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Paranoid Android tab by Radiohead

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"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead
From "ok computer".
Transcribed by Steven McGovern

J.G. - Jon Greenwood's guitar parts
/-bendup one tone _  /(.5)above-bendup semitone \-release
/\-bend&release
\ / (sl.)-slide   \-slide without hitting second note
Riff 1
                                    [______repeat_______________]
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B------8----------8--------8-----------3--------3-----3------3----------
G-------8----------8--------8------------3-------3-----3-----3----------
D--------------------------------------------------2-2---2-2------------
A----------------------8-8----0-0----------0-0-1------------------------
E--8-8----8-6-6-6----6------------6-3-3---------------------------------
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J.G                                                              .5 .5
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-15--15----15--15---15------15-------3--3---3--3---3----3-4----3/-3/\-3
G---15--15----15--14---12-12---15-------3--3---3--2---0-0---------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 2 x2
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B------3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-
G------3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-
D------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-
A--------------------------3-3---------3-3---------2-2--------2-2-------
E--3-3---------3-3---------1-1---------1-1---------0-0--------0-0-------

Riff 3---------------]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-0-0-0-3-0-------3-5-0-0-0-3-0---5-3-0-5-5-3----------------------------
E-----------4-4-4---------------4----------------------------------------

Riff 4
e-----------------------]-----------------------------------------------
B--8--8--8--8--8-4-6-6--]------8-7-6------------------------------------
G--0--0--0-10--0-0-0-0---------9-8-7------------------------------------
D--9--9--9--9--9-5-7-7--------------------------------------------------
A-10-10-10-10-10-6-8-8--]-----10-9-8------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
J.G.
  trem        trem    [-----x4---]                       sl.
e-20-----20/--20------20----20-17--17-20-20-20-20-20-20-----------------
B------------------------17---------------------------------------------
G-17-----17/--17--------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------18\-------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-8h10-10/\-10/\-8-9h11-11/\-9-8h10-10/\-10/\-8-9\7-7\5-4\2-8h10-10/\-10/\
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

e------------0----------------------------------------------------------
B-8-10-9-8-7-2----------------------------------------------------------
G------------2----------------------------------------------------------
D------------2----------------------------------------------------------
A------------0----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 5                                         Dm        A
e------3--3-3------------------------------------------------------------
B------4--4-4-----4--4-4-----6--6-6-----5--5-5-----6--6-6-----5--5-5-----
G--0-0-0--0-0-----0--0-0-7-7-7--7-7-6-6-6--6-6-7-7-7--7-7-----6--6-6-----
D-------------0-0----0-------------------------7-7-7--7-7-7-7----7-7-----
A--3-3-------------------8-8--------7-7--------5-5--------7-7------------
E-------------3-3-----------------------------------------5-5------------

 Dm           ?           Bb          A         G          F
e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----6--6-6------6--6-6---------6-6-----5--5-5--------3----------1------
G-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7-7------7--7-7-----6--6-6-----4--4-4-----2--2-2----
D-7-7-7--7-7--------------8-8-8--8-8-7-7-7--7-7-5-5-5--5-5-3-3-3--3-3----
A-5-5---------8-8------8--8-8-8----8-7-7--------5-5-5----5-3-3-3----3----
E-------------------------6-6--------5-5--------3-3--------1-1-----------

  E               A
e----------------------0-0-0-0--------]----------------------------------
B------0-0-0-0-0--2----2-2-2-2-2------]----------------------------------
G---1--1-1-1-1-1--2-2--2-2-2-2-2------]----------------------------------
D-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2------]----------------------------------
A-2-2--2---2-2-2--0-0-----------------]----------------------------------
E-0-----------------------------------]----------------------------------

The strum pattern changes every so often for this so just do whatever
its not very important.

 [-----X4----]                                           grad. slide up
e-9----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--8--8-5------13--16--15--4--12-------13--16--15--4--12--12/------------
G---------8-5--15/-18/-17/-6/-14/------15/-18/-17/-6/-14/-14//-----------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------10-8-10/-10h8------------------
B-10-8-8-------10-8-----------10-8-8--------------------10-8-8-------10-8
G---------_--8------10/\-10h8---------_--8----------------------_--8-----
D--------8/9-------------------------8/9-----------------------8/9-------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        C  B Bb A
e----------------------------------]-------------------------------------
B-----------10-8-8-----------------]-------------------------------------
G-10/\-10h8--------8-9---9-8-7-6---]-------------------------------------
D-----------------------10-9-8-7---]-------------------------------------
A-----------------------10-9-8-7---]-------------------------------------
E------------------------8-7-6-5---]-------------------------------------

-Steven


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i also got this ...
does anybody really know for sure about this song?

slight adjustment:

Chord G/B: [x2003x]
	Dm/C [x30231]

	Cm     G/B  Bb   A           Dm     A   Dm  Dm/C
Rain down...
Bb      Am             Gm       F  E    A
from a great height...

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