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"My Iron Lung"
tabbed by: eric bergen
this is jonny's lead tab. the others just follow.
Key:
^= bend
/= slide down
Intro:
with a octave pitch shifter
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------3-0-----0-------1-----------
----0-------0---0---0---0-2^-2-0--
----------3-------1---------------
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
---------------------------------
------3-0-----0-------1---/----4-
----0-------0---0---2-----/--5---
----------3-------1------1/4-----
---------------------------------
--3------------------------------
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------3-0-----0-------1-3^4-3-1---
----0-------0---0---0-----------1-
----------3-------1---------------
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
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------3-0-----0-------1-----------
----0-------0---0---0---0-2^3-2-0-
----------3-------1---------------
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
Basic bass riff:
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----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3/5/5/6/6/8>0-
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------
Faith, your driving me away
You do it everyday
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-------0---------------1--------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3
-----0---0-----------0---0----------0------------------------
---0-------0-------1-------1------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------3--------------3----------------------------
You don't mean it but it hurts__ like hell
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---------3----3-----1-------4-------
---------4----4-----2------5--------
---------0----3-----1-----4---------
------------------------------------
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My brain says i'm receiving pain
A lack of oxygen
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-------0---------------1--------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3
-----0---0-----------0---0----------0------------------------
---0-------0-------1-------1------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------3--------------3----------------------------
From my life support my i_____ron lung____
*Play main riff*
-----------------------3-------
----------------------------4-3
-------------------------------
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-------------------------------
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We're too young to fall a sleep
----------3------------
--------------4--3-----
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
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Too cynical to speak
--------------2----------------------------------
-----------------4--3------------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
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We are losing it Can't you tell?
G(only 1st time) G
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---------3---3---1-------4-------
---------4---4---2------5--------
---------0---3---1-----4---------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
We scratch our eternal itch
A 20th century bitch
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-------0---------------1--------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3
-----0---0-----------0---0----------0------------------------
---0-------0-------1-------1------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------3--------------3----------------------------
We are grateful for our i____ ron lung
*Play Main riff*
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-8-7-6-5---4-3-
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Chorus:
G G G G C C C C E
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--------3--------3-----------3----3--3-3-------
-----------------------------------------------
----------------------3-3----------------------
--3-3-------3-3------------------------------0-
THE HEADSHRINKERS, THEY WANT EVERYTHING
E E
---------------------------
---------------------------
--------3--------3---------
---------------------------
---------------------------
-0--------0--0-------------
MY UN___CLE BILL
---------------------------
----8--7-6-5---4--3--------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
MY BELISHA BEACON
*Repeat chorus*
*Play main riff*
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----------------------3---1---0------
----------------0--------------------
---------1---------------------------
-------------------------------------
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Suck, Suck your teenage thumb
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----------------3--------1---0-------
------------0------------------------
---------1---------------------------
-------------------------------------
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Toilet trained and dumb
----------------------------------
-----------------1----------------
-0------------------0-------------
---0-------------------1----------
----------------------------------
-----3----------------------3-----
When the power runs out
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-3-----------4-3-4-3---4-3---
---0-----------------0-------
-----0-----------------------
-----------------------------
-------3---------------------
We'll just hum
G(only 1st time)
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--------3---3---1---------4-------
--------4---4---2--------5--------
--------0---3---1-------4---------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
This This is our new song
Just like the last one
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-------0----------------1-------------3------
-----0---0-----------0-----0--------0--------
---0-------0------1----------1----0----------
---------------------------------------------
-3-------------3----------------3------------
A total waste of time my i_____iron
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-8-7-6-5-4-3--
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--------------
--------------
--------------
lu______ng
*Play Chorus twice*
*Solo 1*
G G G G C C C C E
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-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3-5-3-5^5-3---
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-----------------------------------0-
-------------------------------------
-------------------8-7-6-5--4--3-----
-----5-3-----5-3---------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
--0----------------------------------
G G G C E
-------------------------------
------6^--6^---6^-6^-6^-6^-----
------5^--5^---5^-5^-5^-5^-----
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-----------------------------0-
--------------------------------
------6^--6^---8-7-6-5--4--3----
------5^--5^--------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--0-----------------------------
*Outro*
Bb C Db
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-3--------------5----------------------6---------
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And if you're frightened, you can be frightened
C
-----------------------
-------------8---------
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
You can be, it's okay
Bb C Db
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-10-------------8----------------------6---------
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And if you're frightened, you can be frightened
-------------------------
-------------8-7-6-5-4-3-
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
You can be, it's okay___
*End solo*
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----------11-----------11-----------11-13-11-13^-11-11^13^11-
-10-11-12-----10-11-12-----10-11-12--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------11--
-12-12-12-12-12-12---10-11-12-----
----------------------------------
-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------
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(afterbeats)
------------------------------------12^----------------------
----------11---------------------------11-11^13^11-----------
-10-11-12-----10-11-12-----10-11-12--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------13------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------8-7-6-5--4--3-------
-12-12-12-12----------------------
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-10-10-10-10----------------------
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*end on chorus*
Jonny just goes crazy. Don't even try to be Jonny.
