Helter Skelter

Words & Music:

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

 

This is fully transcribed in Guitar World.

 

Intro:

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           When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the

 

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    slide, where I stop and I turn and I go for a

 

                                                  G

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    ride, 'til I get to the bottom and I see you again.

 

                           E

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          Yeah, yeah, yeah!

 

      E

Well, do you, don't you want me to love you?

I'm coming down fast, but I'm miles above you.

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Tell me, tell me, tell me, c'mon tell me the answer.

          A                                E

Well, you may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer.

 

CHORUS:

            A

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    Well, Helter Skelter,

     E

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    Helter skelter,

     A                                    E

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    Helter skelter,                        yeah!

 

Well, will you, won't you want me to make you?

I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you.

Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer.

Well, you may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer.

 

CHORUS:

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:

    E                          A                      E

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    Look out!  Helter Skelter!

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INTRO & VERSE TWO REPRISE, THEN CHORUS:

 

OUTRO:  [improv words over this riff & degenerate out]

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Ooo!  Helter Skelter!  She's comin' down fast!  Yes, she is...  Yes, she is...  [etc.]

 

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Riff with the loooong slide during the Verse Two Reprise & Chorus:

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G-|-------------------------------------------9-----------------------7--9---

 

 




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