"My Iron Lung" by Radiohead
From "The Bends"
Transcribed by Steven McGovern
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/(\)=bend up(release) one tone(unless indicated)
~(')= slide down ~(')/ = slide up p= pull off h= hammer on
~ above = without hitting the string and ' is with hitting the string
Intro (jon with pitch shifter up one octave)
Riff 1a-------------------------] Riff 1b------------------------------]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------3p0------0-------1-----------------3p0-----0--------1--------4----------
G----0--------0---0---0-----2/\-0-------0-------0---0----2---2----5---5--------
D-----------3-------1-----1-------------------3--------1--------4--------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3---------------------------------3-----------------------------------------
Riff 1c------------------------------]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------3p0------0-------1--3--/3\--1---------3p0-----0--------1----------------
G----0--------0---0---0--------------------0-------0---0----0------2/\--0------
D-----------3-------1----------------------------3--------1-----1--------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3-------------------------------------3-------------------------------------
Riff 2----------------------------------------------------------]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------0---------------1-------------3----------4---4---4---4---------------
G------0----0---0------0----0--------0----0---0-----7---7---7---7--------------
D----0--------0------1--------1----0--------0----------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3---------------3-------------3---------------------------------------------
Riff 3------------------]
G G7 Am? G?
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---3-----3-----1-----4--------------------------------------------------------
G---4-----4-----0-----5-------- Riff 3 ----- Riff 2 ----Riff 1a-----Riff 1c----
D---5-----3-----1-----4--------------------------------------------------------
A---5-----5-----0-----3--------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------3--------------------------------------------------------
Riff 4----------------------------------------------------------------------]
e---------3--------------3-------------2---------------------------------------
B--0---------4--3----------4--3----------4--3--1--3-3--3-3---4-----4---4-------
G-----------------0-------------0-------------------------------7----7---7-0-7-
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------3p0--------0------
G---Riff 3 x2--------- Riff 2 ----------- Riff 1a --------0----------0----0----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------3------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------
C#m6: x423xx Cm6: x312xx Gm7: 3533xx C7: x323xx E?: 0123xx
Chorus (jon plays riff and thom and ed play the chords)
Riff 5---------------------------------------------------------------------
C#m6 Cm6 Gm7 C7
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--8--7--6--5---4----3----------3------------3---------------------------------
G-------------------------------3------------3-----------3-----3--3--3--3------
D-----------------------------------------------x-x----------------------------
A-----------------------------------x-----------x-x--x-3-----------------------
E-----------------------3--x--x-----x-x-x-3------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------] (the riff can be trashed adlib)
E? C#m6 Cm6
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------8--7--6--5----4----3------------------------------------
G--------3---3-x----3----------------------------------- Riff 5 ---------------
D-----x--------x---------------------------------------------------------------
A-----x------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-------------0-------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------3--1--0------3--1--0----------1-------3----------
G-Riff 1a---Riff 1b---------0------------0----------0---------0-------0--------
D---------------------0---0------------0---------------0--------0-------0------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------3--------3-------3----
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---4---4----4-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----7---7----7--- Riff3 x2-------- Riff 2 x.75----- Riff 5 x2----------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--x-x--5p3--x-x-x--5p3--x-x-x--5p3--5--5/-\--x-------5p3---x-x-x--3-----------
D--x-x-------x-x-x-------x-x-x----------------x-----x-------x-x-x--3-----------
A--x-x-------x-x-x-------x-x-x------------------------------x---x--------------
E-----------------------------------------------0------------------------------
.5 .5 .5
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--8--7--6--5---4-4-4--3-3-3----------6/---------6/--------6/--6--6--6---------
G------------------------------x-x-x--6/--x-x-x--6/--x-x-x-6/--6/-6/-6/--------
D------------------------------x-x-x------x-x-x------x-x-x---------------------
A-----------------------------------------x-x-x--------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----6/--------6/----8--7--6--5---4-4---3-3-3---------~/5--------~/6-----~/8--
G-----6/-x-x-x--6/-------------------------------------------------------------
D--------x-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---0--------------------------------------------------------------------------
grad. bend up .5
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--'/10---------~\8-------~\6------///-----------8--7--6--5----4----3----------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------11-----------------------
B-------------11----------------------------11-13-11--13/-\--11h13-11----------
G--10--11-12------10--11-12------10--11-12-----------------------------12--12--
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------13------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2
e----------------------------------------------------------------------11------
B----------------------------11-------------11-------------------------13/-----
G--12--12--12--12---12-12-12------10--11-12----10--11-12----10--11-12----------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------13--------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 6-------------------------]
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--11h13--11-------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----- Riff 6 x2---------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Sorry I couldnt work out the last four bars but jon does some stuff around
the same area with some effect)
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--12\-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--10\-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steven McGovern
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