Good Help Is So Hard To Find

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A great live acoustic version of DCFC's Good Help (Is So Hard to Find). Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Q4TfDk-cw
Standard tuning. Capo second fret. Chord shapes relative to capo.
Ben hammers on and off as accents throughout the song, and the switch to the G/C back to the G is quick.
Watch the video for timing. Because there are 10 chords used in the song, I've broken them up into sections.
I hope that makes it more readable. And thanks to my guitar teacher for filling in the holes I originally had
in the chorus.
[Verses]
G
G/C
Em
[Pre-chorus]
Am
C
Dadd11
[Chorus]
E5
D5
C5
G/B
[Intro]
G G/C G
Em
[Verse 1]
G G/C G
You'll never have to hear the word "no"
Em
If you keep all your friends on the payroll
Em
The non-disclosure pages signed
Em
Your secret's safe between those lines
[Verse 2]
G G/C G
The scaffolding will cheer and console you
Em
But remember what your mother told you
Em
That good help is so hard to find
Em
For people that are so refined
[Pre-chorus]
Am
You're trying to turn into the skid
C Dadd11
In this never-ending grid
[Chorus]
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
Am
Only a fool would give
C
Only a fool gives it away
[Verse 3]
G G/C G
You said you wanna stake out your claim
Em
Em
High above the city from where you came
Em
Don't you know the air's so thin?
Em
It starves the brain of oxygen
[Verse 4]
G G/C G
I know it's such a dangerous place
Em
For there are more ascensions than there is space
Em
Angels causing accidents
Em
The camera phones'll document
[Pre-chorus]
Am
But if I start to levitate
C Dadd11
Pull me down with all your weight
[Chorus]
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
Am
Only a fool would give
C
Only a fool gives it away
G G/C G
[Pre-chorus]
Am
You're trying to turn into the skid
Em
In this never-ending grid
Am
But you should know it's not ideal
C Dadd11
With all those hands upon the wheel
[Chorus]
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
Am
Only a fool would give
C
Only a fool would give
C G
Only a fool gives this away

Good Help Is So Hard To Find chords and lyrics

Free chords for Good Help Is So Hard To Find by Death Cab for Cutie. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

A great live acoustic version of DCFC's Good Help (Is So Hard to Find). Watch the video here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Q4TfDk-cw
Standard tuning. Capo second fret. Chord shapes relative to capo.
Ben hammers on and off as accents throughout the song, and the switch to the G/C back to the G is quick.
Watch the video for timing. Because there are 10 chords used in the song, I've broken them up into sections.
I hope that makes it more readable. And thanks to my guitar teacher for filling in the holes I originally had
in the chorus.
[Verses]
G
G/C
Em
[Pre-chorus]
Am
[Chorus]
E5
D5
C5
G/B
[Intro]
G               G/C     G
                        Em
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
                                       Em
High above the city from where you cameEm
[Verse 4]
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]
G               G/C     G
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]

Good Help Is So Hard To Find Chords by Death Cab for Cutie

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