The Present Tense tab by Radiohead

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Radiohead
The Present Tense

Capo 1


Intro:

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------7-----------7-----|----8-----8-----------8---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------5-----------5-----|
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----10----10----------10--------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------7-----------7-----|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------4-----------4-----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|10----10----------10------------|7-----7-----------7-------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|----7-----7-----------7---------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------3-----------3-----|--------------8-----------8-----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|
E MajorE|6-----6-----------6-------------|--------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|----9-----9-----------9---------|
G+G|----5-----5-----------5---------|--------------5-----------5-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------6-----------6-----|8------8----------8-------------|
E MajorE|4-----4-----------4-------------|--------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------||
G+G|----7-----7-----------7--------||
D MajorD|-------------------------------|| x2
A augmentedA|--------------8-----------8----||
E MajorE|6-----6-----------6------------||

e||----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
BB||------11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8--------||
G+G||----------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7----||
D MajorD||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|| x2
A augmentedA||--10----10----------10------------|-------------------------------||
E MajorE||----------------------------------|8-----------------8------------||

Verse:

part 1:
                distance
              of self defense
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB||----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G||--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA||10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE||--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

               distance
             of self defense
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

             is like a weapon
            against the present
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

             is like a weapon
            against the present
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6--------||
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0----||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||

             the present tense
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse:

part 2:
            don't wanna get heavy
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

             don't get heavy
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

              keep it light and
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                    V dissonant measure V
              keep it moving
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|0-----------------0-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

              i am doing
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

               no harm
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

             and as my world
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

            comes crashing down
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

             i'll be dancing
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                    V dissonant measure V
              freaking out
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|0-----------------0-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

              deaf, dumb
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Chorus:

and blind               (no singing first time through)
                             in you i'm
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB||----11----11----------11--------|----11----11------10------10----|
G+G||7-------------7-----------7-----|7-------------7-----------------|
D MajorD||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA||10----10----------10------------|10----10------8-------8---------|
E MajorE||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 lost                         in you i'm
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|----7-----7-----------7---------|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|8-------------8-----------8-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
E MajorE|6-----6-----------6-------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|

 lost
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G+G|----12----12----------12--------|----9-----9-----------9--------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A augmentedA|13------------13----------13----|10------------10----------10---||
E MajorE|11----11----------11------------|8-----8-----------8------------||


Bridge:

       i won't turn round         where the penny dropped
       stopped from falling        down a mine
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB||----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G||7-------------7-----------7-----|8-----8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA||10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE||--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

       won't stop now          won't slack off
       it's no one's business      but mine
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----10----10----------10--------|--------------------------------|
G+G|7-------------7-----------7-----|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|4-----4-------4-----------4-----|
A augmentedA|9-----9-----------9-------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|7-----------------7-------------|

      or all this love          will be in vain
       all this love          could been in vain
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|----7-----7-----------7---------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|3-------------3-----------3-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|
E MajorE|6-----6-----------6-------------|--------------------------------|


e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|----9-----9-----------9---------|
G+G|----5-----5-----------5---------|5-------------5-----------5-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-------------6-----------6-----|8------8----------8-------------|
E MajorE|4-----4-----------4-------------|--------------------------------|

         V 1st time V
e|-------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------||
G+G|----7-----7-----------5--------||
D MajorD|--------------------------6----|| x2
A augmentedA|8-------------6----------------||
E MajorE|6-----6-----------4------------||

         V 2nd time V
       e|-----------------||
       BB|-----------------||
       G+G|--------7--------||
       D MajorD|-----------------||
       A augmentedA|8-----------8----||
       E MajorE|----6------------||


Chorus:
                             in you i'm
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB||----11----11----------11--------|----11----11------10------10----|
G+G||7-------------7-----------7-----|7-------------7-----------------|
D MajorD||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA||10----10----------10------------|10----10------8-------8---------|
E MajorE||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 lost                         in you i'm
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|----7-----7-----------7---------|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|8-------------8-----------8-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
E MajorE|6-----6-----------6-------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|

 lost
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G+G|----12----12----------12--------|----9-----9-----------9--------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A augmentedA|13------------13----------13----|10------------10----------10---||
E MajorE|11----11----------11------------|8-----8-----------8------------||


Outro:

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G+G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|x4
A augmentedA|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
BB|11------------------------------|-----------------------------||
G+G|12------------------------------|-----------------------------||
D MajorD|12------------------------------|-----------------------------||
A augmentedA|10------------------------------|-----------------------------||

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