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From: "Mike Kruft" <evenwallsfalldwn@hotmail.com>
Subject: b/bramhall_doyle_ii_and_smokestack/helpless_man.tab
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:52:01 -0600

Author: Mike Kruft
Artist: Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack
Album:  Welcome
Song:   Helpless Man

feel free to email me at evenwallsfalldwn@hotmail.com

If you're looking at this then bless you for liking good rock and roll.

(due to requests I'm adding more doyle tabs!)

^ - slight bend
* - major bend
p - pull off
h - hammer on
/ - slide up
~ - vibrato
x - palm mute

Chords:

All chords are barred throughout the song
and are played in the fashion indicated below.

Intro:    C          F               C         F
e-------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------x---------------------------x
G---------------8---10--8--x-------------8--10-8-10-8--x
D---------------8---10--8--x-------------8--10-8-10-8--x
A----------8h10------------x--------8h10---------------x
E----8--8---------------------8--8----------------------

(play 2 times)


Verse:

When I..
<play intro part>

    I'm tearin' up... (F)
e-----------1----------
B-----------------1----
G--------------2-------
D----------------------
A------3---------------
E---1------------------


Chorus:

    I'm a helpless man...
    (A)            (F)
e----5--------------1----
B----5--------------1----
G----6--------------2----
D----7--------------3----
A----7--------------3----
E----5--------------1----

(play twice)

    I'm a helpless man...
    (A)            (D)
e----5-------------------
B----5--------------7----
G----6--------------7----
D----7--------------7----
A----7--------------5----
E----5-------------------

    (D)     (C)      (G)
e------------------------
B------------------------
G-------7------5------4--
D-----7------5----------5
A---5------3--------5----
E------------------3-----


Bridge:

    Nights of..   But you..  Keep on..
    (D)           (C)         (G)
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----7-------------5---------------------
D----7-------------5-----------5---------
A----5-------------3-----------5---------
E------------------------------3---------

   Jumping..    Union..     Lead me..   Holy Land..
    (D)            (C)         (G)          (D)
e--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G----7-------------5------------------------7------
D----7-------------5-----------5------------7------
A----5-------------3-----------5------------5------
E------------------------------3-------------------


Solo:

    (B)            (E)            (B)
e---------     -------------   --------
B---------     -------------   --------
G----4----     -------------   ---4----
D----4----     -----2-------   ---4----
A----2----     -----2-------   ---2----
E---------     -----0-------   --------

(play twice)


2nd Solo:

    (D)           (C)         (G)
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----7-------------5---------------------
D----7-------------5-----------5---------
A----5-------------3-----------5---------
E------------------------------3---------

(play four times)

   (D)     (C)      (G)
e------------------------
B------------------------
G-------7------5------4--
D-----7------5-------5---
A---5------3--------5----
E------------------3-----