My Iron Lung Radiohead
"My Iron Lung" by Radiohead
From "The Bends"
Transcribed by Steven McGovern <smcgovern@comms.kst.dit.ie>
or <srmcg@hotmail.com>
/(\)=bend up(release) one tone(unless indicated)
~(')= slide down ~(')/ = slide up p= pull off h= hammer on
~ above = without hitting the string and ' is with hitting the string
Intro (jon with pitch shifter up one octave)
Riff 1a-------------------------] Riff 1b------------------------------] e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------3p0------0-------1-----------------3p0-----0--------1--------4---------- G----0--------0---0---0-----2/\-0-------0-------0---0----2---2----5---5-------- D-----------3-------1-----1-------------------3--------1--------4-------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--3---------------------------------3----------------------------------------- Riff 1c------------------------------] e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------3p0------0-------1--3--/3\--1---------3p0-----0--------1---------------- G----0--------0---0---0--------------------0-------0---0----0------2/\--0------ D-----------3-------1----------------------------3--------1-----1-------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--3-------------------------------------3------------------------------------- Riff 2----------------------------------------------------------] e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--------0---------------1-------------3----------4---4---4---4--------------- G------0----0---0------0----0--------0----0---0-----7---7---7---7-------------- D----0--------0------1--------1----0--------0---------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--3---------------3-------------3--------------------------------------------- Riff 3------------------]
G G7 Am? G?
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B---3-----3-----1-----4-------------------------------------------------------- G---4-----4-----0-----5-------- Riff 3 ----- Riff 2 ----Riff 1a-----Riff 1c---- D---5-----3-----1-----4-------------------------------------------------------- A---5-----5-----0-----3-------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------3-------------------------------------------------------- Riff 4----------------------------------------------------------------------] e---------3--------------3-------------2--------------------------------------- B--0---------4--3----------4--3----------4--3--1--3-3--3-3---4-----4---4------- G-----------------0-------------0-------------------------------7----7---7-0-7- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------3p0--------0------ G---Riff 3 x2--------- Riff 2 ----------- Riff 1a --------0----------0----0---- D-----------------------------------------------------------------3------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------
C#m6: x423xx Cm6: x312xx Gm7: 3533xx C7: x323xx E?: 0123xx
Chorus (jon plays riff and thom and ed play the chords)
Riff 5---------------------------------------------------------------------
[C#m6] [Cm6] [Gm7] [C7]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--8--7--6--5---4----3----------3------------3--------------------------------- G-------------------------------3------------3-----------3-----3--3--3--3------ D-----------------------------------------------x-x---------------------------- A-----------------------------------x-----------x-x--x-3----------------------- E-----------------------3--x--x-----x-x-x-3------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------] (the riff can be trashed adlib)
E? C#m6 Cm6
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B----------------------8--7--6--5----4----3------------------------------------ G--------3---3-x----3----------------------------------- Riff 5 --------------- D-----x--------x--------------------------------------------------------------- A-----x------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--0-------------0------------------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B-----------------------------3--1--0------3--1--0----------1-------3---------- G-Riff 1a---Riff 1b---------0------------0----------0---------0-------0-------- D---------------------0---0------------0---------------0--------0-------0------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--------------------------------------------------------3--------3-------3---- e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B---4---4----4----------------------------------------------------------------- G-----7---7----7--- Riff3 x2-------- Riff 2 x.75----- Riff 5 x2---------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G--x-x--5p3--x-x-x--5p3--x-x-x--5p3--5--5/-\--x-------5p3---x-x-x--3----------- D--x-x-------x-x-x-------x-x-x----------------x-----x-------x-x-x--3----------- A--x-x-------x-x-x-------x-x-x------------------------------x---x-------------- E-----------------------------------------------0------------------------------
.5 .5 .5
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--8--7--6--5---4-4-4--3-3-3----------6/---------6/--------6/--6--6--6--------- G------------------------------x-x-x--6/--x-x-x--6/--x-x-x-6/--6/-6/-6/-------- D------------------------------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x--------------------- A-----------------------------------------x-x-x-------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------0----- e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B-----6/--------6/----8--7--6--5---4-4---3-3-3---------~/5--------~/6-----~/8-- G-----6/-x-x-x--6/------------------------------------------------------------- D--------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E---0--------------------------------------------------------------------------
grad. bend up .5
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--'/10---------~\8-------~\6------///-----------8--7--6--5----4----3---------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ e-----------------------------------------------------11----------------------- B-------------11----------------------------11-13-11--13/-\--11h13-11---------- G--10--11-12------10--11-12------10--11-12-----------------------------12--12-- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A----------------------------13------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2]
e----------------------------------------------------------------------11------ B----------------------------11-------------11-------------------------13/----- G--12--12--12--12---12-12-12------10--11-12----10--11-12----10--11-12---------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A--------------------------------------------------------13-------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Riff 6-------------------------] e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--11h13--11------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----- Riff 6 x2--------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Sorry I couldnt work out the last four bars but jon does some stuff around
the same area with some effect)
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D--12\------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--10\------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steven McGovern <smcgovern@comms.kst.dit.ie>
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