'Helpless' by Faith No More - Guitar Tutorial

            Helpless
by Faith No More
From the album Album Of The Year
(C) 1997 FNM Music (ASCAP)
transcribed by Joe White

         4x         8x H+e s s   h+s s s e s s s   E s H   h+s s E s e
||-------||---------||---------|-----------------|-------|-------------|
||*-----*||*-------*||---------|-----------------|-------|-------------|
||*-----*||*-------*||---------|-----------------|-------|-------------|
||-------||---------||-3-3-1h3-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|
  Intro    1st Verse   2nd Verse

  E s E e s E e   E s q+s s E s e   q E s e e e e  +w   Q e Q e   Q e e e s E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---|---------|-----r---r---|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---|---------|-----e---e---|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---|-------3-|-5-5-s---s---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-0-|-0-0-0---|-----t-1-t-1-|
                                                        3rd Verse

  q+E s s q t t t   E s q e E e s   q q e E s s s   q q e E e s
|-------r---------|---------------|---r-----------|---r---------|
|-------e---------|---------------|---e-----------|---e---------|
|-------s---------|-5-7-5---------|---s-----------|-5-s---------|
|-0-0-0-t-0-5-7-8-|-------1-1-1-1-|-0-t-0-0-5-7-8-|---t-1-1-1-1-|

  q q e E s s s   E s q e e s s e   Q e e e e s s   q q s s E s e   h q s e s
|---r-----------|-----------------|---r-----------|---------------|---r-r-----|
|---e-----------|-----------------|---e-----------|---------------|---e-e-----|
|---s-----------|-5-7-5-----------|---s-----------|---------------|---s-s-----|
|-0-t-0-0-5-7-8-|-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3-t-3-3-3-1h3-|-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-t-t-3-3-|
                                    4th Verse

  h+s s E s e   q+E s s s q e   h+s s E s e   q+E s q e e  +Q s s e e e s s
|-------------|-------r-------|-------------|-------r-----|-------r---------|
|-------------|-------e-------|-------------|-------e-----|-------e---------|
|-------------|-------s-------|-------------|-------s-----|-------s---------|
|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-t-3-3-3-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-t-3-0-|-0-0-0-t-0-0-0-0-|

  w   h e e e e  +h s s s s s s e   h e  e  e e   e e E s s s e e +e
|-r-|-------r---|-----------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-e-|-------e---|-----------------|-------------|-----3---------------|
|-s-|-----2-s---|-----------------|-----(2)/7--|---------------------|
|-t-|-0-3---t-1-|-1-1-3-1-0-1-0-1-|-0-3-------1-|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-(1)/|
     Chorus

  q e e e e e e  +e e E s s s s s s s s s   e s s e s s e  e  e e
|-----------r---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------e---|-----3-x-3h5-3-x-3-x-3-3-|-----------------------|
|-------2---s---|-------------------------|---------------(2)/7--|
|-0-0-3---3-t-1-|-1-1---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-------1-|

  e e E s s s s s s s s s     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|-------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-----3-x-3h5-3-x-3-x-3-3-||*---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||*-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-1-1---------------------||----------------------------------|

  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  4x q+E s s s q e   h s s E s e
|----------------------------------||---------------|---r---------|
|---------------------------------*||---------------|---e---------|
|-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*||---------------|-5-s---------|
|----------------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---t-1-1-1-1-|
                                     5th Verse                              

  q E s s s q e   E s q s s E s e   E s E s s s e s s e   h s s E s e   Q e h
|---------------|-------r---------|---------------------|---r---------|-------|
|---------------|-------e---------|---------------------|---e---------|-------|
|---------------|-5-5-5-s---------|---------------------|-5-s---------|-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-------t-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---t-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-|

  E s q s s E s e   w   h+s s E s e   H+s e s   h+s s E s e   h+s s E s e
|-------r---------|---|-------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|-------e---------|---|-------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-s---------|---|-------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
|-------t-1-1-1-1-|-3-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|
                   6th Verse (whistling)

  q+E s s s q e   h+s s E s e   q+E s Q e   w   h e e e e  +h s s s s s s e
|-------r-------|-------------|-------r---|---|-------r---|-----------------|
|-------e-------|-------------|-------e---|---|-------e---|-----------------|
|-------s-------|-------------|-------s---|---|-----2-s---|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-t-3-3-3-|-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-t-3-|-0-|-0-3---t-1-|-1-1-3-1-0-1-0-1-|
                                               Chorus

  h e  e  e e   e e E s s s e e +e    q e e e e e e  +e e E s s s s s s s e
|-------------|---------------------|-----------r---|-----------------------|
|-------------|-----3---------------|-----------e---|-----3-x---------------|
|-----(2)/7--|---------------------|-------2---s---|-----------------------|
|-0-3-------1-|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-(1)/|-0-0-3---3-t-1-|-1-1-----1-1-1-x-1-1-1-|


  q e e e e e e  +e e E s s s s s s s e     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|-----------r---|-----------------------||----------------------------------|
|-----------e---|-----3-x---------------||*---------------------------------|
|-------2---s---|-----------------------||*-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-3---3-t-1-|-1-1-----1-1-1-x-1-1-1-||----------------------------------|
                                          Outro (Begin Fade 7th time)

  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  8x                                        
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|-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*||
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