Radiohead - My Iron Lung Chords & Tabs

 

My Iron Lung Chords & Tabs

Radiohead Chords & Tabs

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My Iron Lung Tab

   
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 15:04:03 -0500
From: zink@uiuc.edu (Dan Zink)

Radiohead - My Iron Lung

Here's how to play the beginning:


                                             (bend and
                                              release)
--------10-------------7-------------8------------------------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8----10-/-\----8------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

--------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11----------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8-------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

--------10-------------7-------------8---10---11---10---8-----
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8---------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

--------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11----------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8-------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

Have Fun!

-Dan

(zink@uiuc.edu)




 ----------------------------------------------
| RADIOHEAD - MY IRON LUNG intro, Version 2.0* |
 ----------------------------------------------

* Version 1.0 written 6/9/95 by Dan Zink

written by:
jzg1@cornell.edu 4/8/97
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jzg1/

this post is in response to the errant version of the My Iron Lung
intro I found all over the web (no offense to it's creator - the
differences are minor, but important)

so, while nothing, including this file, is perfect, I'm sure it is
a marked improvement over the previous one - enjoy


NEW IMPROVED intro:

Note: / = slide up

play w/ dual pitch shifter
                                    (bend, hold & release)
-------------------------------------------------
--------2--0--------0-----------1----------------
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--2^^^^\--0--
--------------3-----------1----------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--3----------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------
--------2--0--------0-----------1-------5---5----
-----0-----------0-----0-----3-----3//6---6---6--
--------------3-----------1----------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--3----------------------------------------------

                                    (bend, hold & release)
-------------------------------------------------
--------2--0--------0-----------1-/3--3^^^\------
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-------------------
--------------3-----------1----------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--3----------------------------------------------

                                    (bend, hold & release)
-------------------------------------------------
--------2--0--------0-----------1----------------
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--2^^^^\--0--
--------------3-----------1----------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--3----------------------------------------------

If you'd like the rest of the song, there's a good chance I've
got that down by the time you read this - so just e-mail me.
Right now, however, I simply don't have the time...

hope you enjoy it, and I also hope you have a pitch shifter, or 
else you just can't play this correctly

                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                               A child's rhyme stuck inside my head
                               It said that "life was but a dream"
                               ... I spent so many years in question
                               to find I've known this all along
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TOOL-easily the~
                                                     best 90's band

Jonathan Z. Gehman
Cornell University



Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:53:40 PST
From: Ricky Lee 

This is pretty risky, trying to tabulate "my iron lung," which is one of 
Radioheads best songs for that awesome breakdown/chorus.  I can almost 
guarantee you it should be different, but then again, Radiohead doesn't 
really seem like the usual barre chord sort...
Trans. by Ricky Lee (captain_zodiac@hotmail.com)

Both of the previously posted intros work pretty good, depending on what 
type of equipment you have.  The rest goes something like:

--intro--

then verse one: (the verses have continual feedback. you'll have to 
figure out the tones)

bass plays G              C
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
          

-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------0------------------1-------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
------0---0--------------0---0---------0---0---------------------
----0-------0----------2-------2-----0-------0-------------------
--------------0------3-----------3-------------0-----------------
--3--------------------------------3-----------------------------
        

verse one riff:
neck mute    v   v    v  v  v     
----------------------------------------
-----------3----3-3--3----4------4------
-----------4----4-4--4----5------5------
-----------5----3-3--3--0---------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
 
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radiohead/my_iron_lung_tab.html ]
---------------------------------------------------------------
--------0-----------------1------------3-------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
------0---0-------------0---0--------0---0---------------------
----0-------0---------2------2-----0-------0-------------------
--------------0-----3----------1-------------0-----------------
--3------------------------------3-----------------------------
        "from my life support, my iron lung..."

