Radiohead — Paranoid Android (ver 5) Tab
Radiohead Paranoid Android
Arranged for Internet by: Mouse (leatherface 74)
Posted on August 29, 2003
Update: April 12, 2004: I added a correction on what ed plays during the
"what's that" section.Correction is at the bottom of the tab.
Update: January 21, 2004: After hours of looking at live concert
footage of the band and looking at what each person in the band
is playing I will correct all the mistakes in this tab and make
damn near as perfect as is possible. I will do this in a wierd
way though. Rather than altering the presently posted tab (which
in my opinion sounds great) I will add the changes at the end
of the transcription in an update section, I do this to give
you a choice because some of the corrections are more difficult
to play. Most of the corrections involve the chords Thom plays
during the "ambition make you pretty ugly" and "rain down"
sections. The chords in this tab are the correct chords,
Thom just plays them in a different position on the fretboard.
Oh and if you have any comments or corrections please post them.
And please vote for this tab if you can.
Performance Notes:
Ok lets begin with Guitar 1 which is Thom Yorke. This
part was played with a pick and it is quite complex looking
because of the loose picking pattern. It is best not to try
to hit every note exactly, just try to get the vibe of the
song. Any part that guitar 1 repeats is played similarly on repeats.
Guitar 2 is Jonny Greenwood, his insane playing style is so
distinctive it is impossible for it to be anyone else.
For this part you're going to need a delay pedal, flanger,
and a pitch shifter. Johnny plays some crazy harmonics like
2.5 which is halfway between the second and third fret. I
suggest you read the attached legend in order to decipher
the method I used to arrange his bends and pre—bends.
One last note about guitar 3 (Ed O' Brien), if you do not
own a guitar with 24 frets don't worry you can tune up
your high e and b strings a whole step and just play the
part relative to your new tuning. Or if you have and
octave effects pedal you can just set it to raise the
pitch of the guitar one octave and play the part at the tenth fret.
Legend:
(5)— Ghost Note: A note in parenthesis that is barely heard in a recording
or represents a note that is supposed to ring for longer than one measure.
PM — Palm mute
NH — Natural Harmonic
B — Bend (I've placed how much to bend over the measure; for example a
.25 is a quarter step bend, a .5 is a half step bend, a .75 is a
three fourths step bend, a 1 would be a whole step bend, 2.5 would
be a two and a half step bend, etc.
Pb — Pre—Bend: The note is bent to a pre—determined pitch before it is
picked.
Pbr— Pre—Bend Release: The note is bent to a predetermined pitch before it
is picked and is released to its original pitch.
Brh— Bend Release Hammer—on: Bend note to a pitch then release it to its
Original pitch then either hammer—on or pull—off to a higher or
Lower fret.
/ — Slide: If I have to explain this one you shouldn't be playing this
song.
H — Hammer—on
Br — Bend—Release: Bend note to a pitch then release it to its original
Pitch.
~~ — Vibrato: Vibrating a string either by moving up and down with your
fingers or by using a whammy bar.
Well Anyways here you go. Thanx for reading.
Paranoid Android
Words and Music by: Thomas Yorke, Jonathan Greenwood, Colin Greenwood,
Ed 'O Brien, and Philip Selway
Intro
Bpm: 84
Gtr. 1 Acoustic
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1st Verse
Please could you stop the noise I'm tryin'
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[ GTR. 2 let 4 ring
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to get some rest
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