Crosby, Stills & Nash - Helplessly Hoping Guitar Lesson + Tab

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Published May 28, 2026

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Today we learn how to play Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills & Nash in this guitar lesson with a tab included. Stephen Stills is a great guitarist and well worth studying. This fingerstyle arrangement, transcribed from the recording, is tricky but doable and is well worth the effort. This song features unique open chord voicings and a travis picking alternating thumb technique.

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Video Chapters:
0:00 Demo
1:54 Lesson Intro
2:45 Intro - Travis Picking Exercise
5:15 Intro - 1st Line (With Fingers)
7:50 Intro - 2nd Line
10:52 Verse - 1st Line
12:35 Verse - 2nd Line
14:24 End of 1st Verse
15:55 Pre-Chorus
17:27 Chorus
21:28 Lesson Outro