6 Chords used in the song: E, A, B, Aadd9, A6, Asus4
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Verse 1:
E
I was raised up believing
A
I was somehow unique
B
Like a snowflake unique among snowflakes
A E
Unique in each way you can see
Verse 2:
E
And now after some thinking
A
I'd say I'd rather be
B
A functioning cog in some great machinery
A E
Serving something beyond me
Chorus:
E A
But I don't, I don't know what that will be
E A E
I'll get back to you someday, soon you will see.
Verse 3:
E
What's my name, what's my station?
A
Oh, just tell me what I should do
B
I don't need to be kind to the armies of the night
A E
That would do such injustice to you
Verse 4:
E
Or bow down and be grateful
A
And say, "Sure, take all that you see."
B
To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls
A E
And determine my future for me
Chorus
E A
And I don't, I don't know who to believe
E A E
I'll get back to you someday, soon you will see
Verse 6:
E
If I know only one thing
A
It's that everything that I see
B
Of the world outside is so inconceivable
A E
Often I barely can speak
E
Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzy
A
And I can't keep it to myself
B
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?
A E
Why should I wait for anyone else?
Chorus:
E A
And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
E A E
I'll come back to you someday, soon myself
Instrumental: E
Choral Section:
E A
If I had an orchard
E A (Aadd9)
I'd work till I'm raw
A6 E
And if I had an orchard
A Asus4 A
I'd work till I'm sore
E A
And you would wait tables
E A Asus4 A
And soon run the store
E A
Gold hair in the sunlight
E A (Aadd9)
My light in the dawn
A6 E
If I had an orchard
A Asus4 A
I'd work till I'm sore
(repeat)
E A
Someday I'll be
E A
Like the man on the screen
Outro:
A-Asus4-A-E
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About this song: Helplessness Blues
According to the Helplessness Blues Songfacts, the song finds Robin Pecknold reflecting on how the self-centered individualism of his youth has influenced him as a white American adult. He explained to the UK newspaper The Independent: "I wanted that song to be a completely open opinion, with no kind of poetry, if you know what I mean. It's hard to articulate without it sounding really reductive, but I was born in the Eighties, a time of relative plenty in the United States, so I felt like the 'individual' thing was really emphasized when I was a kid...