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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/helpless_tab_ver_4.html ]
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----||
