Radiohead

My Iron Lung(Tabs)

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Key: G

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Here's how to play the beginning: 
 
                                             (bend and 
                                              release) 
--------10-------------7-------------8------------------------- 
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8------8----10-/-----8------ 
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--------------------------------------------------------------- 
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------- 
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--------10-------------7-------------8------11-----11---------- 
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8------8------8------8------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- 
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------- 
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--------10-------------7-------------8----10---11---10---8----- 
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8---------------------------- 
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--------------------------------------------------------------- 
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------- 
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--------10-------------7-------------8------11-----11---------- 
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8------8------8------8------- 
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-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------- 
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Have Fun! 
 
-Dan 
 
([email protected]) 
 
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MY IRON LUNG 
Radiohead 
 
written by: 
[email protected] 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--22^^^^--0-- 
--------------3-----------1----------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------- 
--3----------------------------------------------- 
 
 
-------------------------------------------------- 
--------2--0--------0-----------1--------5---5---- 
-----0-----------0-----0-----3-----3//66---6---6-- 
--------------3-----------1----------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------- 
--3----------------------------------------------- 
 
                                    (bend, hold & release) 
-------------------------------------------------- 
--------2--0--------0-----------1-/3--33^^^------ 
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-------------------- 
--------------3-----------1----------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------- 
--3----------------------------------------------- 
 
                                    (bend, hold & release) 
-------------------------------------------------- 
--------2--0--------0-----------1----------------- 
-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0--22^^^^--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 ([email protected]) 
 
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---------------- 
----------------------------------------- 
----------------------------------------- 
 
---------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------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------------------------------ 
 
--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----------11-110-11-10-11- 
--------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------- 
 
----------3-------------/15--11--10--3--- 
----------3--------------------------3--- 
----------0--------------------------0--- 
----------0--------------------------0--- 
----------------------------------------- 
----------3--------------------------3--- 
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------0-----------------1--------------3--------------------------- 
------0---0-------------0---0---------00---0------------------------- 
----0-------0---------2-------2-----0--------0----------------------- 
--------------0-----3-----------3--------------0--------------------- 
--3-------------------------------3---------------------------------- 
 
--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, thenn 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----------------------22--------------------3-------- 
---0-----------0----------------------------------------------------- 
---------------2----------------------33--------------------5-------- 
---2-----------3----------------------44--------------------6-------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     if you're frightened you can be frightened you can be that's ok 
 
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---110-8-10b-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------------------------------------------------------------ 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
_______________________________________________________ 
Contribuição: Rafael Ortiz P. Silva([email protected]) 

	        

Written by Colin Greenwood/Jonny Greenwood/Ed O'Brien/Phil Selway/Thom Yorke

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