tabbed by:
eric bergen
"My Iron Lung" by Radiohead
tabbed by: eric bergen
---i haven't seen a good tab of this (my personal favorite) song yet.
and i hate inaccurate tabs. so this is as good as it gets.
this is jonny's lead tab. the others just follow.
Key:
^= bend
/= slide down
Intro:
with a octave pitch shifter
----------------------------------
------3-0-----0-------1-----------
----0-------0---0---0---0-2^-2-0--
----------3-------1---------------
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
---------------------------------
------3-0-----0-------1---/----4-
----0-------0---0---2-----/--5---
----------3-------1------1/4-----
---------------------------------
--3------------------------------
----------------------------------
------3-0-----0-------1-3^4-3-1---
----0-------0---0---0-----------1-
----------3-------1---------------
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
----------------------------------
------3-0-----0-------1-----------
----0-------0---0---0---0-2^3-2-0-
----------3-------1---------------
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
Basic bass riff:
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3/5/5/6/6/8>0-
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------
Faith, your driving me away
You do it everyday
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------0---------------1--------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3
-----0---0-----------0---0----------0------------------------
---0-------0-------1-------1------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------3--------------3----------------------------
You don't mean it but it hurts__ like hell
------------------------------------
---------3----3-----1-------4-------
---------4----4-----2------5--------
---------0----3-----1-----4---------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
My brain says i'm receiving pain
A lack of oxygen
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------0---------------1--------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3
-----0---0-----------0---0----------0------------------------
---0-------0-------1-------1------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------3--------------3----------------------------
From my life support my i_____ron lung____
*Play main riff*
-----------------------3-------
----------------------------4-3
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
We're too young to fall a sleep
----------3------------
--------------4--3-----
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
Too cynical to speak
--------------2----------------------------------
-----------------4--3------------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
We are losing it Can't you tell?
G(only 1st time) G
---------------------------------
---------3---3---1-------4-------
---------4---4---2------5--------
---------0---3---1-----4---------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
We scratch our eternal itch
A 20th century bitch
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------0---------------1--------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3
-----0---0-----------0---0----------0------------------------
---0-------0-------1-------1------0--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------------3--------------3----------------------------
We are grateful for our i____ ron lung
*Play Main riff*
---------------
-8-7-6-5---4-3-
---------------
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Chorus:
G G G G C C C C E
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
--------3--------3-----------3----3--3-3-------
-----------------------------------------------
----------------------3-3----------------------
--3-3-------3-3------------------------------0-
THE HEADSHRINKERS, THEY WANT EVERYTHING
E E
---------------------------
---------------------------
--------3--------3---------
---------------------------
---------------------------
-0--------0--0-------------
MY UN___CLE BILL
---------------------------
----8--7-6-5---4--3--------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
MY BELISHA BEACON
*Repeat chorus*
*Play main riff*
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----------------------3---1---0------
----------------0--------------------
---------1---------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
Suck, Suck your teenage thumb
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----------------3--------1---0-------
------------0------------------------
---------1---------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
Toilet trained and dumb
----------------------------------
-----------------1----------------
-0------------------0-------------
---0-------------------1----------
----------------------------------
-----3----------------------3-----
When the power runs out
-----------------------------
-3-----------4-3-4-3---4-3---
---0-----------------0-------
-----0-----------------------
-----------------------------
-------3---------------------
We'll just hum
G(only 1st time)
----------------------------------
--------3---3---1---------4-------
--------4---4---2--------5--------
--------0---3---1-------4---------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
This This is our new song
Just like the last one
---------------------------------------------
-------0----------------1-------------3------
-----0---0-----------0-----0--------0--------
---0-------0------1----------1----0----------
---------------------------------------------
-3-------------3----------------3------------
A total waste of time my i_____iron
--------------
-8-7-6-5-4-3--
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
lu______ng
*Play Chorus twice*
*Solo 1*
G G G G C C C C E
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-------------------------------------
-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3-5-3-5^5-3---
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-----------------------------------0-
-------------------------------------
