My Iron Lung Radiohead
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 15:04:03 -0500
From: zink@uiuc.edu (Dan Zink)
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Here's how to play the beginning:
(bend and
release)
--------10-------------7-------------8------------------------ -----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8----10-/-\----8------ -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -10-------------8-------------6------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- --------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11---------- -----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -10-------------8-------------6------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- --------10-------------7-------------8---10---11---10---8----- -----8------8-------8-----8-------8--------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -10-------------8-------------6------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- --------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11---------- -----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -10-------------8-------------6------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
Have Fun!
[-Dan]
(zink@uiuc.edu)
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| RADIOHEAD - MY IRON LUNG intro, Version 2.0* |
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* Version 1.0 written 6/9/95 by Dan Zink
written by:
jzg1@cornell.edu 4/8/97
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jzg1/
this post is in response to the errant version of the My Iron Lung
intro I found all over the web (no offense to it's creator - the
differences are minor, but important)
so, while nothing, including this file, is perfect, I'm sure it is
a marked improvement over the previous one - enjoy
NEW IMPROVED intro:
Note: / = slide up
play w/ dual pitch shifter
(bend, hold & release)
------------------------------------------------- --------2--0--------0-----------1---------------- -----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--2^^^^\--0-- --------------3-----------1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --3---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --------2--0--------0-----------1-------5---5---- -----0-----------0-----0-----3-----3//6---6---6-- --------------3-----------1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --3----------------------------------------------
(bend, hold & release)
------------------------------------------------- --------2--0--------0-----------1-/3--3^^^\------ -----0-----------0-----0-----0------------------- --------------3-----------1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --3----------------------------------------------
(bend, hold & release)
------------------------------------------------- --------2--0--------0-----------1---------------- -----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--2^^^^\--0-- --------------3-----------1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --3----------------------------------------------
If you'd like the rest of the song, there's a good chance I've
got that down by the time you read this - so just e-mail me.
Right now, however, I simply don't have the time...
hope you enjoy it, and I also hope you have a pitch shifter, or
else you just can't play this correctly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A child's rhyme stuck inside my head
It said that "life was but a dream"
... I spent so many years in question
to find I've known this all along
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TOOL-easily the~
best 90's band
Jonathan Z. Gehman
Cornell University
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:53:40 PST
From: Ricky Lee
This is pretty risky, trying to tabulate "my iron lung," which is one of
Radioheads best songs for that awesome breakdown/chorus. I can almost
guarantee you it should be different, but then again, Radiohead doesn't
really seem like the usual barre chord sort...
Trans. by Ricky Lee (captain_zodiac@hotmail.com)
Both of the previously posted intros work pretty good, depending on what
type of equipment you have. The rest goes something like:
--intro--
then verse one: (the verses have continual feedback. you'll have to
figure out the tones)
bass plays G C
--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------0------------------1-------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3- ------0---0--------------0---0---------0---0--------------------- ----0-------0----------2-------2-----0-------0------------------- --------------0------3-----------3-------------0----------------- --3--------------------------------3-----------------------------
verse one riff:
neck mute v v v v v
---------------------------------------- -----------3----3-3--3----4------4------ -----------4----4-4--4----5------5------ -----------5----3-3--3--0--------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radiohead/my_iron_lung_tab.html )
--------------------------------------------------------------- --------0-----------------1------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3- ------0---0-------------0---0--------0---0--------------------- ----0-------0---------2------2-----0-------0------------------- --------------0-----3----------1-------------0----------------- --3------------------------------3-----------------------------
"from my life support, my iron lung..."
--intro riff again--
the second verse is exactly like the first except there's a second
guitar now that plays these parts:
verse two:
------------------------/15--11--10-- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
(don't play the riff that should go here)
----------------/14-11-10----------11-10-11-10-11- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ----------3-------------/15--11--10--3--- ----------3--------------------------3-- ----------0--------------------------0-- ----------0--------------------------0-- ---------------------------------------- ----------3--------------------------3-- -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------0-----------------1-------------3--------------------------- ------0---0-------------0---0---------0---0------------------------- ----0-------0---------2-------2-----0-------0----------------------- --------------0-----3-----------3-------------0--------------------- --3-------------------------------3---------------------------------
"we are grateful for, our iron__ lung."
--intro again, then (the fun part)--
---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- --9-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-4-4- -10-9-8-7-6-6-6-5-5-5- ----------------------
bridge/chorus:
(this is what I play, it's not perfect, but it's a start. listen to the
album for the rythm. there's a lot of sliding and noise in here. it's
pretty easy to reproduce...play this twice for a chorus)
(^=1/4 bend)
----------------------0-0----0----0-------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- --0-0-3^-0-x-x-0-3^---0-0-3^-x-3^-x-3^-3^-------------3^---------3^- --0-0----0-x-x-0------2-2----x----x-------x-x-x-0-2-2----2-2-2-2---- --2-2----2-x-x-2----2-3-3----3----3-------x-x-x---2-2----2-2-2-2---- --3-3----3-x-x-3--------------------------x-x-x---0-0----0-0-0-0---- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -x-x--9-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-4-4- repeat, then two bars of intro. -x-x-10-9-8-7-6-6-6-5-5-5- -x-x----------------------
--verse three--
--------------------------------------------------- --0-------------3--1-0------------------3----1--0-- --0----------0---------------0-------0------------- --0-------2----------------0------2---------------- -------3-----------------2-----3------------------- --3--------------------3--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------0-----------------1------------3-------4-3-4--3--4-3-4--3-- ------0---0-------------0---0--------0---0------------------------- ----0-------0---------2------2-----0-------0----------------------- --------------0-----3----------1-------------0--------------------- --3------------------------------3---------------------------------
(play the second part of the verse like the second part of the vs.2)
(bridge/chorus again 4x. on third and fourth time, there's a little
solo-type thing. listen to the album to see how it's placed:)
solo 1:
[G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [C] [E] [E] [E] [E]
---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------3-------------------------8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3- ------5p3-----5p3-----5p3h5---5p3h5p3-----5p3-----5p3----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
[G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [C] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------5^------5^-----5^-5^-5^-----5^-----5^---8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-3-3- ------5^------5^-----5^-5^-5^-----5^-----5^----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------
real bridge (not to be confused with that other thing I'm calling a
bridge...)
I'm getting tired, so I'm not going to draw a bunch of the same chord.
You can figure out the rythm:
---------------0---------------------------------------------------- ---3-----------1----------------------2--------------------3-------- ---0-----------0---------------------------------------------------- ---------------2----------------------3--------------------5-------- ---2-----------3----------------------4--------------------6-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------
then the chorus 4 more times and you're done. The sencond time on the
chorus there is yet another solo, but, in typical Radiohead fashion,
it's not that tough:
('b'=1/2 bend)
[G] [G] [G] [G] [C] [C] [E] [E]
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------8__----------8__---------8---10-8-10b-10-8-10-8--------8__- --8h9h10-------8h9h10------8-9-10------------------------8h9h10----- --------------------------------------------------------------------
(scratch and make noise
E E for one more bar.)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-3-3---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------8__ 10-8-------------------------------------------------- ---8-9-10----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------
and you're done. I love this song, and when I play it this way it pretty
much rocks. Look on the previous postings for the intro riffs (one is
good if you don't have a tone-thingy--I don't, but the other's probably
more authentic.) If I've missed anything or screwed it up, write me at
captain_zodiac@hotmail.com. Thanks. Ricky.
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