Helplessness Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][C][C][C]
[C][C][C][C]

[Verse 1]
I was [C]raised up believing
I was [F]somehow unique
Like [C]a snowflake
distinct among snowflakes,
u[F]nique in each way you can [C]see
And now [C]after some thinking,
I'd say [F]I'd rather be
A [C]functioning cog in some great machinery
[F]serving something beyond [C]me

[Chorus 1]
But I [C]don't, I don't know what that will [F]be
I'll get [C]back [F]to you [C]someday [F]soon
you will [C]see[C][C][C]

[Verse 2]
What's my [C]name, what's my station?
Oh, just [F]tell me what I should do
I don't [C]need to be kind to the armies of night
that would [F]do such injustice to [C]you
Or bow [C]down and be grateful
and say, [F]"Sure, take all that you see"
To the [C]men who move only in dimly-lit halls
and de[F]termine my future [C]for me

[Chorus 2]
And I [C]don't, I don't know who to be[F]lieve
I'll get [C]back [F]to you [C]someday [F]soon
you will [C]see[C][C][C]

[Verse 3]
If I [C]know only one thing,
it's that [F]everything that I see
Of the [C]world outside is so inconceivable
[F]often I barely can [C]speak
Yeah I'm [C]tongue-tied and dizzy
and I [F]can't keep it to myself
What [C]good is it to sing helplessness blues,
why should [F]I wait for anyone e[C]lse?

[Chorus 3]
And I [C]know, I know
you will keep me on the [F]shelf
I'll come [C]back [F]to you [C]someday [F]soon

[Interlude 1]
(my[C]self)[C][C][C]
[C][C][C][C]
[C][C][C]

[Verse 4]
If I had an [Dm]orchard,
I'd [C]work 'til [Dm]I'm raw
If [Dm]I had an or[C]chard,
I'd work 'til I'm [F]sore
And [Em]you would [F]wait t[Dm]a bl[F]es
and [C]soon run the [F]store

[Verse 5]
Gold [C]hair in the [Dm]sunlight,
my [C]light in the [Dm]dawn
If [Dm]I had an or[C]chard,
I'd work 'til I'm [F]sore
If [Em]I had an [F]or[Dm] char[F]d
I'd [C]work 'til I'm [F]sore

[Outro 1]
[C][Dm][Dm]
[Dm][Dm]
[C][Dm]
[Dm][Dm][Dm][Dm]
[Dm][C][C]
[F][F][F][F]
[Em]Someday [F]I'll b[Dm]e li[F]ke
the [C]man on the [F]screen[F]
[F][F][F][F]
[F][Bb][F]
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