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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 11:46:16 -0600
From: Chris Brown 
Subject: CRD: r/radiohead/how_can_you_be_sure.crd


How can you be sure?  by Radiohead

>From the "High & Dry" CD single... played at a deliberate, medium tempo.
The bass actually echoes most of the melody in the song, so it can sound a
little wack on an acoustic guitar. Try walking the E up to the A on the
"good things and bad" parts to fill things out a little bit.

Verse:
  E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)         A2->A
  Seen all good things and bad
  E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1) A2 (x02420@1) running down the hill
  E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1) All so battered and brought to the
  E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1) A2 (x02420@1) ground
  E (022100@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B  E (022100@1)    A2->A
  I am hungry again
  E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)   E (022100@1)   A2 (x02420@1) I am drunk again
  E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1) With all the money I owe to my
  E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1) friends

Pre-chorus:
  A (x02220@1)  G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  E5 (022xxx@1) When I'm like this
  B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)    G#m (133111@4)    F#m (244222@1) How can you be smiling, saying

Chorus (inhale deeply!):
  E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1) Ho-o-w can you be sure?
  E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1) Ho-o-w can you be sure?

Verse:
  If you walk out that door, will I see you again
  if so much of me lies in your eyes?
  I am hungry again, I am drunk again
  With all the money I owe to my friends

Pre-Chorus

Chorus x2
Chorus (instrumental)
Chorus w/ "I don^?t want you anymore" vocals overdubbed

end

Notes on the chords:

I'm not sure what to call the B that I hear in the song, but I think it
might be a B5. It's fingered thusly; essentially just a power chord.
e--X---
B--0---
G--4---
D--4---
A--2---
E--X---

Also, the A2->A is accomplished through a hammer-on, like so:
e--0---2-2
B--0---0h2
G--2---2-2
D--2---2-2
A--0---0-0
E--0---0-0

I think the G#m employed in the chorus is played with some open strings:
e--0
B--0
G--4
D--6
A--6
E--x

And finally, the E5 in the chorus is played like an open D, but barred up 2
frets (kinda like how you might play an Eb)
e--x
B--5
G--4
D--2
A--2
E--0

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