Kid A - Radiohead ------------------- From the album "Kid A" Transcribed by Howard Wright hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com Not your typical guitar song this one, though two of the main ideas (parts A and B below) work very well on guitar. Almost the entire song is made up of just three parts: the "musicbox" theme from the beginning of the song, and parts A and B. I've written the "musicbox" part out in tablature - with a bit of practice it can be played on one guitar, though it's easier if it's broken up into two parts with one guitar playing the lower notes. I've written out the song structure below in terms of three main parts. Music box: ----------- E--------------10--8---8------13----12--12--12----------10--- B------------------11--11--10-----------11--------13----10--- G------12--10--10-----------------------12--------12--------- D------12--------------10------------------------------------ A--13------12--------------------10-----10-----------10------ E------------------10------13------------------13------------ ^ ^^^ There's also a note at the 18th fret (top E string) with this note at the 12th fret. If you're playing this part on one guitar this is too much to reach, but if you split part across two guitars you can play this bit with the high note as: E----12--18----------10--- B----11--17----13----10--- G----12--------12--------- D------------------------- A----10-----------10------ E-----------13------------ part A: -------- E----------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------- D---3-3---5-5---8--8-----7-7-------7-7---5-5---- A----------------------------------------------- E---5-5---6-6---10-10----8-8-------8-8---6-6---- part B: -------- E---3-3---3-3--3-3--3-3-------3-3---3-3-----3-3----5-5----- B---------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------- D---5-5---3-3-----------------5-5---3-3-------------------- A-----------------------------7-7---------5-5----------3-3- E---6-6---5-5---------1-1-----6-6---5-5--------1-1--------- (top string notes optional - or can be played by a second guitar) Bass bit: ---------- G------------------------------- D------------------------------- A--1-3-3-3-3-3---1-3-3-3-3-3-3-- E------------------------------- Song structure: ---------------- Musicbox x 2 Part A x 4 (musicbox continues) Part A x 2 (+ musicbox + vocals) Part B x 2 (no vocals) Musicbox x 2 (+ vocals + drums) Part A x 2 (+ musicbox + vocals + drums) Part B x 4 (+ vocals + intermittent drums) Bass bit x 2 (+ drums) Synth chords (+ drums) Musicbox x 4 (3rd synth chord fades in) Musicbox x 2 (+ vocals + 4th synth chord fades in) Bass bit x 4 (+ musicbox + drums + synth) When the synth chords first comes in, the first two chords played are: E A D G B E E A D G B E x 8 8 12 10 8 x 8 8 10 8 8 Fadd2add4 Fsus2add4 The top notes of the first chord fade in first, then the lower notes, then the second chord fades in. The 3rd synth "chord" is: E A D G B E x x x 17 x 17 and the 4th chord is: EADGBE x331xx Fsus4Back to guitar tabs
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