Metallica - Helpless Chords & Tabs

 

Helpless Chords & Tabs

Metallica Chords & Tabs

Version: 4 Type: Tab

Helpless Tab

   
BAnd- Metallica
Song- Helpless

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'

Intro
  Double Time Feel Q=154
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
                                     PM        PM|         PM
  Wx3          H    E. S +E  S S     E S S +E  E E S S +E  E
|------------|-------------------||---------------------------|
|------------|-------------------||o--------------------------|
|------------|-------------------||---------------------------|
|------------|------2--4-(4)-----||---------------------------|
|------------|------0--2-(2)-2p0-||o-4---4-(4)-2-4---4-(4)-2--|
|------------|-------------------||--2---2-(2)-0-2---2-(2)-0--|
                                  |-Rhy Fig 1

  1.,2.,3.                     4.
  PM        PM                  PM        PM
  E S S +E  E E. S +E  S S      E S S +E  E E. S +E  S S
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||---------------------------||
|---------------------------||---------------------------||
|-------------2--4-(4)------||--------------2--4-(4)-----||
|-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||--4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-||
|-2---2-(2)-0---------------||--2---2-(2)-0--------------||
              end Rhy Fig 1-|

   Verse 1, 2
||--
||o-
||-- Rhy Fig 1 x8
||--
||o-
||--



 Pre-chorus
  Gtrs I, II
  F#5        D5         E5         F#5
  W          W          W          W
  |          |          |          |
  /          /          /          /
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  F#5        D5         E5(type 2) F#5  F#
  W          W          W          H    S S S S S S S S
  |          |          |          |    | | | | | | | |
  /          /          /          /    o / / / / / / /
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------||


 Chorus
  Gtrs I, II
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7p5---------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7p5---------5-|
|---------------------7-5-5-7---|---------------------7-5-5-7---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2

                                                PM----|
                                                |3| |3|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S E E Q E Q
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7p5---------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
|---------------------7-5-5-7---|-------------0-5-5-7-7-|
|-------------------------------|---------------3-3-5-5-|
                                          end Rhy Fig 2-|

Rhy Fig 2

Rhy Fig 1


                           1.
  PM        PM|         PM--|         PM
  E S S +E  E E S S +E  E   E S S +E  E E. S +E  S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------2--4-(4)------||
|-4---4-(4)-2-4---4-(4)-2-|-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||
|-2---2-(2)-0-2---2-(2)-0-|-2---2-(2)-0---------------||


  2.
 Rhy Fig 1 (last bar only)

Rhy Fig 1 x2


 7/8
                                          PM
  Q  Q  Q  E   Wx3           E. S +E  S S E E S S  4x
|------------|-----------||------------------------||
|------------|-----------||o----------------------o||
|------------|-----------||------------------------||
|------------|-----------||------------------------||
|-4----------|-----------||o----0-(0)-2p0---0-2p0-o||
|-2----------|-----------||--2------------2--------||


                 PM
    E. S +E  S S E E S S  4x
||------------------------||-|
||o----------------------o||-|
||------------------------||-|
||------------------------||-|
||o----2-(2)-4p2---2-4p2-o||-|
||--4------------4--------||-|


                 PM                           PM
    E. S +E  S S E E S S  4x     E. S +E  S S E E S S  4x
||------------------------||-||------------------------||
||o----------------------o||-||o----------------------o||
||------------------------||-||------------------------||
||------------------------||-||------------------------||
||o----3-(3)-5p3---3-5p3-o||-||o----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-o||
||--5------------5--------||-||--7------------7--------||


  Gtr II
               PM                     PM                     PM
  E. S +E  S S E E S S   E. S +E  S S E E S S   E. S +E  S S E E S S
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|----7-(7)-9p7---7-9p7-|
|-7------------7-------|-7------------7-------|-9------------9-------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|              PM                     PM                     PM
| E. S +E  S S E E S S   E. S +E  S S E E S S   E. S +E  S S E E S S
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----3-(3)-5p3---3-5p3-|----3-(3)-5p3---3-5p3-|----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|
|-5------------5-------|-5------------5-------|-7------------7-------|


