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Crowded House - "Help Is Coming" :
[from the 'Afterglow' Album]
Chords:
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Gm7: 353333
Dm: 557765
Dm/E: 557755
Ebm: 668876
C7: 335353
Gm/Eb: 355343
[nb: instead of C7, could use Dm/E chord as this is easier on fingers]
Notes:
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It could be useful to use a Capo on the 3rd fret, although not necessary.
The main chord changes go from 'Gm - 
DmDm - C7' throughout the
song for most verses.
When playing solo on the guitar, there are variations on the last third
that could be played to give a livelier feel:
eg. 
G minorGm - DmDm - 'G7 - 
Gm7Gm7 - Dm' or
G minorGm - DmDm - 'Dm/E - DmDm - C7' or even
G minorGm - DmDm - 'Gm - Gm/E - Dm' [etc.etc]
Furthermore, on the G minorGm chord throughout the song, you could also add a pattern like
G minorGm - Gm7Gm7 - G* - G minorGm
rather than strumming the one chord at time
G* [just bar the 3rd fret]
In the song, Neil just plays the single chord on the guitar whilst the instruments play
variations giving different harmonics. The above are ideas when playing solo to provide
such harmonic variances.
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[INTRO:]
G minorGm DmDm 
C7C7 DmDm C7C7
e¦------------¦---------5------¦----------------¦-------------5-¦
B¦-6----->8---¦--------------6-¦-5--->3---------¦---------------¦
G¦------------¦-----7----------¦----------------¦-----------7---¦
D¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
A¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
E¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
G minorGm DmDm C7(single strum)
e¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
B¦-6----->8---¦--------------6-¦>5--->3---------¦---------------¦
G¦------------¦-----5>7--------¦----------------¦---------------¦
D¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
A¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
E¦------------¦----------------¦----------------¦---------------¦
[VERSE:]
Help is
G minorGm DmDm C7C7
Coming............ I heard a whisper..... White caps
G minorGm DmDm C7C7
turning The breath of summer.... Distant
G minorGm DmDm C7C7
drumming.....and I hear birds calling.... Es-
[CHORUS:]
G minorGm DmDm
cape............ The anguish of our past.... and
G+G
pray.................... Empires...
[VERSE:]
G minorGm DmDm C7C7 DmDm
crumbling careless winter................. fear is
G minorGm DmDm C7C7 DmDm
running....... along the rivers.............. we
G minorGm DmDm C7C7 DmDm
sail tomorrow for Ellis Island.............
[CHORUS:]
G minorGm Gm/Eb G minorGm DmDm
escape.......... the anger of our past.............
G minorGm G+G G minorGm DmDm
and praise..... when peace will come at last......... and
G minorGm G+G
dream..............
[MIDDLE / BRIDGE:]
EbmEbm DmDm Dm/E
EbmEbm DmDm C7C7
re-
[CHORUS:]
G minorGm Gm7Gm7 DmDm
lease..... the anger of our past............
G minorGm Gm7Gm7 DmDm
and pray........... that peace will come at last........... and
G minorGm
stay............. .......help is
[VERSE:]
G minorGm DmDm Dm/E DmDm
coming............... he--
G minorGm DmDm C7C7 DmDm
lp is coming.... we sa-
G minorGm DmDm C7C7
il tomorrow........ for Ellis Island he-
[CLOSING:]
G minorGm
lp is coming
C7C7
[backing]dreams.....come true.... we sa-
G minorGm
il tomorrow........
[backing]dreams come true... help is co-
C7C7 G minorGm
ming......... [backing]come true..... comes(?)
(finishes solo on high e string, fret 10....B string,fret 10 repeated)
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Transcription by Capri Alba
Enjoy...
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**CapriAlba - 2004**
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