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  • Radiohead – Karma Police (Tabs)

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    I’ve written up quite a few Radiohead songs in the past. Now it’s time for the OK Computer track Karma Police.

    Intro: Mostly picking out the chords with the thumb on the C-string and the middle and index on the E and A, respectively.

    On the Eb chord there’s a nice addition of an F note making it an Ebsus2. To prepare for the change to that, fret the E-string, third fret in the first half of the bar with your little finger.

    Verse: Sticking with the same picking for the verse. The only slightly tricky part here is the run down from the fifth fret in bar 12.

    Bridge: I’m mostly using one-finger-per-string picking in this section until the last two bars. There’s a lot more moving around the neck in this section, with the transition between bars 17 and 18 being tricky (I flubbed that bit in the video). Which is the most Radioheady part of the song.

    Chorus: Even more moving around here, but it’s less intense.

    Solo: The solo takes its inspiration from the bass line. There’s lots of scope for your own ideas here.

    After that, it’s another run through the chorus and a fade out with a little of Freakshow Industries’ Backmask added.

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  • Radiohead – Paranoid Android (Chords)

    Radiohead – Paranoid Android (Chords)Download

    EatMyUke’s cover of all the songs on OK Computer inspired me to write up the chords for Paranoid Android. The versions of the chords around the net I’ve seen are very simplified. So I’ve gone in the other direction and made them as true to the original as I could manage. Which means there are lots of unfamiliar chord shapes all over the neck.

    The song is split into three main sections so I’ve also split up the chords into three sections.

    Opening Section

    This section has the biggest leaps up and down the neck. So pay close attention to the fret numbers at the right of the chord diagrams.

    If you have trouble playing Gm6 (like I did) you can play it as 0767 and that’ll work just fine. And you can also play E7 as 4445. The only downside of those changes is you don’t get the constant drone on the g- and A-strings.

    Riff Section

    The least uke friendly section. For the riff I’m using mostly power chords. That means each chord only has two notes so I’m blocking the E- and A-strings from ringing with the underside of my index finger.

    It gets much easier when it switches to straight chords for C – G# – Bb. Except the time signature becomes and off-kilter 7/8. The strumming I use goes:

    C: d – d – d u d
    G#: u – u d u
    Bb: d

    Rain Down Section

    The third section is mercifully straightforward on uke. It’s all standard chord shapes and you can use this strum all the way through:

    d – d – d u d u

    Then it’s a return to the riff section for the extended outro.

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