Good Help Is So Hard To Find Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays518

Good Help Is So Hard To Find by Death Cab For Cutie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, Bm, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
Text
16
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  			Intro: A  F#m 


verse 1: 

A 
You'll never have to hear the word "no" 
                                        
If you keep all your friends on the payroll 
F#m 
The non-disclosure pages signed 

Your secret's safe between those lines 
A 
The scaffolding will cheer and console you 

But remember what your mother told you 
F#m 
That good help is so hard to find 

For people that are so refined 


Bm 
You're trying to turn into the skid 
                         D   E 
In this never-ending grid 



 
          F#m   E    D    A 
There's a long, slow fade 
     F#m E    D    A 
To a darkened stage 
      F#m  E   D    A 
And I hear you say 
        F#m        E   D   A 
"Only a fool gives it away" 
       Bm 
Only a fool would give 
       D          
Only a fool gives it away 


A 


verse 2: 

A 
You said you wanna stake out your claim 
                                        
High above the city from where you came 
F#m 
Don't you know the air's so thin? 

It starves the brain of oxygen 
A 
I know it's such a dangerous place 

For there are more ascensions than there is space 
F#m 
Angels causing accidents 

The camera phones'll document 


Bm 
But if I start to levitate 

Pull me down with all your weight 


D    E 




          F#m   E    D    A 
There's a long, slow fade 
     F#m E    D    A 
To a darkened stage 
      F#m  E   D    A 
And I hear you say 
        F#m        E   D   A 
"Only a fool gives it away" 
       Bm 
Only a fool would give 
       D          
Only a fool gives it away 



Solo: 

A    F#m 
A    F#m 


Pre-Chorus 

Bm 
You're trying to turn into the skid 
                         F#m 
In this never-ending grid 
Bm 
But you should know it's not ideal 
                            
All those hands upon the wheel 

D   E 




          F#m   E    D    A 
There's a long, slow fade 
     F#m E    D    A 
To a darkened stage 
      F#m  E   D    A 
And I hear you say 
        F#m        E   D   A 
"Only a fool gives it away" 
          F#m   E    D    A 
There's a long, slow fade 
     F#m E    D    A 
To a darkened stage 
      F#m  E   D    A 
And I hear you say 
        F#m        E   D   A 
"Only a fool gives it away" 
       Bm 
Only a fool would give 
       D 
Only a fool would give 
       Bm 
Only a fool would give 
       D       
Only a fool gives this away   


A 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante