Helter Skelter(U2 Version!!) Transcribed by Richard Zangoli. Well, I saw a transcription to this song on the U2 archive but it seemed to me that it came straight out of a Beatles songbook or something. So this is the U2 version from the Rattle and Hum CD. I think it's pretty close. Remember to tune down half a step and palm mute the intro, although not too heavily. When I get...... E---------------------------------------------------------- B---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5 G---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--6--6--5--5--5--5 D---------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------- G E ....see me again yeah, yeah, yeah E Do you, don't you want me to love you, yeah I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you, G A Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer, you may be a lover, but you ain't no E A dancer Then play this riff- E----------------------------------0--0---------------------------------------- B----------------------------------0--0-----------------------------------2--2 G---2------------------------------1--1-----------------------------------2--2 D-------4--2--0--------------------2--2-----2-----------------------------2--2 A-------------------4--2--0--------2--2----------4---2--0-----------------0--0 E----------------------------------0--0-----------------------4--2--0--------- E--------------------------------------0- B--------------------------------------0- G----2---------------------------------1- then keep on playing the E chord ---------4--2--0-----------------------2- 2nd verse as you did for the A----------------------4--2--0---------2- first E--------------------------------------0- The only thing left is the solo which goes some thing like this- E-0--0-------------15--------15----------------------------------10-----------10 B-0--0---15b(17)------15b(17)--------15b(17)---2--2----10b(12)-------10b(12)--- G-1--1-----------------------------------------2--2--------------------------- D-2--2-----------------------------------------2--2--------------------------- A-2--2-----------------------------------------0--0----------------------------- E-0--0------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-------------- B----10b(12)-- G-------------- Play this twice and then finish on an E. D-------------- A--------------- E--------------- That should have all the guitar parts to the song. Quite simple really. Richard Zangoli (ahowden@magna.com.au) "Helter Skelter" [Lennon/McCartney] Intro: -|-----0--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|--12\3--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the -|-----0--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|-----2--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ slide, where I stop and I turn and I go for a G -|-----0--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|-----1--(repeat)-------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6-------- -|------------------------------------------------3--3--3--3-------- ride, till I get to the bottom and I see you again. E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--5--5--6---------6------2--2--2--2--3\2--2--2--2----------------- -|--3--3--3---------3------0--0--0--0--1\0--0--0--0----------------- 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 -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|----------2---2---4---4--5--4--2---------------------------------- -|----------0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0---------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, Helter Skelter E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------------- -|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0----------------------------- Helter skelter A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--------------------------------------------5b(7)--3--5----------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------------- -|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0----------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ Helter skelter Yeah 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). Here's the guitar solo in the middle: E A E -|----------------------7--7--15b(17)--15b(17)--b(17)15------------- -|----------------------0--0---------------------------------------- -|----------------------9--9---------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Cos here she comes A E -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--b(17)15b(17)15---------------13b(14)------------------b(17)15----------- -|------------------b(14)12---------------b(14)12b(14)12-----------12------- -|---------------------------14----------------------------------------14~-- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -|--12--15b(17)--b(17)15--12------12----------