Idioteque Chords

by Radiohead
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 3rd fret
Author unregistered_1118468 54.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 29, 2016
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Chords

C7M
E
G
Em
C7M/E
C7M/G

Strumming

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So this is my attempt at having both fidelity and a fuller sound.
For the synth tab, thanks to Gallagher2006
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/r/radiohead/idioteque_ver2_guitar_pro.htm
I've basically just re-tabbed the synth for guitar.
 
-------CAPO 3--------
 
  C7M/E C7M/G  Em     G
E|-(0)---(0)----3-----7--|
B|--1-----0-----5-----3--|
G|--0-----4-----4-----0--|
D|--2-----2-----2-----5--|
A|--2-----3-----x-----x--|
E|--0-----3-----x-----x--|
(Notes in brackets, I think it sounds better if you don't play them,
so that the right changes are accentuated in each passage, but you can if you wish)
 
Alternative forms for the chords: You can use whichever you think sounds best and/
or is easier to play.
 
C7M/E: 0 2 2 5 x(0)
C7M/G: 3 3 2 4 0(0)
Em:    0 2 2 0 0 3
G:     x x 5 7 x 7
 
 
[Intro]
 
C7M/E    C7M/G    Em    G
 
 
[Verse]
 
C7M/E             C7M/G
Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker?
Em                  G
Women and children first, and the children first, and the children...
C7M/E              C7M/G
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Em                G
I swallow till I burst,  until I burst, until I
C7M/E            C7M/G
Who's in a bunker, who's in a bunker
Em              G
I've seen too much, I haven't seen enough, you haven't seen enough
  C7M/E            C7M/G
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Em                   G
Women and children first, and children first, and children
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C7M/E     C7M/G    Em                     G
Here I'm alive... everything all of the time
C7M/E     C7M/G    Em                     G
Here I'm alive... everything all of the time
 
 
[Verse]
 
C7M/E           C7M/G
Ice age coming, Ice age coming
Em                G
Let me hear both sides, Let me hear both sides, Let me hear both
C7M/E           C7M/G
Ice age coming, Ice age coming
Em                G
Throw it in the fire, Throw it in the fire, Throw it on the
C7M/E         C7M/G
We're not scaremongering
Em              G
This is really happening, Happening
C7M/E         C7M/G
We're not scaremongering
Em              G
This is really happening, Happening
C7M/E             C7M/G
Mobiles squirking, Mobiles chirping
Em                  G
Take the money and run, Take the money and run, Take the money
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C7M/E     C7M/G      Em                  G
Here I'm alive... everything all of the time
C7M/E     C7M/G      Em                  G
Here I'm alive... everything all of the time
 
 
[Outro]
 
C7M/E    C7M/G    Em    G
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6 comments
ggjjtt
The Chorus is: "Here I'm allowed anything all of the time".
+4
harry1994
This is one of those songs where you can mix it up to get the sound you like... I go Em, G6, Em, Cadd9 (each with various hammer-ons) with a capo on 3 and think that sounds pretty good!
+2
alessio.disumma
i think C sounds better then G
0