Silverchair - Dearest Helpless Chords & Tabs

Song-Dearest Helpless
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom

Tabbed by Dave Lander
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Tablature explanation

b   : bend
s   : slide
h   : hammer-on
p   : pull-off
x   : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Standard tuning

[0:05]
distortion on
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----3----------------------|-----3------------------------|
D|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5-|---3---2--4-5----5------5h6h5-|
A|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5-|-1--------4-5--4---4--4-------|
E|----------2-3---------3-3-3-|----------2-3-----------------|

|----------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------|--------------|
|-----3----------------------|-----3--------|
|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5-|---3---2--4-5-|
|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5-|-1--------4-5-|
|----------2-3---------3-3-3-|----------2-3-|

[0:25] Verse
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      A#5     B5    G5      C5          A#5       A#5     A#5-   x2
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||-o-----------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-----------------------------------------------------------o-||
||----8-8-8-8-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-7-7----||
||----6-6-6-6-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6----||

      A#5     B5    G5      C5          A#5       A#5  A#5-   x2
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||-o--------------------------------------------------------o-||
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||----8-8-8-8-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8---8-8--7-7----||
||----6-6-6-6-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6---6-6--6-6----||
Dearest helpless
Intent's not as bad as the action
Take a breath to distort
The fear in your eyes
I don't mean it to hurt
But every time I hate you
I think of you first

[1:03]
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|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----3----------------------|-----3------------------------|
|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5-|---3---2--4-5----5------5h6h5-|
|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5-|-1--------4-5--4---4--4-------|
|----------2-3---------3-3-3-|----------2-3-----------------|

|----------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------|--------------|
|-----3----------------------|-----3--------|
|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5-|---3---2--4-5-|
|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5-|-1--------4-5-|
|----------2-3---------3-3-3-|----------2-3-|
He's made you blind
You're better on your own
I'm just the kind to bring you down

[1:22]
      A#5   F#5      x2
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||-o------3--------o-||
||-o----3---4-4-4--o-||
||----1-----4-4-4----||
||----------2-2-2----||
            *****       *:distortion on
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silverchair/dearest_helpless_tab_ver_2.html ]
[1:26] Verse
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||----6-6-6-6-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6----||

      A#5     B5    G5      C5          A#5       A#5  A#5-   x2
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||-o--------------------------------------------------------o-||
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||----6-6-6-6-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6---6-6--6-6----||
Equalize the pressure, it's all too much
Sex drugs and image is just enough
To get you by in the real world

[1:54]
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e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----3----------------------|-----3------------------------|
D|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5-|---3---2--4-5----5------5h6h5-|
A|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5-|-1--------4-5--4---4--4-------|
E|----------2-3---------3-3-3-|----------2-3-----------------|

|----------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------|--------------|
|-----3----------------------|-----3--------|
|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5-|---3---2--4-5-|
|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5-|-1--------4-5-|
|----------2-3---------3-3-3-|----------2-3-|
He's made you blind
You're better on your own
I'm just the kind to bring you down

[2:13]
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  A#5   F#5  A#5   F#5     A#5   F#5  A#5   F#5
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----3----------3-------|-----3----------3-------|
|---3---4-4----3---4-4-4-|---3---4-4----3---4-4-4-|
|-1-----4-4--1-----4-4-4-|-1-----4-4--1-----4-4-4-|
|-------2-2--------2-2-2-|-------2-2--------2-2-2-|
        ***        *****         ***        *****

[2:28]
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     D#5   B5    D#5   B5    A#5   F#5   A#5   F#5      x3
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||-o-----8-----------8-----------3-----------3--------o-||
||-o---8-------9---8-------9---3-------4---3-------4--o-||
||---6-------9---6-------9---1-------4---1-------4------||
||---------7-----------7-----------2-----------2--------||

  A#5   F#5  A#5   F#5 D#/G# D/A  A#5 F#5 G5 A#5   F#5
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----3------------3-------------|-3-------------------|
|---3---4-4-4----3---------------|---3--4-5------4-5-5-|
|-1-----4-4-4--1-----4--4--5s----|------4-5----4---5-5-|
|-------2-2-2--------2--4--5s----|------2-3--2-----3-3-|
        *****        *******            ***        ***

[2:54]                                                             x3
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||-o------3------------------------|-----3-----------------------o-||
||-o----3---2--4-5----5------5h6h5-|---3---2--4-5----5----5-5-5--o-||
||----1--------4-5--4---4--4-------|-1--------4-5--4---4--5-5-5----||
||-------------2-3-----------------|----------2-3---------3-3-3----||

|--------------|
|--------------|
|-----3--------|
|---3---2--4-5-|
|-1--------4-5-|
|----------2-3-|
He's made you blind
I'm just the kind to bring you, to bring you...
He's made you blind
You're better on your own
I'm just the kind to bring you down