RADIOHEAD - "street spirit" Tablature

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:52:24 +0000
From: "Steven.McDonald" <bdu96172@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Radiohead - Street Spirit

> >There are four picking patterns used throughout the song. One for each of
> >the Am, Em and C chords used, with a change of pattern on the Am in the
> >second and subsequent verses (although the original pattern is still used
> >for the choruses and outro). Its hard to tell what the fingerpicked
> >guitar does when the chords change in the outro, as there is another
> >guitar over the top, playing some similar ideas up an octave (I might get
> >round to transcribing these one day!)
> >
> >Here is the chord structure for the song:
> >Note that the complete picking pattern takes up two bars.
> >
> >INTRO
> >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
> >VERSE
> >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
> >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
> >Em---:Em---:Em---:Em---:
> >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
> >CHORUS
> >C---:C---:Em---:Em---:
> >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
> >C---:C---:Em---:Em---:
> >VERSE (Am picking pattern changes)
> >CHORUS (Double length of first chorus)
> >VERSE
> >CHORUS (Double length)
> >OUTRO (From "Immerse your soul....")
> >G---:G---:E---:E---:
> >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
> >G---:G---:Em---:Em---:
> >Am---:Am---:
> >
> >Am picking pattern (First verse/chorus)
> >
> >------0----------0-----------0-------------------------------
> >-----------3-----------1-----------0-------------------------
> >--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------2-------------------
> >---2----------------------------------2-----2----------------
> >-0-----------------------------------------------------------
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >Am picking pattern (Second & Third verses)
> >
> > Am Asus2 Am
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------
> >------1---0----------------0------1--------------------------------
> >--------------2----------------------------------------------------
> >----2---2---2---2--2---2------2------2-----------------------------
> >--0----------------------------------------------------------------
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >Em and C picking patterns as first verse Am, butthe appropriate chord
shapes formed (Standard Em and C) using the same descending notes on the
B string.

> > > >Watch out for cramps playing this one, as you have to hold
that > >open Am shape for a hell of a long time. Its best played on an
> >electroacoustic, with just a hint of reverb.
> >
> >
>Am
>Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
Em
All these things into position,
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
Am (4 bars)
C Em Am
And fade out again
> C E*m Am
And fade out again
C Em Am
>Ohhhhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh
C Em
Ohhhhhh Ohhhhh

*First chorus ends here.
Third chorus as above, but with a double length "Ohhhhh" section.