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John Frusciante - Helter Skelter Tabs

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Helter Skelter Tabs

(ver. 1)
John Frusciante
This is a cover of The Beatles song of the same name! =)

Intro:

-|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------|
-|--12\3--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
           When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the

-|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------|
-|-----2--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
    slide, where I stop and I turn and I go for a

                                                  G
-|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------|
-|-----1--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6--------|
-|------------------------------------------------3--3--3--3--------|
    ride, till I get to the bottom and I see you again.

                           E
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--5--5--6---------6------2--2--2--2--3\2--2--2--2-----------------|
-|--3--3--3---------3------0--0--0--0--1\0--0--0--0-----------------|
          Yeah yeah  yeah!


Verse:

     E
Well do you don't you want me to make you

I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
                                 G
Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer
          A                                E
Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.



Chorus:
            A
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|----------2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------|
-|----------0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Well, Helter Skelter
     E
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2-----------------------------------------|
-|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0-----------------------------|
    Helter skelter
     A                                    E
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------5b(7)--3--5-----------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2-----------------------------------------|
-|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0-----------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Helter skelter                        Yeah

So much for verses and choruses.  The rest are pretty much the same,
except that the rest of the verses hit the G chord a little sooner
(at the beginning of the third line of the verse).

Here's the guitar solo in the middle:

    E                          A                      E
-|----------------------7--7--15b(17)--15b(17)--b(17)15-------------|
-|----------------------0--0----------------------------------------|
-|----------------------9--9----------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------|
    'Cos here she comes
                                  A                                    E
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--b(17)15b(17)15---------------13b(14)------------------b(17)15-----------|
-|------------------b(14)12---------------b(14)12b(14)12-----------12-------|
-|---------------------------14----------------------------------------14~--|
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Later, there's a neat riff in one of the last verses.  I think it
comes right after "will you won't you want me to make you" or something
like that.  This is a cool riff with that looonnnng slide.

-|--12--15b(17)--b(17)15--12------12----------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------15------15\10-----10b(12)--b(12)10--8---------|
-|-------------------------------------------9-----------------------7--9---|
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



As the song fades into the first ending, there are some nice bend releases,
while the lyrics repeat "coming down fast":

-|--b(17)15------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----------b(17)15---------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------b(16)14------------------------------------------|
-|-----------------------------b(14)12---------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------b(14)12------------------------|
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
            
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