Neil Young – Helpless Guitar Lesson Info

Learn how to play Neil Young – Helpless note-for-note on guitar with our Neil Young – Helpless Guitar Lesson.
This lesson teaches the version Neil played live at Massey Hall in 1971.
Difficulty level: Easy (playing all Neil’s licks may tip it into intermediate, but they’re all optional)
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed
Tuning: Downtuned by a half step
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Neil Young – Helpless Download Details
The complete lesson contains a lesson video and a performance-standard play-thru video. It also contains the guitar tabs as PDF files and a songsheet with the chords and the lyrics of the lesson (if applicable), also as PDF files.
The videos are MP4 format and will play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
You’ll receive an email with a Zip file containing a total of 5 files as follows:
- Part 1: Read Me Tuning
- Part 2: Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 3: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 4: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 5: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 252.2 Mb
You’ll need to extract the MP4 and PDF files from the Zip file/s to be able to use them and you’ll need software to do so. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Peazip which you can get free, here.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Damon Brown says
Hi Jerry, wondering if you have any plans to do Dollar Blues for your Townes Van Zant collection. Also do you have any plans to cover the work of the band and Levon Helm ? Up Cripple Creek, Ophelia, False Hearted lover blues etc. ? Thanks , Damon Brown
Junnie says
Hi Jerry,
I would like to request the Acoustic version of “True” by Spandau Ballet. Just wondering if you can add that on your list.
Thank You.