--intro riff again--

the second verse is exactly like the first except there's a second 
guitar now that plays these parts:

verse two:
------------------------/15--11--10--
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------

(don't play the riff that should go here)
----------------/14-11-10----------11-10-11-10-11-
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------


----------3-------------/15--11--10--3---
----------3--------------------------3--
----------0--------------------------0--
----------0--------------------------0--
----------------------------------------
----------3--------------------------3--


--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------0-----------------1-------------3---------------------------
------0---0-------------0---0---------0---0-------------------------
----0-------0---------2-------2-----0-------0-----------------------
--------------0-----3-----------3-------------0---------------------
--3-------------------------------3---------------------------------
        "we are grateful for, our iron__   lung."

--intro again, then (the fun part)--

----------------------
----------------------
----------------------
--9-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-
-10-9-8-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-
----------------------

bridge/chorus:  
(this is what I play, it's not perfect, but it's a start.  listen to the 
album for the rythm. there's a lot of sliding and noise in here. it's 
pretty easy to reproduce...play this twice for a chorus)

  (^=1/4 bend)
----------------------0-0----0----0--------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--0-0-3^-0-x-x-0-3^---0-0-3^-x-3^-x-3^-3^-------------3^---------3^-
--0-0----0-x-x-0------2-2----x----x-------x-x-x-0-2-2----2-2-2-2----
--2-2----2-x-x-2----2-3-3----3----3-------x-x-x---2-2----2-2-2-2----
--3-3----3-x-x-3--------------------------x-x-x---0-0----0-0-0-0----

--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
-x-x--9-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-4-4- repeat, then two bars of intro.
-x-x-10-9-8-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-
-x-x---------------------- 

--verse three-- 
---------------------------------------------------
--0-------------3--1-0------------------3----1--0--
--0----------0---------------0-------0-------------
--0-------2----------------0------2----------------
-------3-----------------2-----3-------------------
--3--------------------3---------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------
--------0-----------------1------------3-------4-3-4--3--4-3-4--3--
------0---0-------------0---0--------0---0-------------------------
----0-------0---------2------2-----0-------0-----------------------
--------------0-----3----------1-------------0---------------------
--3------------------------------3---------------------------------
  

(play the second part of the verse like the second part of the vs.2)
   
(bridge/chorus again 4x. on third and fourth time, there's a little 
solo-type thing. listen to the album to see how it's placed:)

solo 1:
  G G     G G     C C                 E E     E E
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------3-------------------------8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-
------5p3-----5p3-----5p3h5---5p3h5p3-----5p3-----5p3-----------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

  G G     G G    C C          E E    E E    E
------------------------------------------------------------------
------5^------5^-----5^-5^-5^-----5^-----5^---8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-
------5^------5^-----5^-5^-5^-----5^-----5^-----------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

real bridge (not to be confused with that other thing I'm calling a 
bridge...)

I'm getting tired, so I'm not going to draw a bunch of the same chord.  
You can figure out the rythm:
---------------0----------------------------------------------------
---3-----------1----------------------2--------------------3--------
---0-----------0----------------------------------------------------
---------------2----------------------3--------------------5--------
---2-----------3----------------------4--------------------6--------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

then the chorus 4 more times and you're done.  The sencond time on the 
chorus there is yet another solo, but, in typical Radiohead fashion, 
it's not that tough:
('b'=1/2 bend)

  G G          G G         C C                           E E
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
---------8__----------8__---------8---10-8-10b-10-8-10-8--------8__-
--8h9h10-------8h9h10------8-9-10------------------------8h9h10-----
--------------------------------------------------------------------

                                          (scratch and make noise
          E E                              for one more bar.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------8-7-6-5-4-4-4-3-3-3----------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
----------8__ 10-8--------------------------------------------------
---8-9-10-----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

and you're done. I love this song, and when I play it this way it pretty 
much rocks.  Look on the previous postings for the intro riffs (one is 
good if you don't have a tone-thingy--I don't, but the other's probably 
more authentic.)  If I've missed anything or screwed it up, write me at 
captain_zodiac@hotmail.com.  Thanks. Ricky.

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