A great live acoustic version of DCFC's Good Help (Is So Hard to Find). Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Q4TfDk-cw
Standard tuning. Capo second fret. Chord shapes relative to capo.
Ben hammers on and off as accents throughout the song, and the switch to the G/C back to the G is quick.
Watch the video for timing. Because there are 10 chords used in the song, I've broken them up into sections.
I hope that makes it more readable. And thanks to my guitar teacher for filling in the holes I originally had
in the chorus.
Verses:
G: 320003
G/C: 3x2013
Em: 022000
Pre-chorus:
Am: x02210
C: x32000
Dadd11: x54030
Chorus:
x7900x: E5
x5700x: D5
x3500x: C5
02500x: G/B
[Intro]
G G/C G
Em
[Verse 1]
G G/C G
You'll never have to hear the word "no"
Em
If you keep all your friends on the payroll
The non-disclosure pages signed
Your secret's safe between those lines
[Verse 2]
G G/C G
The scaffolding will cheer and console you
Em
But remember what your mother told you
That good help is so hard to find
For people that are so refined
[Pre-chorus]
Am
You're trying to turn into the skid
C Dadd11
In this never-ending grid
[Chorus]
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
Am
Only a fool would give
C
Only a fool gives it away
[Verse 3]
G G/C G
You said you wanna stake out your claim
Em
High above the city from where you came
Don't you know the air's so thin?
It starves the brain of oxygen
[Verse 4]
G G/C G
I know it's such a dangerous place
Em
For there are more ascensions than there is space
Angels causing accidents
The camera phones'll document
[Pre-chorus]
Am
But if I start to levitate
C Dadd11
Pull me down with all your weight
[Chorus]
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
Am
Only a fool would give
C
Only a fool gives it away
G G/C G
[Pre-chorus]
Am
You're trying to turn into the skid
Em
In this never-ending grid
Am
But you should know it's not ideal
C Dadd11
With all those hands upon the wheel
[Chorus]
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
E5 D5 C5 G/B
There's a long, slow fade
E5 D5 C5 G/B
To a darkened stage
E5 D5 C5 G/B
And I hear you say
E5 D5 C5 G/B
"Only a fool gives it away"
Am
Only a fool would give
C
Only a fool would give
C G
Only a fool gives this away
