Passenger – Helplessly Lost (Guitar Intro)

Capo 5 Video Lesson
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and his live stream of several songs from the album: https://youtu.be/W1ky9YCWAf0 This tab should be very close to what he plays for the intro. Let the bass notes ring. He uses lots of hammer-ons throughout the song, particularly on fret 2. He also does a walk down to the Em in the second line of verse 1 and a nice fill from the G to the Am. For the Am7 in verse 1, add the pinky on fret 3 of the high E string.
[Intro Tab]
   G5              Csus2             G G5
E|-------------------0-------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----3---------3-------3---------|-0h3-----------3-----------------|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-----------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

                                     Gsus4
   Em              C                   G
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3s5-----------------1-----------|-1p0-----------0-----------------|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------2-------2---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------0-----------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

   G G5            Csus2             G G5
E|-------------------0-------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0h3-----------3-------3---------|-0h3-----------3-----------------|
G|-----------0---------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

   Em              C                 G                     C/G
E|-3-s-7---7-----------------------|-3-------------------------3-----|
B|-----------------1---------------|-0-------------------0h1---------|
G|-----------------0---------0-----|-0---------0-------------------0-|
D|---------------------2-------2---|-----0-------0-------0h2---------|
A|-----------------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------0-----------------------|-3-------3-------3---------------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

   Gsus4
     G
E|---------------------------------|
B|-1p0-----------0-----------------|
G|-0---------0---------------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
G5 3x003x for intro 3x0033 for verse Csus2 x3003x Cadd9 x32033 C/G 3x2013 Dadd4 x5403x [Intro] G5 Csus2 G G5 Em C Gsus4 G G G5 Csus2 G G5 Em C G C/G Gsus4 G [Verse 1]
         G5            Cadd9                  G5
Well I'm sorry for the time that I’ve been taking

Em        C               G       C/G G
  And the lines that I’ve crossed

    C/G                 G
The mess that I’ve been making

Am        Am7               D7
  And for everything you’ve lost

C     D                     G
  The heart that I’ve been breaking

B7                       Em  Dsus2 D
  For the damage and the cost
[Chorus 1]
C                   Dadd4
 Oh forgive me darling

                G    C/G G
I am helplessly lost
[Verse 2]
    G5            Cadd9          G5
I'm sorry for the stories that I told you

Em        C            G    C/G G
  And the lies that I spoke

    C/G           G
The future that I sold you

Am                   D7
  And the promises I broke

C         D                   G
  For the love that I’ve been taking

B7                            Em   Dsus2 D
  Warmed with nothing but the frost
[Chorus 2]
C               Dadd4
  Oh forgive me darling

                G    Gsus4 G
I am helplessly lost
[Bridge]
D                     C
How many deals will I make

                         Em
With the devil what’s it take

                     D7
For a foolish man to learn

D7                    C
How many years will I go

                      Em
Setting fire to all I know

                       Bm
Just to watch the city burn
[Chorus 3]
      C
Oh my dear we’ve reached a river we can’t cross

            Am7           D7         G   C/G G C/G G
So leave me here for I am helplessly lost

[Outro]
                   G
E|-----------------3
B|-----0-----------0
G|---------2p0-----0
D|-----0-------2---0
A|------------------
E|-3---------------3
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3