-------------------8-7-6-5--4--3-----
-----5-3-----5-3---------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
--0----------------------------------
G G G C E
-------------------------------
------6^--6^---6^-6^-6^-6^-----
------5^--5^---5^-5^-5^-5^-----
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-----------------------------0-
--------------------------------
------6^--6^---8-7-6-5--4--3----
------5^--5^--------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--0-----------------------------
*Outro*
Bb C Db
-------------------------------------------------
-3--------------5----------------------6---------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
And if you're frightened, you can be frightened
C
-----------------------
-------------8---------
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
You can be, it's okay
Bb C Db
-------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8----------------------6---------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
And if you're frightened, you can be frightened
-------------------------
-------------8-7-6-5-4-3-
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
You can be, it's okay___
*End solo*
-------------------------------------------------------------
----------11-----------11-----------11-13-11-13^-11-11^13^11-
-10-11-12-----10-11-12-----10-11-12--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
------------------------------11--
-12-12-12-12-12-12---10-11-12-----
----------------------------------
-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------
----------------------------------
(afterbeats)
------------------------------------12^----------------------
----------11---------------------------11-11^13^11-----------
-10-11-12-----10-11-12-----10-11-12--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------13------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
--------------8-7-6-5--4--3-------
-12-12-12-12----------------------
----------------------------------
-10-10-10-10----------------------
----------------------------------
*end on chorus*
Jonny just goes crazy. Don't even try to be Jonny.
tabbed by:
eric bergen
---- Version 2 ----
(bend and
release)
--------10-------------7-------------8------------------------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8----10-/-\----8------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11----------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8-------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------10-------------7-------------8---10---11---10---8-----
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8---------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
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--------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11----------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8-------
--------------------------------------------------------------
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-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
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NEW IMPROVED intro:
Note: / = slide up
play w/ dual pitch shifter
(bend, hold & release)
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--------2--0--------0-----------1----------------
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--2^^^^\--0--
--------------3-----------1----------------------
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--3----------------------------------------------
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--------2--0--------0-----------1-------5---5----
-----0-----------0-----0-----3-----3//6---6---6--
--------------3-----------1----------------------
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--3----------------------------------------------
(bend, hold & release)
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--------2--0--------0-----------1-/3--3^^^\------
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-------------------
--------------3-----------1----------------------
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--3----------------------------------------------
(bend, hold & release)
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--------2--0--------0-----------1----------------
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--2^^^^\--0--
--------------3-----------1----------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--3----------------------------------------------
Both of the previously posted intros work pretty good, depending on what
type of equipment you have. The rest goes something like:
--intro--
then verse one: (the verses have continual feedback. you'll have to
figure out the tones)
bass plays G C
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"faith. you're driving me"
"away, you do it every day,"
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------0------------------1-------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
------0---0--------------0---0---------0---0---------------------
----0-------0----------2-------2-----0-------0-------------------
--------------0------3-----------3-------------0-----------------
--3--------------------------------3-----------------------------
"you don't mean it but it hurts like hell."
verse one riff:
neck mute v v v v v
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-----------3----3-3--3----4------4------
-----------4----4-4--4----5------5------
-----------5----3-3--3--0---------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
"my brain... says I'm receiving"
pain... a lack of oxygen"
---------------------------------------------------------------
--------0-----------------1------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
------0---0-------------0---0--------0---0---------------------
----0-------0---------2------2-----0-------0-------------------
--------------0-----3----------1-------------0-----------------
--3------------------------------3-----------------------------
"from my life support, my iron lung..."
