Amanda Palmer/Lady Carol/Julien/Radiohead – Creep

June 14, 2007

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Amanda Palmer – Creep (Chords)

Having been mention three times on this blog in the last week, this song has officially reached the status of ‘zeitgeist’. Amanda Palmer’s version has caused a stir in blogville; Julien Dore won Nouvelle Star yesterday; and, friend of the blog and friend of the stars, Susan Tobacco pointed me in the direction of the above version by Lady Carol.

A couple of things worth pointing out in Palmer’s version. The first is the juicy Cmadd9 chord she plays at the end of the intro. The second is that she seems to be having trouble moving to the B chord. creepd.jpgOne way she might have solved this (other than that tiresome ‘practicing’ business) would be to play the song in D tuning using these chord shapes. You could also use these shapes in C tuning to make hollering Ruuuuuuuuuuuu-huh-huh-hun a little easier.

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EXPECTING TO FIND CHORDS/TABS? Try clicking where it says the name of the song in red under the video.
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Comments

24 Responses to “Amanda Palmer/Lady Carol/Julien/Radiohead – Creep”

  1. sean on June 18th, 2007 3:23 am

    dont understand the chords you are showing

  2. Woodshed on June 18th, 2007 8:04 am

    They’re standard ukulele chord chord diagrams. There’s a tutorial on how to read them here.

  3. Uke Hunt » Uke Hunt’s Most Popular Posts on July 24th, 2007 6:53 am

    [...] Various Artists – Creep: Everyone’s playing it, everyone was searching for it. [...]

  4. Uke Hunt » Bust Magazine’s Ukulele Ladies on July 28th, 2007 8:41 am

    [...] Carol (of the Moon): I’ve already featured Lady Carol and it’s great to see her getting more [...]

  5. Dan on August 27th, 2007 8:04 pm

    I hate when people clap/sing along. I did not pay to listen to you. Roar.

  6. Woodshed on August 27th, 2007 11:24 pm

    I agree with you, Dan. I hate it most when the acts encourage it. ‘Clap along’ ‘Bugger off, I paid good money to hear you sing. I could have stayed at home and clapped.’

  7. biggon008 on January 11th, 2008 2:49 am

    yo i really want a strum for this cuz i can play all the tabs i just need 2 know when 2 play them,,,,,

  8. Braden on March 5th, 2008 8:34 am

    What is the strum pattern on this one? Is it D/D/U/U/D/U?

  9. Woodshed on March 5th, 2008 9:09 pm

    Hi Braden. Lady Carol plays it the way you wrote it. I think Amanda Palmer plays it D/D/U/D/U/D/U/

    Go with whatever sounds right to you.

  10. Braden on March 6th, 2008 7:47 pm

    Thanks, Woodshed!

  11. Woodshed on March 6th, 2008 10:42 pm

    Glad to help, Braden.

  12. Andy on June 17th, 2008 5:58 am

    can you post the chords in standard tuning?

  13. Woodshed on June 17th, 2008 4:53 pm

    The chords in the pdf are in standard tuning. Click where it says, “Amanda Palmer – Creep (Chords)”.

  14. Abisay on July 15th, 2008 3:47 pm

    Excellent version basica primitive! AMazing

  15. Jake & a uke on September 24th, 2008 9:07 pm

    I need to learn the chords and not get distracterd… theres too many of ‘em

  16. flickrlovr on November 13th, 2008 7:45 am

    Okay, maybe I’m missing something here, but Lady Carol’s version sounds terribly off-key and just, um, ICK. Sorry!

    Ingrid Michaelson’s rendition is a bajillion times better, if I do say so myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAAvvr1yZhs.

    Thanks for the post! This is the first song I wanted to learn to play on my uke…

  17. Doug on November 15th, 2008 1:59 am

    I wish everyone but the artist would stfu in that video.

  18. Ian on November 20th, 2008 7:33 am

    on the subject of amanda palmer practicing, she’s said herself that this and umbrella are the only songs she knows on ukelele….

  19. Woodshed on November 20th, 2008 10:52 pm

    Ian: She must have learned a couple more tunes since then.

  20. Sowhatnow on December 6th, 2008 6:01 am

    I like the Lady Carol version but somehow the Ingrid Michaelson version is the best to me

  21. mzed on February 15th, 2009 2:59 am

    Amanda Palmer’s Black Cab Sessions version is pretty clearly sounding in F; perhaps she’s tuned a step down? It also works in F with a GCEA tuning, but I have trouble with the Bbmin9 chord (Cmin9 is way easier.)

  22. TAB/CHORD-Sammlung f?r Ukulele - Musiker-Board on May 16th, 2009 4:03 pm

    [...] gut Ein Beispiel w?re http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKltlk8A6Lk Die tabulatur findest du hier http://ukulelehunt.com/2007/06/14/am…diohead-creep/ – Unter dem VIdeo auf der Seite ist ein Link zu den Tabs in Form einer pdf Datei. Sehr leicht und [...]

  23. Uke Vid #2 - (2008.12.31) Radiohead’s Creep | ineffably tom on July 11th, 2009 3:22 am

    [...] that really introduced me to them. Video number 2 and it is not without flaws. The chords used are here. HawaiiRod has a good version of Creep here. But I quite like Amanda Palmer’s version from [...]

  24. DJB on November 20th, 2009 4:30 pm

    Ummm…great version. But please put the Radiohead credit on top where it should be. I don’t care. Do what’s right and put it up.

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