RADIOHEAD - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Tab by ajd (complicateyourwords@hotmail.com)


I know there are already tabs for this song, but this is such a
beautiful and emotional song which I love playing, and none of
the tabs I found quite right. I've come up with this one.

There are 3 main riffs throughout the song and two more at the
very end.

For each riff I have shown the hand positions I find easiest,
Where "i" is your index finger, "m" your middle finger, "r"
your ring finger and "p" your little finger (pinky). It's the
"r", your ring finger, you need to look out for, it's what you
need to move to change most positions. During most of the song
you will be lifting your pinky, then index, then pressing the
again.

Tune your guitar all strings down HALF a semitone (430 Hz) if
you want it exactly the same as the record.


MAIN RIFFS:

Am       
______
||||i|
||mr||
||||p|
||||||

high E-|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------------|
     B-|-------------3-----------1-----------0-----------|
     G-|----------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
     D-|----2--------------------------------------2-----|
     A-|-0-----------------------------------------------|
 low E-|-------------------------------------------------|

Em
______
||||i|
|rm|||
||||p|
||||||

high E-|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------------|
     B-|-------------3-----------1-----------0-----------|
     G-|----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
     D-|-------------------------------------------2-----|
     A-|----2--------------------------------------------|
 low E-|-0-----------------------------------------------|

C
______
||||i|
||m|||
|r||p|
||||||

high E-|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------------|
     B-|-------------3-----------1-----------0-----------|
     G-|----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
     D-|----2--------------------------------------2-----|
     A-|-3-----------------------------------------------|
 low E-|-------------------------------------------------|





END PART:

C/G       
______
||||i|
||m|||
r|||p|
||||||

high E-|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------------|
     B-|-------------3-----------1-----------0-----------|
     G-|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
     D-|-------------------------------------------2-----|
     A-|-------------------------------------------------|
 low E-|-3-----------------------------------------------|

E       
______ ______ ______
|||i|| |||im| |||i||
||m||| |||||| ||m|||
||||p| |||||| ||||||
|||||| |||||| ||||||

high E-|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------------|
     B-|-------------3-----------1-----------0-----------|
     G-|----------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
     D-|----2--------------------------------------2-----|
     A-|-------------------------------------------------|
 low E-|-0-----------------------------------------------|




Here are the lyrics and the chords they are played with:  

Amx4
Am     Rows of houses
Am     all bearing down on me
Am     I can feel their
Am     blue hands touching me
Em     All these things into position 
Em     All these things we'll one day swallow whole
Am
Am      
C  And fade 
Em     out
Am   a gain
Am
C  and fade
Em     Out
Am     This machine will
Am     will not communicate
Am     These thoughts and the strain I am 
Am     under
Em     Be a world child, form a circle
Em     Before we all 
Am  go under
Am
C  and Fade 
Em     Out
Am   A gain
Am
C  and Fade
Em     Out
Am   A gain
Am
C      Oooh
Em     Oooh
Am     Oooh
Am     Oooh
C      Oooh
Em     Oooh
Am     Cracked eggs, dead birds 
Am     Scream as they fight for life
Am     I can feel death
Am     can see it's beady eyes 
Em     All these things into position
Em     All these things we'll one day swallow whole 
Am
Am
C  and Fade 
Em     Out
Am   A gain
Am
C  and Fade
Em     Out
Am   A gain
Am
C      Oooh
Em     Oooh
Am     Oooh
Am     Oooh
C      Oooh
Em     Oooh
Am     Oooh
Am     Oooh
CG  Im merse your 
E      soul
Am  in love
Am
CG  Im merse your 
E      soul
Am  in love
Am



And then play the A string open to end it. Hope you have fun.

Ash.