HELTER SKELTER

Taken from the Polydor album The Scream (1978/2005 Reissue)

Transcribed by: Damian Pamminger (TwitcheD*)

Standard tuning: E A D G

Fig. 1 (1x)
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|------------------------|---REPEAT---|
|-0----------------------|-three-more-|
|------------------------|---times----|

Pause

                      Gradually
                      increased
                      tempo
|--------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--REPEAT---|--------------------------------------|
|-0------------------|-nine-more-|-2------2------2-----2-----3-----3----|
|--------------------|---times---|--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|

Fig. 2a (2x)
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2--2--2-3---3-3-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ^       ^       ^       ^  ^  ^ ^       ^       ^       ^  ^  ^ ^

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3--3--3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
  ^       ^       ^  ^  ^

Fig. 2b (1x)
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

Fig. 2a (2x)
Fig. 2b (1x)
Fig. 2a (1x)

End
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|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-2---2-2-2-|
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  ^       ^       ^       ^  ^  ^ ^       ^