--intro riff again--
the second verse is exactly like the first except there's a second
guitar now that plays these parts:
verse two:
------------------------/15--11--10--
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"we're too young to fall asleep"
too cynical to speak"
(don't play the riff that should go here)
----------------/14-11-10----------11-10-11-10-11-
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
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"we are losing it can't you tell?"
----------3-------------/15--11--10--3--
----------3--------------------------3--
----------0--------------------------0--
----------0--------------------------0--
----------------------------------------
----------3--------------------------3--
"a scratch our e ter nal itch"
our 20th century bitch"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------0-----------------1-------------3---------------------------
------0---0-------------0---0---------0---0-------------------------
----0-------0---------2-------2-----0-------0-----------------------
--------------0-----3-----------3-------------0---------------------
--3-------------------------------3---------------------------------
"we are grateful for, our iron__ lung."
--intro again, then (the fun part)--
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----------------------
----------------------
--9-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-
-10-9-8-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-
----------------------
bridge/chorus:
(this is what I play, it's not perfect, but it's a start. listen to the
album for the rythm. there's a lot of sliding and noise in here. it's
pretty easy to reproduce...play this twice for a chorus)
(^=1/4 bend)
----------------------0-0----0----0--------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--0-0-3^-0-x-x-0-3^---0-0-3^-x-3^-x-3^-3^-------------3^---------3^-
--0-0----0-x-x-0------2-2----x----x-------x-x-x-0-2-2----2-2-2-2----
--2-2----2-x-x-2----2-3-3----3----3-------x-x-x---2-2----2-2-2-2----
--3-3----3-x-x-3--------------------------x-x-x---0-0----0-0-0-0----
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
-x-x--9-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-4-4- repeat, then two bars of intro.
-x-x-10-9-8-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-
-x-x----------------------
--verse three--
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--0-------------3--1-0------------------3----1--0--
--0----------0---------------0-------0-------------
--0-------2----------------0------2----------------
-------3-----------------2-----3-------------------
--3--------------------3---------------------------
suck. suck your teenage thumb, toilet-trained and dumb.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
--------0-----------------1------------3-------4-3-4--3--4-3-4--3--
------0---0-------------0---0--------0---0-------------------------
----0-------0---------2------2-----0-------0-----------------------
--------------0-----3----------1-------------0---------------------
--3------------------------------3---------------------------------
when the powr runs out we'll just hum.
(play the second part of the verse like the second part of the vs.2)
this. this is our new song,
just like the last one,
a total waste of time,
my iron lung.
(bridge/chorus again 4x. on third and fourth time, there's a little
solo-type thing. listen to the album to see how it's placed:)
solo 1:
G G G G C C E E E E
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----------------------------3-------------------------8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-
------5p3-----5p3-----5p3h5---5p3h5p3-----5p3-----5p3-----------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
G G G G C C E E E E E
------------------------------------------------------------------
------5^------5^-----5^-5^-5^-----5^-----5^---8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-
------5^------5^-----5^-5^-5^-----5^-----5^-----------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
real bridge (not to be confused with that other thing I'm calling a
bridge...)
I'm getting tired, so I'm not going to draw a bunch of the same chord.
You can figure out the rythm:
---------------0----------------------------------------------------
---3-----------1----------------------2--------------------3--------
---0-----------0----------------------------------------------------
---------------2----------------------3--------------------5--------
---2-----------3----------------------4--------------------6--------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
if you're frightened you can be frightened you can be that's ok
then the chorus 4 more times and you're done. The sencond time on the
chorus there is yet another solo, but, in typical Radiohead fashion,
it's not that tough:
('b'=1/2 bend)
G G G G C C E E
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------8__----------8__---------8---10-8-10b-10-8-10-8--------8__-
--8h9h10-------8h9h10------8-9-10------------------------8h9h10-----
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(scratch and make noise
E E for one more bar.)
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---------------------8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-3-3----------------------------
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----------8__ 10-8--------------------------------------------------
---8-9-10-----------------------------------------------------------
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