E  
Trigger in your gun
Jesus say something!A  E  
A(XII) E  
I am someone! I am someone!
A   E  A(XII)
I am someone!
ECaptains and kings Ain the slave ships hold
They Bcame to collectE  
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|-12-------12-------12-------12/14-14-------14-------14-------14/15\12------
G-|----12-------12-------12----12-14----14-------14-------14----14-15-12------
D-|-------12-------12-------12-------------14-------14-------14---------------
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|-12-------12-------12-------12/14-14-------14-------14-------14/15\12-12---
G-|----12-------12-------12----12-14----14-------14-------14----14-15-12-12---
D-|-------12-------12-------12-------------14-------14-------14---------------
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ESeen them coming and going
A(XII) E  A(XII) E   A  E  
Seen them bright and shiny things, bright shiny things, yeah!
A(XII) E  
The temperature is rising
The fever white hotA  E  
A(XII) E  
Mister I ain't got nothing But it's
More than you've gotA  E  
A(XII) E  
Chains no longer bind me
Nor the shackles at my feetA  E  
A(XII) E  
Outside are the prisoners
Inside the free, Aset them Efree
A(XII) E  A  
Set them free
EA prize fighter in a Acorner is told
BHit where it hurts E-- silver and gold
A man who's sick of looking down the barrel of White South Africa.
A man at the point where he is ready to take up arms against his oppressor.
A man who's lost faith in the peace makers of the West.
Am I bugging you? I don't mean to bug ya'.
Intro: E   A   Dx2
OBne man come in the nEame of love,
OAne man come and F#mgo.
OBne man come he to jEustify,
OAne man to overthF#mrow,
IBn the name of love,E  
WAhat more in the F#mname of love?
OBne man crawled on a bEarbed wire fence,
OAne man he reF#msist.
OBne man washed on an eEmpty beach.
OAne man betrayed with a F#mkiss.
IBn the name of love,E  
WAhat more in the F#mname of love?
BNobody like you Dx2E  E  
OBoo-oo-oo-oo
OEoo-oo-oo-oo
OAoo-oo-oo-oo
OF#moo-oooo
EBarly morning, EApril 4.
A Ashot rings out in the F#mMemphis sky.
FBree at last, they Etook your life,
BAut they could not take youF#mr pride.
IBn the name of love,E  
WAhat more in the F#mname of love?
BEnd Eon B A(or F#mfade out)
Capo 3rd fret
C   C   F   F   F( Cis played like an Aon 5th fret, Flike A   Don 5th fret)
Chorus:
GSoul Flove, and Gthis love won't let me Fgo
GSo Flong, Gangel of CharClemF  F  F  
Bridge:
Amooh ooh Gooh Fooh she sings with AmheaGrt, heart and Fsoul
CHORD FORMATIONS:
C 3 3 5 5 5 3
F x x 3 5 6 5
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
Am 5 7 7 6 5 5
(WITH B. BKING)
E Riff1 E Riff1 E Riff 1
ERiff1
I was under the waves before love rescued me
E Riff 1
Chorus-
When love Acomes to town, I'm gonnAa jump tDhat train,A  
When love Ecomes to town, I'm gonna cEatch thaAt flame,E  
E(palm muted)
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
(stop) E Riff 1 etc... etc...
RIFF 1
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G--------------6s/4-------
D------s/7-----7-----------
A-------------------------
E----------------------------
Intro:
DmCno3/ D  Dm  
DmCno3/ D  Dm  
See the sun rise over her skin
Cno3/ D  Dm  
Don't change it
Cno3/ D  Dm  
See the sun rise over her skin
Cno3/ D   Bb/F  C  
Dawn changes everything, everything
And the dealta Bbsun burns Fbright and CviolentCsus4  C  
DmCno3/ D  Dm  
Mississippi and the cotton wool heat,
Cno3/ D  Dm  
Sixty-six the highway speaks
Cno3/ D   Bb/F  C  
Of deserts dry, of cool green valleys
Bb   F   C   Csus4   C(Play to Chorus)
Gold and silver veins - shining cities
Chorus:
In this Gm7heartlandBb  
In this Fheartland
In this Gm7heartlandBb  
FHeaven knows this is a heartland
DmCno3/ D   DmCno3/D  
See the sun rise over her skin
DmCno3/ D   DmCno3/D  
She feels like water in my hand
DmCno3/ D  Dm  
freeway like a river cuts through this land
Into the side of Bb/Flove like a burning CspearCsus4  
CAnd the poison Bb/Frain brings a flood of CfearCsus4  
CThrough the ghostranch Bb/Fhills, Death Valley CwatersCsus4  
CIn the towers of Bb/Fsteel, belief goes Con Csus4and Con
Chorus
Now just adlib from here on (play around with the intro chords too :-) )
Chords:
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Cx32010
Cno3/ Dxx0013
Bb/Fxx3331
Dmxx0231
Fxx3211
Bbxx3331
Csus4xx3313
Gm7xx3333
GOD PART II
E7Don't believe the devil, I don't believe his book
I Adon't believe in excess, success is to give
I E7don't believe in riches, but you should see where I live
B(Bb) A  E7  
I......I believe in love
CHORDS: E7 0 7 6 7 5 0 A 5 7 7 6 5 5
B 7 9 9 8 7 7 Bb 6 8 8 7 6 6
E----------0--|-4-2-0--------|-----4--2-0---|-----0-0-------|
B-0------0----|-----------0--|-0-0--------4-|-2-4-----0-----|
G---1--1------|-------1-3----|--------------|-----------1---|
D----2--------|--------------|--------------|-------------2-|
A-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
E-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
This song can be played with a quick series of chords Dm and C:
Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| C| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| Dm| C|
A man breathes into a saxophone
(CAPO 1ST FRET)
G(320003)
Cadd9(x32010)
Em(022000)
INTRO: G   Cadd9   G  Cadd9  
VERSE 1: you Gsay you Cadd9want Gdimonds and a ring of Cadd9gold
you Gsay you Cadd9want your Gstory to remain unCadd9told
CHORUS 1: but all the Empromises we Cadd9made
from the Emcraddle to the Cadd9grave
when Gall i Cadd9want is yoGuCadd9  G  Cadd9  
VERSE 2: you Gsay you'll Cadd9give me a Ghighway with no-one Cadd9on it
a Gtreasure just to look uCadd9pon it
all the Griches in the Cadd9night
you Gsay you'll Cadd9give me Geyes in a moon of Cadd9blindness
a Griver in a time of Cadd9dryness
a Gharbour in the Cadd9tempest
CHORUS 2: but all the Empromises we Cadd9made
from the Emcraddle to the Cadd9grave
when Gall i Cadd9want is yoGuCadd9  G  Cadd9  
LINK 1: G   Cadd9   G  Cadd9  
VERSE 3: you Gsay you Cadd9want your Glove to work out Cadd9right
to last with me tGhrough the nightCadd9  
you Gsay you Cadd9want Gdiamonds and a ring of Cadd9gold
Gyour storCadd9y to remain untold
your Glove not to groCadd9w cold
CHORUS 3: all the Empromises we Cadd9break
from the Emcraddle to the Cadd9grave
when Gall i Cadd9want is yoGuCadd9  G  Cadd9  
LINK 2: G   Cadd9   G  Cadd9  
MIDDLE: Gyou - Cadd9ou, all i want is Gyou - Cadd9ou, all i want is
Gyou - Cadd9ou, all i want is Gyou - Cadd9ou
SOLO: G   Cadd9   G   Cadd9(x4)
OUTRO: G   Cadd9   G   Cadd9(x11) G  
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