Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Intro: E0
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1Verse:
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2I was raised up believing
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3I was somehow unique
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4Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
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5Unique in each way you can see
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7Verse:
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8And now after some thinking
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9I'd say I'd rather be
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A9 functioning cog in some great machinery
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10Serving something beyond me
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12Chorus:
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13But I don't, I don't know what that will be
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14I'll get back to you someday soon you will see
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16Verse:
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17What's my name, what's my station
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18Oh just tell me what I should do
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19I don't need to be kind to the armies of night
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20That would do such injustice to you
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22Verse:
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23Or bow down and be grateful
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24And say "Sure take all that you see"
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25To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls
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26And determine my future for me
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28Chorus:
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29And I don't, I don't know who to believe
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30I'll get back to you someday soon you will see
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32Verse:
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33If I know only one thing
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34It's that every thing that I see
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35Of the world outside is so inconceivable
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36Often I barely can speak
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38Yeah I'm tongue tied and dizzy
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39And I can't keep it to myself
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40What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
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41Why should I wait for anyone else?
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43Chorus:
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44And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
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45I'll come back to you someday soon myself
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Short Instrumental: E46
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48Bridge:
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49If I had an orchard
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50I'd work till I'm raw
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51If i had an orchard
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52I'd work till I'm sore
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54
    E56              A57
55And you would wait tables
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56And soon run the store
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E62                 A63
59Gold hair in the sunlight
   E64            A65
60My light in the dawn
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61If I had an orchard
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62I'd work till I'm sore
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   E71       A72
65If I had an orchard
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66I'd work till I'm sore
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69-harmony Verse - follow same chord pattern as before-
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   E77         A78
72Someday I'll be
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73Like the man on the screen
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Outro: A81  Asus482  A83  E84
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