– -Guitar Tablature- –

Crowded House – “Help Is Coming” :
[from the ‘Afterglow’ Album]

Chords:

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Gm7: 353333
Dm: 557765
Dm/E: 557755
Ebm: 668876
C7: 335353
Gm/Eb: 355343

[nb: instead of C7, could use Dm/E chord as this is easier on fingers]

Notes:

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It could be useful to use a Capo on the 3rd fret, although not necessary.

The main chord changes go from ‘Gm – Dm – C7’ throughout the
song for most verses.
When playing solo on the guitar, there are variations on the last third
that could be played to give a livelier feel:
eg. Gm – Dm – ‘G7 – Gm7 – Dm’ or
Gm – Dm – ‘Dm/E – Dm – C7’ or even
Gm – Dm – ‘Gm – Gm/E – Dm’ [etc.etc]

Furthermore, on the Gm chord throughout the song, you could also add a pattern like
Gm – Gm7 – G – Gm
rather than strumming the one chord at time
G [just bar the 3rd fret]

In the song, Neil just plays the single chord on the guitar whilst the instruments play
variations giving different harmonics. The above are ideas when playing solo to provide
such harmonic variances.

[INTRO:]

e---------------------5-----------------------------------5-
B-6----->8-----------------6--5--->3------------------------
G-----------------7-------------------------------------7---
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

Gm Dm C7(single strum)

e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-6----->8-----------------6->5--->3------------------------
G-----------------5>7---------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

[VERSE:]

Help is

Coming………… I heard a whisper….. White caps

turning The breath of summer…. Distant

drumming…..and I hear birds calling…. Es-

[CHORUS:]

cape………… The anguish of our past…. and

pray……………….. Empires…

[VERSE:]

crumbling careless winter…………….. fear is

running……. along the rivers………..… we

sail tomorrow for Ellis Island……….…

[CHORUS:]

escape………. the[Gm/Eb] anger of our past………….

and praise….. when peace will come at last……... and

dream………..…

[MIDDLE / BRIDGE:]

[Dm/E]
re-

[CHORUS:]

lease….. the anger of our past…………

and pray……….. that peace will come at last……….. and

stay…………. …….help is

[VERSE:]

coming…………… [Dm/E] he–

lp is coming…. we sa-

il tomorrow…….. for Ellis Island he-

[CLOSING:]

lp is coming

[backing]dreams…..come true…. we sa-

il tomorrow……..

[backing]dreams come true… help is co-

ming……… [backing]come true….. comes(?)

(finishes solo on high e string, fret 10….B string,fret 10 repeated)

Transcription by Capri Alba

Enjoy…

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CapriAlba – 2004

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[CapriAlba@hotmail.com]

Dr. Livingstone – Crowded House

this is an attempt to ‘catch’ the feel of the song into single chords, so it can be
played on one guitar.

Intro:
F . G . Bb7 Bb7

e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|
B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--| 2x
D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|

Steam ship sail down the river
Fight the mosquitoes
that lie in the swamp
White smoke cover the jungle
see Dr. Livingston
land with a thump
Down where the sad widows gather[G#/C]
C+sus2/Ab G# C+sus2/Ab
G# Bb7
Young women weep for their dying babies
I am a white man in Africa
C+sus2/Ab G# C+sus2/Ab G#
If I were to stay here there’d be
no one to save me /

I hear the drums, I know it’s urgent
I hear sur- vival in his hands
Switch to record, I get the picture
But I will never under- stand

Break:
F . G . Bb7 Bb7

e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|
B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--| 2x
D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|

Mad world in- visible army
Blow up the bridges and come like a storm
Young girl eyes full of promise
Carry the baby and keeping it warm
Down where the sad widows gather[G#/C]
C+sus2/Ab G# C+sus2/Ab
G# Bb7
Young men go down on their knees
I am a white man in Africa
C+sus2/Ab G#
C+sus2/Ab G# Bb7/
With more than just my god to ap- pease

