#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:52:24 +0000 From: "Steven.McDonald" Subject: Re: Radiohead - Street Spirit > >There are four picking patterns used throughout the song. One for each of > >the Am, Em and C chords used, with a change of pattern on the Am in the > >second and subsequent verses (although the original pattern is still used > >for the choruses and outro). Its hard to tell what the fingerpicked > >guitar does when the chords change in the outro, as there is another > >guitar over the top, playing some similar ideas up an octave (I might get > >round to transcribing these one day!) > > > >Here is the chord structure for the song: > >Note that the complete picking pattern takes up two bars. > > > >INTRO > >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---: > >VERSE > >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---: > >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---: > >Em---:Em---:Em---:Em---: > >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---: > >CHORUS > >C---:C---:Em---:Em---: > >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---: > >C---:C---:Em---:Em---: > >VERSE (Am picking pattern changes) > >CHORUS (Double length of first chorus) > >VERSE > >CHORUS (Double length) > >OUTRO (From "Immerse your soul....") > >G---:G---:E---:E---: > >Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---: > >G---:G---:Em---:Em---: > >Am---:Am---: > > > >Am picking pattern (First verse/chorus) > > > >------0----------0-----------0------------------------------- > >-----------3-----------1-----------0------------------------- > >--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------2------------------- > >---2----------------------------------2-----2---------------- > >-0----------------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >Am picking pattern (Second & Third verses) > > > > Am Asus2 Am > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------1---0----------------0------1-------------------------------- > >--------------2---------------------------------------------------- > >----2---2---2---2--2---2------2------2----------------------------- > >--0---------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >Em and C picking patterns as first verse Am, butthe appropriate chord shapes formed (Standard Em and C) using the same descending notes on the B string. > > > >Watch out for cramps playing this one, as you have to hold that > >open Am shape for a hell of a long time. Its best played on an > >electroacoustic, with just a hint of reverb. > > > > >Am >Rows of houses, all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me Em All these things into position, All these things we'll one day swallow whole Am (4 bars) C Em Am And fade out again > C E*m Am And fade out again C Em Am >Ohhhhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh C Em Ohhhhhh Ohhhhh *First chorus ends here. Third chorus as above, but with a double length "Ohhhhh" section.