Chords for How To Play Crosby, Stills & Nash Helplessly Hoping (intro only)
Tempo:
132.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Helplessly Hoping is in the key of G, although it starts on the chord of A minor 7.
The intro is the first four bars of your tab, let's play those through.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[B] So we start on A minor 7, which is just A minor without [Fm] the third string finger.
[Abm] Bar 1, we pinch 5 and [Am] 2.
Then 4, 3, 5, 1, [C] 4, 3.
[G]
That's the first half of the [N] bar.
Then 5 and 2 again, pinched, and hammer 2 from open to first fret.
[B] [Am] [Em]
4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3.
[Am] 1 and a 2 e [G] and a 3 e and a 4 [Em] e and a.
[Am]
[Ab] Bar 2 we go to a normal C chord, pinch 5 [C] and 2.
4, 3, [G] now something happens that happens a lot on this song,
he takes the [N] fourth string finger away.
I've called it C add 9 on the tab, it's probably more like C add 2 really,
but that's such an unusual name that I stuck with C add 9.
[C] It's 5, 2, [D] 4, [G] 3.
Stay in this [C] shape, second half of the bar, pinch 5 and 2.
[D] [G] 4, 3, [C] 5, 2, and then 4 back at the second fret.
3, 1 and a 2 e and a 3 and a 4 e and a.
[G] Now make a G chord, 6 and 2.
4, 3, and now 6, but at [N] the same time you're going to hammer into the fourth string,
second fret, second string, first fret, even though you won't hear those [B] notes as the hammer goes [F] down.
You will, if you do it correctly you'll kind of feel them go down as you do on the record.
So [C] 6 out of this new shape, [Cm] 1 should be at the third fret,
4 should now be at the second fret, [E] [G]
3, that's the first half of the bar.
[C] [G]
Then out of the shape again, back to a normal G, 6 and 2.
4, 3, 6 with the hammer going down, 1 at the third fret, [Em] 4, 3.
[G] In other words, the second half of the bar repeats the first half.
1 and a 2 e and a 3 and a 4 [C] e and a.
[G]
[C] [Ab] And at bar 4 go to a D chord, pinch 4 and [D] 1, 3, 2, 4, 1 [A] open, 3, [D] 2, that's the first half of the bar.
[Cm] Then 4 and 1 and hammer 1 from open to second [D] fret, 3, 2, 4, 1 [Am] open, 3.
[D] 1 and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and.
Notice [N] throughout this track that the guitar accompaniment is Travis picked.
So you're [Am] typically going 5, 4, [E] 5, 4 on A minor and [G] C chord, 6, 4, 6, 4 [D] on G,
and 4, 3, 4, 3 on that [Bm] D chord.
Thumbs marking out the regular rhythm.
Here's [Am] the intro again slowly.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[F] And that will take us into the verse and we'll cover the verse in the next video.
The intro is the first four bars of your tab, let's play those through.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[B] So we start on A minor 7, which is just A minor without [Fm] the third string finger.
[Abm] Bar 1, we pinch 5 and [Am] 2.
Then 4, 3, 5, 1, [C] 4, 3.
[G]
That's the first half of the [N] bar.
Then 5 and 2 again, pinched, and hammer 2 from open to first fret.
[B] [Am] [Em]
4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3.
[Am] 1 and a 2 e [G] and a 3 e and a 4 [Em] e and a.
[Am]
[Ab] Bar 2 we go to a normal C chord, pinch 5 [C] and 2.
4, 3, [G] now something happens that happens a lot on this song,
he takes the [N] fourth string finger away.
I've called it C add 9 on the tab, it's probably more like C add 2 really,
but that's such an unusual name that I stuck with C add 9.
[C] It's 5, 2, [D] 4, [G] 3.
Stay in this [C] shape, second half of the bar, pinch 5 and 2.
[D] [G] 4, 3, [C] 5, 2, and then 4 back at the second fret.
3, 1 and a 2 e and a 3 and a 4 e and a.
[G] Now make a G chord, 6 and 2.
4, 3, and now 6, but at [N] the same time you're going to hammer into the fourth string,
second fret, second string, first fret, even though you won't hear those [B] notes as the hammer goes [F] down.
You will, if you do it correctly you'll kind of feel them go down as you do on the record.
So [C] 6 out of this new shape, [Cm] 1 should be at the third fret,
4 should now be at the second fret, [E] [G]
3, that's the first half of the bar.
[C] [G]
Then out of the shape again, back to a normal G, 6 and 2.
4, 3, 6 with the hammer going down, 1 at the third fret, [Em] 4, 3.
[G] In other words, the second half of the bar repeats the first half.
1 and a 2 e and a 3 and a 4 [C] e and a.
[G]
[C] [Ab] And at bar 4 go to a D chord, pinch 4 and [D] 1, 3, 2, 4, 1 [A] open, 3, [D] 2, that's the first half of the bar.
[Cm] Then 4 and 1 and hammer 1 from open to second [D] fret, 3, 2, 4, 1 [Am] open, 3.
[D] 1 and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and.
Notice [N] throughout this track that the guitar accompaniment is Travis picked.
So you're [Am] typically going 5, 4, [E] 5, 4 on A minor and [G] C chord, 6, 4, 6, 4 [D] on G,
and 4, 3, 4, 3 on that [Bm] D chord.
Thumbs marking out the regular rhythm.
Here's [Am] the intro again slowly.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[F] And that will take us into the verse and we'll cover the verse in the next video.
Key:
G
C
D
Am
B
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Helplessly Hoping is in the key of G, although it starts on the chord of A minor 7.
