______________ / Thom Yorke / I think this song is about how many people live their / Analyse / lives in such a hurry and stress that they miss all the to / The Erasor / stop and think why they're actually running and stressing /_____________/ themselves all the time. They know that it "gets them down" but they don't have the time to stop and "think things through". Chords: C Ab/C* Ab G Fm Bb5 E5 E|---0----4-----4----3---1----------0----| B|---1----1-----4----3---1----------0----| G|---0----1-----5----4---1----3-----4----| D|---2----1-----6----5---3----3-----2----| A|---3----3-----6----5---3----1-----2----| E|--------------4----3---1----------0----| *you can call it Fm/C if you want to In the very bottom of the tab you'll find "The Geek's Corner", where we'll extend the chords to something a little more exotic and add fills to spice things up - only for the hardcores/geeks. 1st Verse: C A self-fulfilling prophecy Ab/C Of endless possibility Ab G You roll in reams across the street Fm In algebra, in algebra 2nd Verse: C The fences that you cannot climb Ab/C The sentences that do not rhyme Ab G In all that you can ever change Fm The one you're looking for Pre-Chorus: C It gets you down C It gets you down Bb5 Ab There's no spark G Fm No light in the dark C It gets you down C It gets you down Bb5 Ab You traveled far G Fm What have you found Chorus: C That there's no time C There's no time Bb5 Ab To analyse G Fm To think things through E5 Fm To make sense 3rd Verse: C Like candles in the city C Ab/C They never looked so pretty Ab G By power cuts and blackouts Fm Sleeping like babies Pre-Chorus: C It gets you down C It gets you down Bb5 Ab You're just playing a part G Fm You're just playing a part Chorus: C You're playing a part C Playing a part Bb5 Ab And there's no time G Fm There's no time C To analyse C Analyse Bb5 Ab Ana-lyse G Fm Analyse Outro: (note that the key changes from Cmajor to Cminor) Cm Cm Bb6 ||------------------|-----------------|---3-3-3---3-3-3-| ||o-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----3-------3---| ||----0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|-----3-------3---| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| Bb6 Fm6 Fm6 |---3-3-3---3-3---|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4--|| |-----3-------3-3-|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---o|| |-----3-------3-3-|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-1-------1-------|-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1--------|| - 22nd /July /06 Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections! **************************************************************************** * "The Geek's Corner" * *********************** Throughout the entire song Thom plays mainly a bass note and and high melody notes that really fucks up the harmonies and gives that weird and frustrating sound, which is very characteristic for Radiohead as well. "Hail To The Thief" (recommended!) is a great example of this. If these weird notes were to be added the chords, it'd really spice things up: Ab/C Ab6/C Ab Ab6 G G7* Bb5 Bsus2 E5 E6 |--4--->--1----| |--4-->--4---| |--3-->--3---| |------>--1----| |--0--|>--9---| |--1--->--4----| |--4-->--6---| |--3-->--6---| |------>--1----| |--0--|>--9---| |--1--->--1----| |--5-->--5---| |--4-->--4---| |--3--->--3----| |--4--|>--9---| |--1--->--1----| |--6-->--x---| |--5-->--3---| |--3--->--3----| |--2--|>--6---| |--3--->--3----| |--6-->--6---| |--5-->--5---| |--1--->--1----| |--2--|>--7---| |------>-------| |--4-->--4---| |--3-->--3---| |------>-------| |--0--|>--0---| *The G7 can even be extended to a G7b9 as the flat 9th also is played as a melody note. It's rather hard to pull this one off, but I've added fingers: |---4----| - 2nd finger (middle) |---6----| - 4th finger (pinky) |---4----| - 1st finger (index) |--------| |---5----| - 3rd finger (ring) |---3----| - thumb ...All these chords can be played instead of the regular chords from above. You can also add these (and your own!) melody notes to the chords: C Fm |---0---0-1-3---| |---1-----------| |---1-----------| |---1---1-2-1---| |---0-----------| |---1-----------| |---2-----------| |---3-----------| |---3-----------| |---3-----------| |---------------| |---1-----------| These notes are played in the verses and prechorus at some point, but just add as many small melodies (these are very small) as possible as it gives this extra momentum to the guitar that usually only play chords, go for it! ****************************************************************************