HELTER SKELTER (live)
by U2 (Written by Paul McCartney & John Lennon)
Album: Rattle & Hum (c)1988
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
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ride, till I get to the bottom and I see you again.
E
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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
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Well, Helter Skelter
E
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Helter Skelter
A E
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Helter Skelter Yeah
SOLO:
E A E
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'Cos here she comes
A E
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[Later, there's a whole lot of Hendrix-like guitar noise.]
"This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles.
We're stealing it back."
When you get to the bottom
You go back to the top of the slide
And you stop and you turn
And you go for a ride
Till you get to the bottom
Then you see me again
Do you, don't you want me to love you?
I'm coming down fast, but I'm miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Do you, don't you want me to make you?
Coming down fast I don't want me to break you
Tell me , tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
When you get to the bottom
you go back to the top of the slide
Where you stop and you turn
And you go for a ride
Till you get to the bottom
And I see you again
Do you, don't you want me to love you ?
Coming down fast I'm right above you
Tell me , tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter
NOTES:
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).
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.
As the song fades into the first ending, there are some nice bend releases,
while the lyrics repeat "coming down fast".
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