The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers – This Isn’t Helping Chords

The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers – This Isn’t Helping Chords

ChordsG#mBF#EC#m

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[Intro]
 G#m    B   G#m    B
  G#m    B   F#

[Verse 1]
   G#m
I cannot believe
                B
what you get away with
          G#m
You find beauty in
          B
anything
    G#m
Whenever you look down
          B
 into a sewer
F#
 You see a diamond ring
   G#m
It isn't fair how you never
   B
 look like you're trying
   G#m
As if you couldn't
               B
 care any less
G#m
 And I'm here, kicking
    B
myself to keep from crying
F#
 You say you're impressed

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[Chorus]
                E         B
But this isn't helping at all
                  E
It only makes me wanna
             B
 get further off
            E         B
This isn't helping at all
            F#
This isn't helping

[Verse 2]
     G#m
You say that this
                  B
doesn't have to hurt
         G#m
You're there if you
             B
need to be found
G#m                       B
 Can't you see that that makes
 it so much worse?
F#
 I'll always see you around
 G#m
Maybe in time, we can
     B
give it one morе try
            G#m
But let's think about
                   B
what matters now
      G#m
Keep kicking yourself
                 B
to keep from crying
F#
 That, you'rе so right about

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[Chorus]
                   E
'Cause this isn't helping
    B
 at all
                       E
I know you think it's kindness,
               B
 but it's not
            E         B
This isn't helping at all
            F#
This isn't helping


[Bridge]
               C#m
Don't say that it's
                G#m
all your fault
               C#m
I know you're banking
                 G#m
on it coming up
                C#m
But would your life
            G#m
be so bad
            F#
If you knew every single
 thought I had?

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               C#m
'Cause I only have two
            G#m
things to say to you
         C#m
But you say two things
       G#m
 about everything, babe
C#m                  G#m
 Well, just when I thought
                F#
You don't even notice me at all

[Chorus]
'Cause this isn't
  E         B
helping at all
                  E
It only makes me wanna
             B
 get further off
            E         B
This isn't helping at all
            F#
This isn't helping
            E         B
This isn't helping at all
                       E
I know you think it's kindness,
                B
 but it's not
            E         B
This isn't helping at all
            F#
This isn't helping

How to play This Isn’t Helping: key, chords and progression

These are This Isn’t Helping chords by The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

This Isn’t Helping by The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers is centred on G♯ minor (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). The song uses 5 chords: G#m, B, F#, E and C#m.

The backbone of the song is B – G#m – B – F# (III – i – III – VII in G♯ minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Em, G, D, C, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯

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This Isn’t Helping chords: questions

What key is This Isn’t Helping in?

This Isn’t Helping by The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers is centred on G♯ minor (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in This Isn’t Helping?

This Isn’t Helping uses 5 chords: G#m, B, F#, E, C#m.

What is the chord progression of This Isn’t Helping?

The main progression is B – G#m – B – F# (III – i – III – VII).

Is This Isn’t Helping easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Em, G, D, C, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 20% without a capo).

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