The Present Tense Tab by Radiohead

The Present Tense tab by Radiohead

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Radiohead
The Present Tense

Capo 1


Intro:

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------7-----------7-----|----8-----8-----------8---------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------5-----------5-----|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----10----10----------10--------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------7-----------7-----|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------4-----------4-----|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|10----10----------10------------|7-----7-----------7-------------|

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e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|----7-----7-----------7---------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------3-----------3-----|--------------8-----------8-----|
A|--------------------------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|--------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----9-----9-----------9---------|
G|----5-----5-----------5---------|--------------5-----------5-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------6-----------6-----|8------8----------8-------------|
E|4-----4-----------4-------------|--------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||
G|----7-----7-----------7--------||
D|-------------------------------|| x2
A|--------------8-----------8----||
E|6-----6-----------6------------||

e||----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
B||------11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8--------||
G||----------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7----||
D||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|| x2
A||--10----10----------10------------|-------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------|8-----------------8------------||


Verse:

part 1:
                                distance
                            of self defense
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G||--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

                              distance
                          of self defense
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

                         is like a weapon
                        against the present
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                         is like a weapon
                        against the present
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6--------||
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0----||
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5------------||
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||

                          the present tense
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse:

part 2:
                       don't wanna get heavy
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

                          don't get heavy
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

                           keep it light and
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                       V dissonant measure V
                           keep it moving
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|0-----------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                            i am doing
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                              no harm
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                          and as my world
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

                       comes crashing down
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

                         i'll be dancing
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                       V dissonant measure V
                            freaking out
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|0-----------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                            deaf,  dumb
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Chorus:

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

 lost                                                  in you i'm
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----------7---------|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|8-------------8-----------8-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|

 lost
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G|----12----12----------12--------|----9-----9-----------9--------||
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A|13------------13----------13----|10------------10----------10---||
E|11----11----------11------------|8-----8-----------8------------||


Bridge:

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

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

           or all this love                    will be in vain
              all this love                    could been in vain
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|----7-----7-----------7---------|--------------------------------|
D|3-------------3-----------3-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
A|--------------------------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|--------------------------------|


e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----9-----9-----------9---------|
G|----5-----5-----------5---------|5-------------5-----------5-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-------------6-----------6-----|8------8----------8-------------|
E|4-----4-----------4-------------|--------------------------------|

                  V 1st time V
e|-------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||
G|----7-----7-----------5--------||
D|--------------------------6----|| x2
A|8-------------6----------------||
E|6-----6-----------4------------||

                  V 2nd time V
              e|-----------------||
              B|-----------------||
              G|--------7--------||
              D|-----------------||
              A|8-----------8----||
              E|----6------------||


Chorus:
                                                         in you i'm
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----11----11----------11--------|----11----11------10------10----|
G||7-------------7-----------7-----|7-------------7-----------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||10----10----------10------------|10----10------8-------8---------|
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 lost                                                  in you i'm
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----------7---------|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|8-------------8-----------8-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|

 lost
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G|----12----12----------12--------|----9-----9-----------9--------||
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A|13------------13----------13----|10------------10----------10---||
E|11----11----------11------------|8-----8-----------8------------||


Outro:

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|x4
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
B|11------------------------------|-----------------------------||
G|12------------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|12------------------------------|-----------------------------||
A|10------------------------------|-----------------------------||

Last updated: May 10, 2016

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