                        4/4
               PM                     PM
  E. S +E  S S E E S S   E. S +E  S S E. S +E  S S
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----7-(7)-9p7---7-9p7-|----5-(5)-7p5----7-(7)-9p7-|
|-9------------9-------|-7------------9------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|              PM                     PM
| E. S +E  S S E E S S   E. S +E  S S E. S +E  S S
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|----3-(3)-5p3----5-(5)-5p3-|
|-7------------7-------|-5------------7------------|


                 PM
   E. S +E   S S E. S +E  S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----9-(9)-11p9----7-(7)-9p7-|
|-11-------------9------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|  E. S +E   S S E. S +E  S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----7-(7)--9p7----5-(5)-7p5-|
|--9-------------7------------|
|-----------------------------|


               |-3-|
  E. S +E  S S q q q   E E Q  E E +S  E.   W
|--------------------|-------------------|------||
|--------------------|-------------------|------||
|----5-(5)-7p5-------|-------------------|------||
|-7------------5-----|-------------------|------||
|--------------3-5-7-|-9--------5-(5)-7--|-9----||
|----------------3-5-|-7--------3-(3)-5--|-7----||
|
|              |-3-|
| E. S +E  S S q q q   E E Q  E E +S  E.   W
|--------------------|-------------------|------||
|--------------------|-------------------|------||
|--------------------|-------------------|------||
|----3-(3)-5p3-5-----|-------------------|------||
|-5------------3-5-7-|-9--------5-(5)-7--|-9----||
|----------------3-5-|-7--------3-(3)-5--|-7----||


  F#5                                         D5 A5    E5
  Gtr II
  E   E    Q    H               H             E. S +E  E
  |                                           |  |  |  |
  /                                           /  /  /  /

  Gtr I
  S S S S +E  E S S S S +E  E   S S S S +E  E E. S +E  E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------7-(7)---------7-(7)---|-------7-(7)---7--------9-||
|-9p7---7-(7)-9-9p7---7-(7)-9-|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7-||
|-----9-------------9---------|-----9------------5-(5)---||


    F#5IX                                            D5 A5    E5
    |---3---|
    E   E   E    Q    +H               H             E. S +E  E
    |   |   |    |     |                             |  |  |  |
    /   /   /    /     /                             /  /  /  /

    S S   S   S +E  E  S S S S +E  E   S S S S +E  E E. S +E  E  3x
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|--------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------||
||------------7-(7)----------7-(7)---|-------7-(7)---7--------9--||
||o-9p7-------7-(7)-9--9p7---7-(7)-9-|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7-o||
||--------9----------------9---------|-----9------------5-(5)----||


    Gtrs I, II
    S S S S +E  E S S S S +E  E   S S S S +E  E E. S +E  E  4x
||------------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|--------------------------o||
||------------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------7-(7)---------7-(7)---|-------7-(7)---7--------9--||
||o-9p7---7-(7)-9-9p7---7-(7)-9-|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7-o||
||------9-------------9---------|-----9------------5-(5)----||
 |-Rhy Fig 3                                  end Rhy Fig 3-|

   Bridge
    Gtrs I, II
|-Rhy Fig 4
    F#5  A5     B5   D5 E5   D5
    H    H      H    E. S +E E
    |    |      |    |  |  | |
    /    /      /    /  /  / /

    W           W
||------------|----------------|
||o-----------|----------------|
||------------|----------------|
||------------|----------------|
||o-----------|----------------|
||------------|----------------|


  F#5  A5     B5   E5(type 2)
  H    H      H    E. S +E E
  |    |      |    |  |  | |
  /    /      /    /  /  / /
|-----------|----------------|


  F#5  A5     B5   D5 E5   D5
  H    H      H    E. S +E E
  |    |      |    |  |  | |
  /    /      /    /  /  / /
|-----------|----------------|


