Radiohead - How Can You Be Sure guitar chord

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 11:46:16 -0600

From: Chris Brown

Subject: r/radiohead/how_can_you_be_sure.crd

How can you be sure? by Radiohead

From the "High & Dry" CD single... played at a deliberate, medium tempo.

The bass actually echoes most of the melody in the song, so it can sound a

little wack on an acoustic guitar. Try walking the E up to the A on the

"good things and bad" parts to fill things out a little bit.

[lyrics removed -- see diet-olga policy]

Verse:

E B E A2->A

Seen all good...

E B E A2

E B E A

E B E A2

E B E A2->A

E B E A2

E B E A

E B E

Pre-chorus:

A G#m F#m E5

When I'm like...

B A G#m F#m

Chorus (inhale deeply!):

E B E A

Ho-o-w can you...

E B E A

Notes on the chords:

I'm not sure what to call the B that I hear in the song, but I think it

might be a B5. It's fingered thusly; essentially just a power chord.

e--X---

B--0---

G--4---

D--4---

A--2---

E--X---

Also, the A2->A is accomplished through a hammer-on, like so:

e--0---2-2

B--0---0h2

G--2---2-2

D--2---2-2

A--0---0-0

E--0---0-0

I think the G#m employed in the chorus is played with some open strings:

e--0

B--0

G--4

D--6

A--6

E--x

And finally, the E5 in the chorus is played like an open D, but barred up 2

frets (kinda like how you might play an Eb)

e--x

B--5

G--4

D--2

A--2

E--0