I hear the drums, I know it’s urgent
I hear sur- vival in his hands
Switch to record, I get the picture
But I will never under- stand

How there is love in his face
In the midst of all this waste

[Bb7sus4]
In the Mozambique sun under the gun
I hear the drums,
I hear survival in his hands,
I hear the drums
There is a curse upon this land
Hear the drums, know it’s urgent
Hear sur- vival in his hands
Hit re- cord get the picture,
I will never under- stand

Solo:
F . G . Bb7 Bb7

e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|
B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|
D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|

F G7 Bb7 Bb7
Child of the sound and the fury
F G7 Bb7 Bb7
Left all a- lone in a warzone,
F G7 Bb7 Bb7
Child of the sound and the fury

[G#/F] aah aaah [G#/F] aah aaah

The hour is late and the thought of my bed
Makes me tired and ready for sleep
So tell me about all the places you go
All the lies that you swallow The people you keep
Viva the monastery, That’s where I wanna be
wrestle my soul!
[///]
Bb7 x13131
Bb7 x13134
Dsus2 x5775x
Dm x5776x
G#/C x3654x
C+sus2/Ab 4x653x
G# 4x654x
Cm7 x35343
Bb7sus4 x13344

I LOVE YOU DAWN – Crowded House

Intro:
Am D G

E|———/——————-/
B|———/——————-/
G|-2p0—–/——————-/
D|—–2s4-/–4s5-4-2-0——–/
A|———/————3-2-0–/
E|———/——————3/

() Am
I love you Dawn
You under – stand
The strength of ten
Men in your hands
It was another tear
was another time
All is not lost
And we will shine

Am , E7
Beneath the tall trees I believe
There’s nothing you and me
Can’t do together if we try
The day is long and the nights are cold
Just a song to warm your soul
I don’t want to see you cry /

I love you Dawn
You under – stand
The strength of ten
Men in your hands
It was another tear
was another time
All is not lost
And we will shine

Above the billboards and the hordes
Magazines and rock awards
We can’t afford to pay our bills
The day is long and the nights are cold
Just a song to warm your soul
I don’t want to see you cry /

I love you Dawn

Break:
[-] [-] [-] [-] [-]
Aahhahh – aahh – aahhh – aahh – aahh aahh –
aahh – aahh
Aahhahh – aahh – aahhh – aahh – aahh aahh –
aahh – aahh /

I love you Dawn
You under – stand
The strength of ten
Men in your hands
It was another tear another year,
was another time
All is not lost
And we will shine, shine, shine//

Am x02210
D xx0232
G 320033
E7 020100
Am7 x02010
C x32010

Please people, add some more as I am going to, this band were/are amazing!

Fig 1

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--------8-7---5-------------3----------3--------|
G|-----7-----------5-------------4----------4-----|
D|---7---------------5------5----------5----------|
A|-------------------------5----------5-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Fig 2

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------5----------5------------|
G|------------6----------6----------|
D|-------7----------7---------------|
A|----7----------7------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Fig 3

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------8-7-----------5------------5---------|
G|-----7-------------------6------------6------|
D|--7----------------7------------7------------|
A|-----------------7------------7--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Fig 4

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---------8-7-------7----------7---------------|
G|------7----------7---7-----7----7-------------|
D|---7----------7----------7--------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Intro:

Fig 1 x7 Fig 2 x1
Then strum D 4 times.

Verse 1:

Fig 1 x7 Fig 2 x2

Interlude:

Fig 3 x3 Fig 4 x1 (Whole thing played twice)

Strum D four times then strum G once

Then G D x4

Solo:
Vvibrato

Chords Em D Em A

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---8v-7v-10v-----7v-8v-7v-7v---------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---8v-7v-10v-----7v-8v-7v-5v-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Within myself
There are a million things

End: (just picked g chord)

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3------------3-------------------------------|
G|----------4------------4-----------------------------|
D|-----5------------5----------------------------------|
A|---5-----------5-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Fig 1 x7 End x1 Then end on a strummed G Chord