_ The intro is the first four bars of your tab, let's play those through.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] So we start on A minor 7, which is just A minor without [Fm] the third string finger.
_ [Abm] Bar 1, we pinch 5 and [Am] 2. _
Then 4, 3, _ 5, 1, [C] 4, 3.
_ _ _ [G]
That's the first half of the [N] bar.
Then 5 and 2 again, pinched, and hammer 2 from open to first fret.
[B] _ [Am] _ _ [Em]
4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] 1 _ _ and a 2 e [G] and a 3 e and a 4 [Em] e and a. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Bar 2 we go to a normal C chord, pinch 5 [C] and 2.
_ _ 4, 3, [G] now something happens that happens a lot on this song,
he takes the [N] fourth string finger away.
I've called it C add 9 on the tab, it's probably more like C add 2 really,
but that's such an unusual name that I stuck with C add 9.
[C] It's 5, 2, [D] 4, [G] 3.
Stay in this [C] shape, second half of the bar, pinch 5 and 2.
_ _ [D] [G] 4, 3, _ [C] 5, 2, and then 4 back at the second fret.
_ _ _ _ _ 3, 1 _ and a 2 e and a 3 _ and a 4 e and a.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Now make a G chord, 6 and 2.
_ _ 4, 3, and now 6, but at [N] the same time you're going to hammer into the fourth string,
second fret, second string, first fret, even though you won't hear those [B] notes as the hammer goes [F] down.
You will, if you do it correctly you'll kind of feel them go down as you do on the record.
So [C] 6 out of this new shape, [Cm] 1 should be at the third fret, _ _
4 should now be at the second fret, [E] _ _ [G]
3, _ that's the first half of the bar. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Then out of the shape again, back to a normal G, 6 and 2.
_ 4, 3, 6 with the hammer going down, _ 1 at the third fret, [Em] 4, 3.
[G] In other words, the second half of the bar repeats the first half.
_ 1 _ _ and a 2 e and a 3 _ _ and a 4 [C] e and a.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] And at bar 4 go to a D chord, pinch 4 and [D] 1, _ _ 3, 2, 4, 1 [A] open, _ 3, [D] 2, that's the first half of the bar.
[Cm] Then 4 and 1 and hammer 1 from open to second [D] fret, _ _ 3, 2, 4, 1 [Am] open, _ 3. _ _
_ _ [D] 1 _ and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Notice [N] throughout this track that the guitar accompaniment is Travis picked.
So you're [Am] typically going 5, 4, [E] 5, 4 on A minor and [G] C chord, 6, 4, 6, 4 [D] on G,
and 4, 3, 4, 3 on that [Bm] D chord.
_ _ Thumbs marking out the regular rhythm.
Here's [Am] the intro again slowly. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] And that will take us into the verse and we'll cover the verse in the next video.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Helplessly Hoping is in the key of G, although it starts on the chord of A minor 7.
_ The intro is the first four bars of your tab, let's play those through.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] So we start on A minor 7, which is just A minor without [Fm] the third string finger.
_ [Abm] Bar 1, we pinch 5 and [Am] 2. _
Then 4, 3, _ 5, 1, [C] 4, 3.
_ _ _ [G]
That's the first half of the [N] bar.
Then 5 and 2 again, pinched, and hammer 2 from open to first fret.
[B] _ [Am] _ _ [Em]
4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] 1 _ _ and a 2 e [G] and a 3 e and a 4 [Em] e and a. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Bar 2 we go to a normal C chord, pinch 5 [C] and 2.
_ _ 4, 3, [G] now something happens that happens a lot on this song,
he takes the [N] fourth string finger away.
I've called it C add 9 on the tab, it's probably more like C add 2 really,
but that's such an unusual name that I stuck with C add 9.
[C] It's 5, 2, [D] 4, [G] 3.
Stay in this [C] shape, second half of the bar, pinch 5 and 2.
_ _ [D] [G] 4, 3, _ [C] 5, 2, and then 4 back at the second fret.
_ _ _ _ _ 3, 1 _ and a 2 e and a 3 _ and a 4 e and a.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Now make a G chord, 6 and 2.
_ _ 4, 3, and now 6, but at [N] the same time you're going to hammer into the fourth string,
second fret, second string, first fret, even though you won't hear those [B] notes as the hammer goes [F] down.
You will, if you do it correctly you'll kind of feel them go down as you do on the record.
So [C] 6 out of this new shape, [Cm] 1 should be at the third fret, _ _
4 should now be at the second fret, [E] _ _ [G]
3, _ that's the first half of the bar. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Then out of the shape again, back to a normal G, 6 and 2.
_ 4, 3, 6 with the hammer going down, _ 1 at the third fret, [Em] 4, 3.
[G] In other words, the second half of the bar repeats the first half.
_ 1 _ _ and a 2 e and a 3 _ _ and a 4 [C] e and a.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] And at bar 4 go to a D chord, pinch 4 and [D] 1, _ _ 3, 2, 4, 1 [A] open, _ 3, [D] 2, that's the first half of the bar.
[Cm] Then 4 and 1 and hammer 1 from open to second [D] fret, _ _ 3, 2, 4, 1 [Am] open, _ 3. _ _
_ _ [D] 1 _ and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Notice [N] throughout this track that the guitar accompaniment is Travis picked.
So you're [Am] typically going 5, 4, [E] 5, 4 on A minor and [G] C chord, 6, 4, 6, 4 [D] on G,
and 4, 3, 4, 3 on that [Bm] D chord.
_ _ Thumbs marking out the regular rhythm.
Here's [Am] the intro again slowly. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] And that will take us into the verse and we'll cover the verse in the next video.