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Song title: Helplessly Hoping
Artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Album: So Far
Transcribed by: Huw Morgan (huw_la@yahoo.com)
With help by Harriet Moore
February 25, 2001
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Notes- Just a few notes:
1) This song is entirely finger picked. Use your thumb for the E, A, and
D strings and your index, middle, and ring finger for the G, B, and e
strings. The picking pattern is very similar to the Travis Pick with a
few variations.
2) Rif 3 feeds into the Chorus so inorder to ease the transition I`ve
combined the two below.
3) Take it slow at first until you get used to the picking
pattern. For memorization purposes just think to yourself Am7 ->
C -> G -> D
Chords
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EADGBe
Am7 (x02010)
C (x32010)
G (320003) <- use your ring, middle, and pinky.
D (xx0232)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
C/G (302013) <- use your ring and pinky on the 3rd fret.
Dm/F (xx3231)
Intro
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(Am7) (C) (G)
e|---------0----------------0--------------0--------------0--------------3-----
B|-1---1-------1--0h1---1-------1--1---1-------1--1---1-------1--0---0-------0-
G|---0-------0--------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0---
D|-------2----------------2--------------2--------------2--------------0-------
A|-0--------------0----------------3--------------3----------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------3-------------
(G) (D) (Dsus2)
---------3------2-------0------0h2-------0-------|
-0---0-------0------0-------0--------0-------0---|
---0-------0------0-------0--------0-------0-----|
-------0--------0-----0--------0-------0---------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-3-----------------------------------------------|
Rif 1
-----
(Am7) (C) (G)
e|---------0----------------0--------------0--------------0--------------3-----
B|-1---1-------1--1-----1-------1--1---1-------1--1---1-------1--0---0-------0-
G|---0-------0--------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0---
D|-------2----------------2--------------2--------------2--------------0-------
A|-0--------------0----------------3--------------3----------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------3-------------
(G) (D) (Dsus2)
---------3------2-------0------0h2-------0-------|
-0---0-------0------0-------0--------0-------0---|
---0-------0------0-------0--------0-------0-----|
-------0--------0-----0--------0-------0---------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-3-----------------------------------------------|
Rif 2
-----
(Am7) (C) (G) (D)
e|---------0--------------0--------------3--------------3------2-------0-------
B|-1---1-------1--1---1-------1--0---0-------0--0---0-------0------0-------0---
G|---0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-----
D|-------2--------------2--------------0--------------0--------0-----0---------
A|-0--------------3------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------3--------------3------------------------------
(Dsus2)
-0h2-------0-------|
-------0-------0---|
-----0-------0-----|
-0-------0---------|
-------------------|
-------------------|
Rif 3 Chorus
----- ------
(Am7) (C) (G) (C/G) (G)
e|---------0--------------0------3-------3--------------3----- --3-------3-----
B|-1---1-------1--1---1-------1------0-------0--1---1-------1- ------0-------0-
G|---0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0--- ----0-------0---
D|-------2--------------2--------------0--------2------------- --------0-------
A|-0--------------3------------------------------------------- ----------------
E|-------------------------------3--------------------3------- --3-------------
(C/G) (G) (C/G) (G) (C/G)
---------3------3-------3--------------3------3-------3--------------3-------
-1---1-------1------0-------0--1---1-------1------0-------0--1---1-------1---
---0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-----
-2--------------------0--------2--------------------0--------2---------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------3--------3--------------------3--------3--------------------3---------
(G) (Dm/F) (C) (G)
-3-------3-----1-------1------0-------0------0-------0------3-----------|
-----0------0------3-------3------1-------1------1-------1----0h1-0h1-0-|
---0------0------2-------2------0-------0------0-------0----------------|
-------0-------3-----3--------------2--------------2----------0h2-0h2-0-|
------------------------------3--------------3--------------------------|
-3----------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
End
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(G)
e|------3---|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|--3-------|
Song/Lyrics:
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[O`kay, this should be pretty simple. On the left you see what riff to play
while you sing the words on the right.]
Intro
Riff 1: Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers near-by,
awaiting a word.
Riff 1: Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs
wishing he could fly
Riff 2: only to trip at the sound of good-bye...
Riff 1: Wordlessly watching he waits by the window and wonders
at the empty place in-side
Riff 1: Heartlessly helping him-self to her bad dreams he worries
did he hear a goodbye
Riff 3: or even... hel-lo?
Chorus: They are one person, they are two a-lone, they are three to-gether, they
are for... each other
Riff 1: Stand by the starway you`ll see something certain to tell you
confusion has its cost.
Riff 1: Love isn`t lying it`s loose in a lady who lingers,
saying she is lost and
Riff 3: choking... on hel-lo.
Chorus + End: They are one person, they are two a-lone, they are three to-gether, they
are for... each other
*feel free to e-mail me (huw_la@yahoo.com) any questions, comments, or
corrections.
