Present Tense chords by Radiohead

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Beginner

Album version from Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
- Note this is a simplified chord version


Intro     Additional Verse Chords
----------   -----------------------
E minorEm 022000   B minorBm   x24432
A minorAm x02210   Dsus2Dsus2 xx0230
BB  x2444x   Asus4Asus4 x02230
G#G# 4664xx
G+G  3554xx
C majorC  x32010
FF  13321x
DmDm xx0231

Capo 4th fret


Intro:

E minorEm  A minorAm  BB
G# minorG#m G+G  C majorC
FF  DmDm  G+G

E minorEm  A minorAm  BB
G# minorG#m G+G  C majorC
FF  DmDm  G+G


Verse 1:

E minorEm  A minorAm
E minorEm  A minorAm
E minorEm  A minorAm  E minorEm  A minorAm
  Distance, distance
 C majorC           B minorBm   C majorC    B minorBm
(Distance) it's like a weapon, like a weapon
E minorEm     A minorAm   E minorEm    A minorAm
  Of self defense, self defense
C majorC       B minorBm   C majorC      B minorBm
  Against the present, against the present
C majorC     Dsus2Dsus2
  Present tense


Verse 2:

E minorEm       A minorAm  E minorEm     A minorAm
  I won't get heavy, don't get heavy
C majorC     B minorBm    C majorC    Asus4Asus4
  Keep it light and, keep it moving
C majorC    B minorBm  C majorC  Dsus2Dsus2
  I am doing, no harm

Verse 3:

E minorEm    A minorAm  E minorEm   A minorAm
  As my world, comes crashing down
C majorC   B minorBm   C majorC     Asus4Asus4
  I'm dancing, freaking out
C majorC    B minorBm    E minorEm
  Deaf, dumb, and blind


Chorus 1:

E minorEm  D MajorD G+G
C majorC  A augmentedA
E minorEm  D MajorD
      G+G
In you I'm lost
      C majorC   A augmentedA
In you I'm lost


Bridge:

E minorEm          A minorAm
  I won't turn around, when the penny drops
BB          G# minorG#m
  I won't stop now, I won't slack off
G+G          C majorC
  Or all this love, will be in vain
FF DmDm G+G


E minorEm         A minorAm
  Stop from falling, down a mine
BB            G# minorG#m
  It's no one's business, but mine
G+G           C majorC
  That all this love, could be in vain
FF DmDm G+G


Chorus 2:

E minorEm  D MajorD
      G+G
In you I'm lost
      C majorC   A augmentedA
In you I'm lost
E minorEm  D MajorD
      G+G
In you I'm lost
      C majorC   A augmentedA
In you I'm lost


Outro:

E minorEm  A minorAm
E minorEm  A minorAm
E minorEm  A minorAm
E minorEm  A minorAm  E minorEm

Other versions of Present Tense

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Present tense (Ver. 2) by Radiohead