Desert Island Disk chords by Radiohead

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Beginner

Notes:
- This is a simplified version for playing in standard tuning with no capo.
- For the full version in DADGAD tuning, see the Tab version of this song.


Choose between riff or simple strumming:

          Riff                Strumming
   G+G           Fsus2Fsus2           G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
e|-------1h3----------------------------|     e|-------------|
BB|-------x----1h3p0--1-----1----1----1--|     BB|---------1---|
G+G|---0---0----0------0-----0----0----0--|     G+G|---0-----0---|
D MajorD|---0---------------------3----3----3--|     D MajorD|---0-----3---|
A augmentedA|---2----------------------------------|     A augmentedA|---2-----3---|
E MajorE|---3----------------------------------|     E MajorE|---3---------|

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off

Intro:
G+G Fsus2Fsus2  x6


Verse 1:
G+G    Fsus2Fsus2   G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
Now as I go upon my way
     G+G Fsus2Fsus2
So let me go
    G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
Upon my way
     G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
Born of a light
     G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
Born of a light


Verse 2:
  G+G      Fsus2Fsus2     G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
The wind rushing round my open heart
     G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
An open ravine
       G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
In my spirit white
     G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
Totally alive
       G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
In my spirit light

G+G Fsus2Fsus2

Verse 3:
G+G     Fsus2Fsus2  G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
Through an open doorway
     G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
Across a street
      G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
To another life
  G+G    Fsus2Fsus2  G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
And catching my reflection
    G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
In a window
        G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
Switching on a light
       G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
One I didn’t know
     G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
Totally alive
     G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
Totally released


Bridge:

   G minorGm Gsus4Gsus4
e|-------------|
BB|-------------|
G+G|---3-----5---|
D MajorD|---5-----5---|
A augmentedA|---5-----5---|
E MajorE|---3---------|

G minorGm Gsus4Gsus4        G minorGm    Gsus4Gsus4
Wak-ing, waking up from shutdown
        G minorGm    Gsus4Gsus4
From a thousand years of sleep
   G+G  Fsus2Fsus2      G+G
Yeah you, you know what I mean
Fsus2Fsus2      G+G
You know what I mean
Fsus2Fsus2      G+G
You know what I mean
Fsus2Fsus2          G+G
Standing on the edge of you
Fsus2Fsus2      G+G
You know what I mean
Fsus2Fsus2      G+G
You know what I mean
Fsus2Fsus2      G+G   Fsus2Fsus2
You know what I mean


Outro:
          G minorGm  Gsus4Gsus4
Different types of love
          G minorGm  Gsus4Gsus4
Different types of love
          G minorGm  Gsus4Gsus4
Different types of love

  Dsus4Dsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
e|---3---------|
BB|---3-----1---|
G+G|---2-----0---|
D MajorD|---0-----1---|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|

     Dsus4Dsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
Are possible
     Dsus4Dsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
Are possible
     Dsus4Dsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
Are possible
     G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
Are possible
G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
G+G  Fsus2Fsus2
G+G  Fsus2Fsus2 G+G

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