These known chords are used in this song.
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Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
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Tabbed by: Gallagher2006
For the tone, try getting an old amplifier and just push everything at 10, as
well as distortion.
Tuning: Drop
D
on all guitars
Thom, main riff until bridge after chorus:
E
|——————————————-|
B
|——————————————-|
G
|——————————————-|
D
|—————————-10h12-x-12—–|
A
|–9–10–12–x——–10h12——-x–x—–|
x2
D
|–0—0—0–x–10h12———————-|
E
|——————————————-|
B
|——————————————-|
G
|——————————————-|
D
|—————————-10h12-x-12—–|
A
|–9–10–15–x——–10h12——-x–x—–|
D
|–0—0—0–x–10h12———————-|
E
|——————————————-|
B
|——————————————-|
G
|——————————————-|
D
|—————————-10h12-x-12—–|
A
|–9–10–14–x——–10h12——-x–x—–|
D
|–0—0—0–x–10h12———————-|
Johnny and Ed play mutes on each snare hit:
E
|—————–|
B
|—x——x——|
G
|—x——x——|
D
|—x——x——|
A
|—x——x——|
D
|—x——x——|
Thoms variation before chorus:
E
|——————————————-|
B
|——————————————-|
G
|—————————-12-11v———|
D
|——————————————-|
A
|–9–10–12–x——–10h12—————-|
D
|–0—0—0–x–10h12———————-|
Johnnys chorus riff:
E
|———————————————————|
B
|———————————————————|
G
|–11-12–17v—————–11-12–16v——————|
D
|–x–x—x————10h12———————10h12—-|
A
|–9–10–15v—-10h12——–9–10–14v—10h12———-|
D
|———————————————————|
E
|———————————————————|
B
|———————————————————|
G
|–11-12–14v—————–11-12–14v——————|
D
|–x–x—x————10h12———————10h12—-|
A
|–9–10–12v—-10h12——–9–10–12v—10h12———-|
D
|———————————————————|
Eds chorus riff:
E
|—————————————————————|
B
|—————————————————————|
G
|—————————————————————|
D
|-4-5–10————–10h12——4-5–9————–10h12—|
A
|—————–10h12—————————10h12———|
D
|———–10h12—————————10h12—————|
E
|—————————————————————|
B
|—————————————————————|
G
|—————————————————————|
D
|-4-5—7————–10h12——4-5–7————–10h12—|
A
|—————–10h12—————————10h12———|
D
|———–10h12—————————10h12—————|
Thoms new verse/chorus riff (live he just goes back to the main riff for the rest of the
part of the song)
E
|—————————|
B
|—————————|
G
|-7-x-7-7—x–7-7———-|
D
|-x-x-x-x—x–x-x—etc—-|
A
|-5-x-5-5—x–5-5———-|
D
|-0-x-0-0—x–0-0———-|
Johnny/Ed bridge riff
E
|———————-|
B
|———————-|
G
|–9-10-12—x-x-x-x—|
D
|————x-x-x-x—|
A
|–7-8–10—x-x-x-x—|
D
|———————-|
Here, ed plays an open
D
note with
A
phaser/wah/reverb. Let it ring until the chorus again
E
|—————————————|
B
|—————————————|
G
|—————————————|
D
|–0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A
|—————————————|
D
|—————————————|
Johnnys new verse/chorus riff:
E
|—————————–|
B
|————-15b17r15-12—–|
G
|—————————–|
D
|———-x————–0—|
A
|-9-10-12v-x——————|
D
|—————————–|
Ed plays his Chorus riff again:
E
|—————————————————————|
B
|—————————————————————|
G
|—————————————————————|
D
|-4-5–10————–10h12——4-5–9————–10h12—|
A
|—————–10h12—————————10h12———|
D
|———–10h12—————————10h12—————|
E
|—————————————————————|
B
|—————————————————————|
G
|—————————————————————|
D
|-4-5—7————–10h12——4-5–7————–10h12—|
A
|—————–10h12—————————10h12———|
D
|———–10h12—————————10h12—————|
Then it goes back into the bridge and goes to…another bridge…
Thoms acoustic chords are:
Bb
(x1333x)
Dm
(xx0231)
C
(x32010)
F/D
(xx3230)
G
(555xxx)
Bb
(
T
Dm
Ab
C
fr
F/D
om: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radiohead/bodysnatchers_tab_ver_3.html )
Has the l
Bb
ight gone out for you?