  F#5  A5     B5   D5 E5   D5
  H    H      H    E. S +E E
  |    |      |    |  |  | |
  /    /      /    /  /  / /
|-----------|----------------|
               end Rhy Fig 4-|

  Gtrs I, II
    PM--------|                PM--------|
  E S S S S S S E. S +E  E   E S S S S S S E. S +E  E   Q  Q   Q  Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|-6-------------7--9-(9)-7-|-6-------------7--9-(9)-7-|-6------7------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--7-(7)-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--7-(7)-5-|-4------5------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----1/-----1/--|
|-Rhy Fig 5

                   H.=H
                  3/4
                   PM----------------|
  Q  Q    Q  Q     S E S +S  E S +S  E.
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-9------10------|----------------------|
|-7-------8------|-9-7------------------|
|----1/------1/--|-----9-(9)-8-7-(7)-5--|
                          end Rhy Fig 5-|

  A Tempo Q=154
 4/4
Rhy Fig 3 x3.5

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 1.                              2.
  S S S S +E  E E.  S +E   E      S S S S +E  E E. S +E  E
|-----------------------------||----------------------------||
|----------------------------o||----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||----------------------------||
|-------7-(7)---7----------9--||--------7-(7)---7--------9--||
|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5---7-(7)--7-o||--9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7--||
|-----9-------------5-(5)-----||------9------------5-(5)----||
|
| S S S S +E  E E.  S +Q          S S S S +E  E Q     Q
|-----------------------------||----------------------------||
|----------------------------o||----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||----------------------------||
|-------7-(7)---7-------------||--------7-(7)---------------||
|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5------------o||--9p7---7-(7)-9-x\----x\----||
|-----9------------/9-(9)\----||------9---------x\----x\----||


    Gtrs I, II
    PM        PM|         PM-
    E S S +E  E E S S +E  E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||o-4---4-(4)-2-4---4-(4)-2-|
||--2---2-(2)-0-2---2-(2)-0-|


 1.,2.,3.                      4.
 -|         PM                              PM----|
  E S S +E  E E. S +E  S S      S S S S Q   E E E E
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|--------------------------o||----------------------||
|---------------------------||----------------------||
|-------------2--4-(4)------||----------7\----------||
|-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||--9-9-9-9-9\--4-2-2-2-||
|-2---2-(2)-0---------------||--------------2-0-0-0-||


 Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 1 x8
  Gtr III
   E    E    E    E  E    E    S      +S   E
|--------------------------------------------|
|-17b19-----17b19---17b19-----17pb19r(17)-14-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                     |----3----|
   E      +S   S  E      +S   S  E      +E     +E   +S    S    S
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17pb19r(17)-14-17pb19r(17)-14-17b19==(17)---(17)-(17)r-17---14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


   Q          +Q      Q          +Q
|-17b19======(17)r---17b19======(17)r---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


   Q          +E.    S  S   E.    +E   S  S
|-17pb19r====(17)---14-17--14----(14)-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  E     S     S  S  S  S  S  E     S     S
|-17p14----14-------------14-17-14----14-------------14-|
|-------17----17b19-17b19----------17----17b19-17b19----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  E     S     S  S   S  S  S  E     S     S
|-17p14----14-------------14-17--14----14-------------14-|
|-------17----17b19-17b19-----------17----17b19-17b19----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


   |--3--|        |--3---|        |--3--|        |--3---|
   S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S
|-17p16p14----14-17p=16p14----14-17p16p14----14-17p=16p14----14-|
|----------17--------------17-------------17--------------17----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


   S     S  S  S  S     S  S     S  S     S  S  S  S     S  S  S
|-------14-14-14-------14-------14-------14-14-14-------14-14-14--|
|-17b19----------17b19----17b19----17b19----------17b19-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


