Helium

Tuning – Standard

Chords

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Strings Frets (in parentheses are optional)

1 (hi)  (0)            0       0       0         0     0       

2       (0)            0       1       3         1     0

3       (4) or open    0       0       0         2     0

4       4              2       2       4         3     2

5       2              2       3       5         x     3

6 (low) X              0       X       X         x     x

Chord   B5             Em      C       D(add G)  F7   C7

Intro:  B5 to E repeated

**Note: For verse, pick high open-E followed by open-B at end of each line

Verse 1:

B5      E              B5      E

Life is short in the laughing gallery

B5      E                   B5        E       

A secret handshake gets you ice cream and a key

To a brand new car that only drives into walls

They'll cut their eyes, All they want...

Pattern 1  for chorus (approximate arpeggiations):

1-----------------------------------2--------0-------------------

2-----------------------3-----------3------------3-------3-------

3-------------------0---------0-----2----2-----------2-------------

4-----------2-----------------------0-----------------------------

5-------2--------------------------------------------------------

6---0-----------2----------3---------------------------------------

        (Em)      (G/F#)    (G)     (D)  --> these are the chords being outlined      

Chorus:

D(add G)   C   

Is your silence

D(add G)   C   

Is your silence

D(add G)   C   

Is your silence

(Pattern 1)

Breathing helium

(Pattern 1)

Throw away the key

(Pattern 1)

Dissolve in the air

C7

Never free

Verse 2: same music as verse 1

Chorus: same music

Bridge: F7 to C (with feedbacky guitar solo)

        end with 2x Pattern 1

Verse 3: same music as verse 1