Because the
Dm
light’s gone for me
It is the 2
C
1st
century
It is the
F/D
21st
century
You can
Bb
fight it like
A
dog
And they br
Dm
ought me to my knees
They got s
C
cared and they put me in
They got s
F/D
cared and they put me in
All the l
Bb
ies run around my face
All the l
Dm
ies run around my face
And for
A
C
nybody else to see
And for
A
F/D
nybody else to see
I’m alive
G
Jonny with delay and reverb: listen to song for timing
E
|—————————————————————–|
B
|—————————————————————–|
G
|–14–10–12–14-15–10-x2—14-12-10v—12-14—-1712—-x3—-|
D
|—————————————————————–|
A
|—————————————————————–|
D
|—————————————————————–|
Eds synced up notes: played with delay and an
E
Bow, so the notes fade in
E
|—————————————————————–|
B
|—————————————————————–|
G
|–14——12-/14–9-/-7-x2—14-12-10v—12-14—-1510—-x3—-|
D
|—————————————————————–|
A
|—————————————————————–|
D
|—————————————————————–|
Jonny does some bends here…
E
|—————————————————————————|
B
|-2—2—-4—4—0–0—2–2–4–4—0–0—5–5————————–|
G
|-4b–4b—6b–6b–2b-2b–4b-4b-6b-6b–2b-2b–7b-7b————————-|
D
|—————————————————————————|
A
|—————————————————————————|
D
|—————————————————————————|
Then Ed and Jonny just hit on
A
G
:
E
|—————-|
B
|—————-|
G
|-4—4–4-4-4—|
D
|-5—5–5-5-5—|
A
|-5—5–5-5-5—|
D
|-5—5–5-5-5—|
Ed plays an open
D
again
E
|—————————————|
B
|—————————————|
G
|—————————————|
D
|–0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A
|—————————————|
D
|—————————————|
And jonnys plays this riff:
E
|——————————|
B
|——————————|
G
|——————————|
D
|———–2-0———-2-0—|
A
|—–0-2-3——–0-2-3——-|
D
|–0–0———0–0———–|
After
A
few bars of this, and Thoms No, no, no…, Ed comes back in with
A
few
chords
then leads into the solo…
E
|—————————-|
B
|—————————-|
G
|–5-5-5-5-5-5–4-4-4-4-4-4–|
D
|–5-5-5-5-5-5–4-4-4-4-4-4–|
A
|–3-3-3-3-3-3–2-2-2-2-2-2–|
D
|—————————-|
Thom plays this while Ed and Jonny do the synced up solo:
E
|—————————|
B
|—————————|
G
|-7-x-7-7—x–7-7———-|
D
|-x-x-x-x—x–x-x—etc—-|
A
|-5-x-5-5—x–5-5———-|
D
|-0-x-0-0—x–0-0———-|
Jonny
E
|————————————————————|
B
|————————————————————|
G
|———9p7———5h-7———-12p10——–9p7———|
D
|————————————————————|
A
|————————————————————|
D
|–0–0-0——-0-0-0——-0–0–0——–0-0-0————-|
Ed |
E
|————————————————————|
B
|————————————————————|
G
|————————————————————|
D
|——————4-gradual bend———4-gradual Bend—–|
A
|–5–5–5–5-5-~~——————————————-|
D
|–0–0–0–0-0~~~————-0–0-0-0———————-|
Jonny
E
|————————————————————|
B
|————————————————————|
G
|———9p7———5h-7———-12p10——–9p7———|
D
|————————————————————|
A
|————————————————————|
D
|–0–0-0——-0-0-0——-0–0–0——–0-0-0————-|
Ed |
E
|————————————————————|
B
|————————————————————|
G
|—5vvvvvvvvvvv———–4vvvvvvvvvv———————–|
D
|————————————————————|
A
|————————————————————|
D
|————————————————————|
Jonny
E
|————————————————————|
B
|———13h17——-13h17———13h17——–13h15——-|
G
|————————————————————|
D
|————————————————————|
A
|————————————————————|
D
|–0–0-0——-0-0-0——-0–0–0——–0-0-0————-|
Ed |
E
|————————————————————|
B
|————————————————————|
G
|————————————————————|
D
|——————4-gradual bend———4-gradual Bend—–|
A
|–5–5–5–5-5-~~——————————————-|
D
|–0–0–0–0-0~~~————-0–0-0-0———————-|
Jonny
E
|——–15p13——-12p10———————————–|
B
|———————————–13h15——————–|
G
|————————————————7
G
rad
bend-|
D
|————————————————————|
A
|————————————————————|
D
|–0–0-0——-0-0-0——-0–0–0——–0-0-0————-|
Ed |
E
|————————————————————|
B
|————————————————————|
G
|—5vvvvvvvvvvv———–4vvvvvvvvvv———————–|
D
|————————————————————|
A
|————————————————————|
D
|————————————————————|
Thom ends on
A
Hope this tab helps somewhat.
Cheers =)