   T  S.  S  S  T   S.  S  S  S     S  S  S  S   S  S  S
|-17p14-----14-17p=14------------------------------------|
|--------17------------17-14-------14-17-14--------------|
|----------------------------16b18----------16--14----16-|
|--------------------------------------------------16----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


         |---3---|
   S  S  S  S    S  S   S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S   S  S  S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14h16p==14-----------------------------------------|
|------------------16--14----14-16--14---------------------|
|-------------------------16-----------16-15-14S=12-14-12--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  E   S  S  +S   E    S  +E   E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------14-----14-(14)-14---14-(14)-14-|
|-------------14-----14-(14)-14---14-(14)-14-|
|----12-14S16-----16-------------------------|
|-14-----------------------------------------|


   Q         Q       S   S      +E      Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-16b17-----16b17---16--14b15==(14)r-----------|
|-16b17-----16b17----------------------16\-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


               |-3-|     |--3--|       |-3-|
  E    S S  E  S S S S S S S   S  S  S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-4b6==4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4--4--4-4-4-4-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


                                     ~~~
  |-----6-----|  |-3--|
  S S S S S   S  S  S S S S S S S S  Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4---4--4--4-4-4r4-4p2------2------|
|-------------------------------4-4---------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                            |---3---|
  Q      Q    Q      Q      Q      Q    E   S  S    S  S   S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------12-12---12-12h=14-0---|
|-xs=====xs===xs=====xs===|=xs=====xs===x/-----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|


w/Rhy Fig 4
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-|
|-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--14-12-----------------|
|-------15-------15-----------------15-14-12----12--|
|--------------------------------------------14-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-|
|-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--14-12-----------------|
|-------15-------15-----------------15-14-12----12--|
|--------------------------------------------14-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-|
|-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--14-12-----------------|
|-------15-------15-----------------15-14-12----12--|
|--------------------------------------------14-----|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-|
|-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S     S  S  S  S  S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--12-------12-15-12--------|
|-------15-------15--------------15b17----------15-12--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


 w/Rhy Fig 5
   H                 S   S  S  S  S   S  S     S
|-------------------17--14----14-17--14-------14-|
|-17b19--------------------17-----------17b19----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


                      |-3--|
   Q          +E      E    S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S     S
|--------------------14---14-19p14-17p14-16--14-------14-|
|-17b19======(17)r------------------------------17b19----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


   S     S  S  S  S     S  S  S     S     S  S  S  S     S  S     S
|-------14-14-14-------14-14-------------15-15-15-------15-------15-|
|-17b19----------17b19-------17b19-18b20----------18b20----18b20----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


   S     S  S  S  S     S  S     S  S     S  S  S  S     S  S     S
|-------17-17-17-------17-------17-------18-18-18-------18-------18--|
|-20b22----------20b22----20b22----21b23----------21b23----21b23-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


  H.=H                       A Tempo Q=154
 3/4                            4/4
                                   >
               ~~~~            |-w/Rhy Fig 1 (1st bar)
   Q          +H                  +Q       +H.
|-22b24======(22)------------||--(22)r====(22)---------------|
|----------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|


                                   F#5
                               Gtr II
                                   |-3-| |-3-|
  W                                Q Q Q Q Q Q
                                   | |   | |
                                   / /   / /

  Gtrs I, II                   Gtr I
  PM        PM                     PM|   PM|
                                   |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S +E  E E. S +E  S S  4x     Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------||-||--------------|
|--------------------------o||-||o-------------|
|---------------------------||-||--------------|
|-------------2--4-(4)------||-||--------------|
|-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||-||o-4-4---4-4---|
|-2---2-(2)-0---------------||-||--2-2---2-2---|


          E5(type 2)    F#5
  |-3-| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q Q Q Q           Q Q Q Q Q Q
  | |   | | |           | |   | |
  / /   / / /           / /   / /

  PM|   PM----------------|   PM|
  |-3-| |--3--|         |-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q Q Q E E  4x     Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||-||---------------||
|---------------o||-||o-------------o||
|----------------||-||---------------||
|-------2-4------||-||---------------||
|-4-4---0-2-2p0-o||-||o-4-4---4-4---o||
|-2-2------------||-||--2-2---2-2----||