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Kid Chord diagramA augmentedA - Radiohead
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                        From the album "Kid A"

                        Transcribed by Howard Wright
                        [email protected]


Not your typical guitar song this one, though two of the main
ideas (parts Chord diagramA augmentedA and Chord diagramBB 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 Chord diagramA augmentedA 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 Chord diagramE MajorE 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 Chord diagramA augmentedA x 4 (musicbox continues)
Part Chord diagramA augmentedA x 2 (+ musicbox + vocals)
Part Chord diagramBB x 2 (no vocals)
Musicbox x 2 (+ vocals + drums)
Part Chord diagramA augmentedA x 2 (+ musicbox + vocals + drums)
Part Chord diagramBB 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:

Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE
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:

Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE
x  x  x  17 x 17


and the 4th chord is:

EADGBE
x331xx

Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4

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