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Author/Artist: Faith No More
Album: Album of the year
Title: Helpless
Transcribed by: Stabbb
Email: truszczu@o2.pl
This is my first tab. Helpless is a great and easy song.
Standard tuning. Listen to the song to figure out the strumming
Chords:
E 022100
F 133211 or 133200 (in the don't want your help" part - both sound good)
D x00232
G 355433
REPEAT 2x (with disortion)
E |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |-9---7---5---10--|
D |-9---7---7---8---|
A |-7---5---5---8---|
E |-----------------|
CLEAN
E | D | F
"The air is warm..."
G | F
"Sometimes Life..."
E | D | F
"A garden is it's..."
G | F
"I even tried to..."
"Don't want your help"
With disortion
E |-----1---0------0----|
B |-----1-----3------3--|
G |-1---2-------2------2|
D |-2---3---------------|
A |-2---3---------------|
E |-----1---------------|
"Helpless"
E |-----------|
B |-----------|
G |-2---4---5-|
D |-2---4---5-|
A |-0---2---3-|
E |-----------|
CLEAN
E | D | F
"The water's clear"
G | F
(Mike whistles)
"Don't want your help"
With disortion
E |-----1---0------0----|
B |-----1-----3------3--|
G |-1---2-------2------2|
D |-2---3---------------|
A |-2---3---------------|
E |-----1---------------|
"Helpless (You found a way to make me say help me please someone)"
E |-----------|
B |-----------|
G |-2---4---5-|
D |-2---4---5-|
A |-0---2---3-|
E |-----------|
And that's it. I've tabed it ona n acoustic guitar and it sounded good. Hope you'll enjoy it.
Other versions of this song
- Helpless (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025