Radiohead - Rain Down guitar tab

RADIOHEAD / Rain Down (un-released) (Meeting People Is Easy 1:14:29)

transcribed by Joey Gallagher (joeygallagher@hotmail.com)

This song is just a short peice heard on Meeting People Is Easy when Thom is

soundchecking in Japan. I have never heard of this song mentioned by the

band so it might just be a short peice Thom put together to help warm his

voice up before a show. It sounds similar to the "Rain Down" segment from

Paranoid Android because the only lyric he sings is rain down at the

begining (there the similarities end, this peice is totally different). Then

he hums through a lot of beautiful octave scales. It could end up being a

segment of some future song. This is an amazing peice and it really

showcases Thom's vocal range.

The song starts off with a picking pattern and then gradually starts to

incorporate strums. I tabbed out the picking parts so repeat the same

pattern basically on every chord. After about the 5th chord just start half

strumming and picking, then you have the basic idea of how the peice

progresses. Every chord is played for one measure except the second chord of

the song (the G#) it's held for 4 measures.

(Raiiiiin) (doooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwnnnn) (oooohh)

(A) (G#) (A)

e----------------------------------------------------------------

B------5----------4--------4--------4--------4----------5---------

G----6---6------5---5----5---5----5---5----5---5------6---6------

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

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

E--5---------4--------4--------4--------4----------5------------

(hum low) (lower) (get's higher)

(F#m) (G#m) (E) (F#m) (G#) (A)

e------------------------------------------------------------------

B-----2--------4---------------------------------------------------

G---2---2----5---5-------1----(start half strumming and picking now)-

D----------------------2---2----------------------------------------

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

E-2--------4---------0----------------------------------------------

(humming get's higher and higher)

(F#m) (G#) (E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (G#)

e----------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

D-(same picking patterns but strumming becomes more prominent)-----

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

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