Radiohead - Blowout guitar tab
* RADIOHEAD - Blow Out
* Pablo Honey LP
* Guitar tab by Ed Hutchinson
VERSE:-Clean
E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------
D-------16--X--16--------16--16--16--16-REPEAT
A-------14--X--14--------14--14--14--14-
E--------0--X---0---------0---0---0---0-
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D--------12--14--14------12--14--14-
A--------10--12--12------10--12--14-
E---------0---0---0-------0---0---0-
Keep repeating these two sequences for the intro and the verses
CHORUS - Distorted
E---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------REPEAT
D--------18--18--18----16--16--16-
A--------16--16--16----14--14--14-
E---------0----0---0---0---0----0-
E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D--------16--17--16--17--16--17--16--17--16-----
A--------15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15-----
E---------0---0----0----0---0----0---0----0---0-
Play these two sequences one after the other four times for that distorted bit in the middle of the song.
After this there are a load of sound effects and static, but these tabs hold the basic structure of the song.
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the simple version:
Em-022002
G-320003
A-002220
also play it as
x(10)9(11)xx
999(11)xx
(10)99(11)xx
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Blow Out
by Radiohead
>From the album Pablo Honey
Track 12
Tabbed by Matthew Walsh (joewalsh@prodigy.net)
Main Riff:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D--16---16--16---16--16---16---16---16---16--16---16--16---16---16--
A--14---14--14---14--14---14---14---14---14--14---14--14---14---14--
E--12---12--12---12--12---10---10---12---12--12---12--12---10---10--
E--3---5--5-----3---5--5------
B--3---5--5-----3---5--5---0--
G--4---6--6-----4---6--6---4--
D--5---7--7-----5---7--7------ repeat
A--5---7--7-----5---7--7------
E--3---5--5-----3---5--5------
Here are some of the fill-ins used during and in between the playing of the riff:
E----------------|---------------5--|-----------------------|---------------
B----6h7p6-------|---------------5--|-----------------------|---------------
G----------7-----|-------/4----4/6--|-----4-/-2-(let ring)--|---------------
D----------------|-------/5----5/7--|-----------------------|---------------
A----------------|----/4-/5----3/7--|-----------------------|---------------
E----------------|----/2-/3----3/5--|-----------------------|-3~--2~--0-----
Here is the "chorus" part that addled me for so long (the part that is heavily distorted,
after the first "everything I touch..." part):
E--4--2--4--2--4--2---4~-4~-4~-4--2------2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2-------
B--2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------
G--2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------
D--2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------
A--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then the main riff is played again.
After that the song starts to stop and the solo starts to woft in. During that time,
E5 and A5 chords are struck periodically.
Also somewhere in there is a this little riff (played once):
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------5---7-bend------------------------------------------
A-------5---7-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
This is what the bass is playing underneath the "solo" and the end:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---7-5-7---5---7-----5--7-5-7--5---7---5------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------5-3-5---3---5---3--5-3-5--3--5---
and:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------5--------------------------------------
A--7-5-7---5---7---5--7-5-7----7------------------------------3-----
E-----------------------------------5-3-5---3---5---3--5-3-5-----5--
This is the basic outline of the riff, you should be able to figure out how many times
it is played, its phrasing, etc.
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Max Kolombos
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