• Song:

    Maquiladora

  • Artist:

    Radio Head

  • Album:

    B-Sides

Hello, This is my first tab and is for the song "Maquiladora" By Radiohead.
It's a song that you never see good tabs for, so here's my one.
This is going to be done in 3 guitar parts.

Guitar 1 - Thom Yorke (Clean Electric)

Guitar 2 - Jonny Greenwood (Distorted/Clean electric)

Guitar 3 - Ed O'Brian (Distorted/Clean electric)

Intro (STUDIO)
Guitars 1 & 3 : Thom & Ed
e|---------------|------------------|
B|-0-----0-0----0|-0-0-0----0-0-0---|
G|-1-----1-1----1|-1-1-1----1-1-1---|
D|-2-----0-2----0|-2-2-2----0-2-0---|
A|-2-----0-2----0|-2-2-2----0-2-0---|
E|-0-------------|-0-0-0------------|

Guitar 2 : Jonny

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8sbr---9sbr---9sbr----8sbr----9sbr---8sbr---9sbr---8sbr---8/7|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

Guitar 1 : Thom

e|---------------|------------------|
B|-0-----0-0----0|-0-0-0----0-0-0---|
G|-1-----1-1----1|-1-1-1----1-1-1---|
D|-2-----0-2----0|-2-2-2----0-2-0---|
A|-2-----0-2----0|-2-2-2----0-2-0---|
E|-0-------------|-0-0-0------------|

Or:

Guitar 3 : Ed

e|---------------|------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|---------------|------------------|

"Exploding gracefully"

Guitar 2 : Jonny

e|------------------------------|
B|------11/12-12-12-12-12-12-12/|
G|-9b11-------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

"Here it comes..."

Guitar 1 : Thom

e|---------------|------------------|
B|-0-----0-0----0|-0-0-0----0-0-0---|
G|-1-----1-1----1|-1-1-1----1-1-1---|
D|-2-----0-2----0|-2-2-2----0-2-0---|
A|-2-----0-2----0|-2-2-2----0-2-0---|
E|-0-------------|-0-0-0------------|

Guitar 3 : Ed

e|---------------|------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|---------------|------------------|

Guitar 2 : Jonny

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-0-4-5sb-4-0-0-0-4-5-4-|

Verse

"Grass is green at the edge of the bottle"

Guitar 1 : Thom & Jonny (Clean Overdub)
 |----------------(PM)---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8sl-9\----------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8sl-9\----------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6sl-7\-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Guitar 3: Ed (Slight Distortion)
 |----------------(PM)----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5(Let ring)-------------------8sl-9\-----------------------------------|
D|-6(Let ring)-------------------8sl-9\-----------------------------------|
A|-6(Let ring)-------------------6sl-7\-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E|--------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| x4

Guitar 2 : Jonny (Clean)

e|-7p4p0--------------------------|
B|-------5-4----------------------|
G|-----------6-4------------------|
D|---------------6----------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|   x4

"Oh baby, BURN..."

Guitar 1 & 3 :

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6--------6-5---|
D|-6-6-6-6--------6-5-0-|
A|-4-4-4-4--------4-3-0-|
E|--------------------0-|

Guitar 2 : Jonny

e|-----0----------0----------0----------0-----|
B|---4---4------4---4------4---4------4---4---|
G|-6-------6--6-------6--6-------6--6-------6-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|-----0----------0----------0----------0-----|
B|---3---3------3---3------3---3------3---3---|
G|-5-------5--5-------5--5-------5--5-------5-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---12\\\\-----------------------------------|
A|---12\\\\-----------------------------------|
E|-0 12\\\\-----------------------------------|

After that, it's all repeated apart from the intro.
There is also a solo by Jonny in the song which is all improvised in the key of E major. 
There is one riff Jonny uses in the solo:

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12b--r-14p12---------12-14-15s1-17sl-19sl-20-19-19-17-17-|
D|--------------14-12-14------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

-Peace
Thanks for reading and learning And hope you found it usefull.
-Rob
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