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Good Help Is So Hard To Find by Death Cab For Cutie

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Chord diagramA augmentedA 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 Chord diagramG+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: 320003
G/C: 3x2013
Em: 022000

Pre-chorus:
Am: x02210
C: x32000
Dadd11: x54030

Chorus:
x7900x: Chord diagramE5E5
x5700x: Chord diagramD5D5
x3500x: Chord diagramC5C5
02500x: Chord diagramG/BG/B
[Intro]

Chord diagramG+G        G/C   Chord diagramG+G
            Chord diagramE minorEm


[Verse 1]

Chord diagramG+G               G/C  Chord diagramG+G
You'll never have to hear the word "no"
                     Chord diagramE minorEm
If you keep all your friends on the payroll
The non-disclosure pages signed
Your secret's safe between those lines


[Verse 2]

Chord diagramG+G                 G/C Chord diagramG+G
The scaffolding will cheer and console you
                   Chord diagramE minorEm
But remember what your mother told you
That good help is so hard to find
For people that are so refined
[Pre-chorus]

Chord diagramA minorAm
You're trying to turn into the skid
             Chord diagramC majorC  Dadd11
In this never-ending grid


[Chorus]

     Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
There's a long, slow fade
   Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
To a darkened stage
   Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
And I hear you say
    Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
    Chord diagramA minorAm
Only a fool would give
    Chord diagramC majorC
Only a fool gives it away


[Verse 3]

Chord diagramG+G              G/C  Chord diagramG+G
You said you wanna stake out your claim
                    Chord diagramE minorEm
High above the city from where you came
Don't you know the air's so thin?
It starves the brain of oxygen


[Verse 4]

Chord diagramG+G            G/C  Chord diagramG+G
I know it's such a dangerous place
                         Chord diagramE minorEm
For there are more ascensions than there is space
Angels causing accidents
The camera phones'll document


[Pre-chorus]

Chord diagramA minorAm
But if I start to levitate
              Chord diagramC majorC    Dadd11
Pull me down with all your weight


[Chorus]

     Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
There's a long, slow fade
   Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
To a darkened stage
   Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
And I hear you say
    Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
    Chord diagramA minorAm
Only a fool would give
    Chord diagramC majorC
Only a fool gives it away


Chord diagramG+G        G/C   Chord diagramG+G


[Pre-chorus]

Chord diagramA minorAm
You're trying to turn into the skid
            Chord diagramE minorEm
In this never-ending grid
Chord diagramA minorAm
But you should know it's not ideal
               Chord diagramC majorC    Dadd11
With all those hands upon the wheel


[Chorus]

     Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
There's a long, slow fade
   Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
To a darkened stage
   Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
And I hear you say
    Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
"Only a fool gives it away"


     Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
There's a long, slow fade
   Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
To a darkened stage
   Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
And I hear you say
    Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramC5C5  Chord diagramG/BG/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
    Chord diagramA minorAm
Only a fool would give
    Chord diagramC majorC
Only a fool would give
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G

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