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Radiohead - Kid A guitar tab

Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 09:37:41 +0000

From: Howard

Subject: r/radiohead/kid_a.tab

Kid A - Radiohead

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From the album "Kid A"

Transcribed by Howard Wright

howard@jmdl.com

Not your typical guitar song this one, though two of the main

ideas (parts A and B below) work very well on guitar. Almost

the entire song is made up of just three parts: the "musicbox"

theme from the beginning of the song, and parts A and B.

I've written the "musicbox" part out in tablature - with a bit

of practice it can be played on one guitar, though it's easier

if it's broken up into two parts with one guitar playing the

lower notes.

I've written out the song structure below in terms of three

main parts.

Music box:

-----------

E--------------10--8---8------13----12--12--12----------10---

B------------------11--11--10-----------11--------13----10---

G------12--10--10-----------------------12--------12---------

D------12--------------10------------------------------------

A--13------12--------------------10-----10-----------10------

E------------------10------13------------------13------------

^

^^^

There's also a note at the 18th fret (top E string) with this note

at the 12th fret. If you're playing this part on one guitar this

is too much to reach, but if you split part across two guitars

you can play this bit with the high note as:

E----12--18----------10---

B----11--17----13----10---

G----12--------12---------

D-------------------------

A----10-----------10------

E-----------13------------

part A:

--------

E-----------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------

D---3-3---5-5---8--8-----7-7-------7-7---5-5----

A-----------------------------------------------

E---5-5---6-6---10-10----8-8-------8-8---6-6----

part B:

--------

E---3-3---3-3--3-3--3-3-------3-3---3-3-----3-3----5-5-----

B----------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------

D---5-5---3-3-----------------5-5---3-3--------------------

A-----------------------------7-7---------5-5----------3-3-

E---6-6---5-5---------1-1-----6-6---5-5--------1-1---------

(top string notes optional - or can be played by a second guitar)

Bass bit:

----------

G-------------------------------

D-------------------------------

A--1-3-3-3-3-3---1-3-3-3-3-3-3--

E-------------------------------

Song structure:

----------------

Musicbox x 2

Part A x 4 (musicbox continues)

Part A x 2 (+ musicbox + vocals)

Part B x 2 (no vocals)

Musicbox x 2 (+ vocals + drums)

Part A x 2 (+ musicbox + vocals + drums)

Part B x 4 (+ vocals + intermittent drums)

Bass bit x 2 (+ drums)

Synth chords (+ drums)

Musicbox x 4 (3rd synth chord fades in)

Musicbox x 2 (+ vocals + 4th synth chord fades in)

Bass bit x 4 (+ musicbox + drums + synth)

When the synth chords first comes in, the first two chords

played are:

E A D G B E E A D G B E

x 8 8 12 10 8 x 8 8 10 8 8

Fadd2add4 Fsus2add4

The top notes of the first chord fade in first, then the lower

notes, then the second chord fades in.

The 3rd synth "chord" is:

E A D G B E

x x x 17 x 17

and the 4th chord is:

EADGBE

x331xx

Fsus4

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