House Of Cards tab by Radiohead

Tabs

The song is in Drop D MajorD tuning and also has a Capo on the 3rd fret.
I'll be referring to the frets as they are marked on your guitar
meaning the first fret directly after the Capo will be referred to as "the fourth fret"/"4".
Also if it says "0" I just mean empty string.

I am going to split the rhythm part into 4 essential progressions and then tab
it out to the lyrics to make it easier to both read and create.

The strumming rhythm can be quite tricky, so i would suggest learning it by listening.

Prog1
e|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
BB|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
G+G|--12--X--12-----X--12-----X--12---12X--12----------------------|
D MajorD|--X---X--X------X--X------X--X----X-X--0-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--12--X--12-----X--12-----X--12---10X--0-----------------------|
D MajorD|--0---X--0------X--0------X--0----0-X--0-----------------------|

Prog1.5(You can skip this if you want as it basically sounds the same
without but I'm pretty sure this is how Thom plays it.)
e|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
BB|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
G+G|--12--X--12-----X--12-----X--12---12X--12----------------------|
D MajorD|--X---X--X------X--X------X--X----X-X--0-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--12--X--12-----X--12-----X--10---10X--0-----------------------|
D MajorD|--0---X--0------X--0------X--0----0-X--0-----------------------|

Prog2
e|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
BB|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
G+G|--10--X--10-----X--10-----X--10---10X--10----------------------|
D MajorD|--X---X--X------X--X------X--X----X-X--0-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--12--X--12-----X--12-----X--12---10X--0-----------------------|
D MajorD|--0---X--0------X--0------X--0----0-X--0-----------------------|

Prog2.5
e|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
BB|------X---------X---------X---------X--------------------------|
G+G|--10--X--10-----X--10-----X--10---10X--10----------------------|
D MajorD|--X---X--X------X--X------X--X----X-X--0-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--12--X--12-----X--12-----X--10---10X--0-----------------------|
D MajorD|--0---X--0------X--0------X--0----0-X--0-----------------------|

Prog3
e|-------X-------X-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-------X-------X-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|---8---X---7---X-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---X---X---X---X-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---X---X---X---X-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---8---X---8---X-----------------------------------------------|

Prog4
e|--------X-------X-------X---------X----------------------------|
BB|--------X-------X-------X---------X----------------------------|
G+G|--------X-------X-------X---------X----------------------------|
D MajorD|---5----X---5---X---5---X---5--12-X--15------------------------|
A augmentedA|---5----X---5---X---5---X---5--12-X--15------------------------|
D MajorD|---5----X---5---X---5---X---5--12-X--15------------------------|

INTRO

Prog1, Prog1.5, Prog2,

Prog2.5 Prog4
  Ooh oh oh

VERSE

Prog2, Prog1

Prog2.5
I don't want to be your friend

Prog3         Prog1, Prog2
I just want to be your lover

Prog2.5
No matter how it ends

Prog3      Prog1, Prog1.5
No matter how it starts


CHORUS


Prog2.5
Forget about your house of cards

Prog3    Prog1, Prog1.5
And I'll do mine

Prog2.5
Forget about your house of cards

Prog3    Prog1, Prog1.5
And I'll do mine

Prog3  Prog3   Prog3   Prog1, Prog1.5
Fall off the table, Get swept under

Prog4  Prog4
  Denial  Denial (solo1)


VERSE


Prog1, Prog2

Prog2.5
Infrastructure will collapse

Prog3    Prog1, Prog2
From voltage spikes

Prog2.5
So throw your keys in the bowl

     Prog3    Prog1, Prog1.5
Kiss your husband goodnight


CHORUS


Prog2.5
Forget about your house of cards

Prog3    Prog1, Prog1.5
And I'll do mine

Prog2.5
Forget about your house of cards

Prog3    Prog1, Prog1.5
And I'll do mine

Prog3  Prog3   Prog3   Prog1, Prog1.5
Fall off the table, Get swept under (solo2)

Prog4  Prog4
  Denial  Denial

Prog1 Prog1.5

Prog4  Prog4
  Denial  Denial

Prog1      Prog1.5
Your ears should be burning

Prog4  Prog4
  Denial  Denial

Prog1      Prog1.5
Your ears should be

    Prog4
Oh o~oh oh

    Prog4, Prog1, Prog1.5, Prog2, Prog2.5
Oh o~oh oh


For the solos you really need to listen in order to get the timing down, but i tabbed it out for you.
You need something to rub the string at the frets with in order to produce the echoey sound,
Jonny uses a coin. using alot of reverb helps too.


Solo1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------22---------------------------------------|
G+G|--15---17---19---22--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------22---------------|
G+G|------------------------------------19---22--------------------|
D MajorD|--8---10---12---15---19---20---22------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---15---14---7---5---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------7---5-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------3---------------------------------|

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