How I Made My Millions Guitar Tab

No Surprises (Single #1) [UK] Tabs:

No Surprises
Palo Alto
How I Made My Millions »

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* RADIOHEAD - How I Made My Millions
 * No Surprises CD1
 * Guitar tab by Andreas Karlsson 
                 Igal 

From : Andreas Karlsson 

(please do note that he variates the bits and I haven't 
 tabbed it all, but you hopefully get the idea)

There are five chords used:

A   (an A-major picked chord)
(Played in the verses)
e----------------------------
b-----------(2)-------------- (first time only)
g---------2-----2-----2------
d------2-----2-----2-----2---
a---0------------------------
e----------------------------

(This played before the verse)
e----------------------------
b----------------------------
g---------2-----2-----2--1---
d------2-----2-----2---------
a---0------------------------
e----------------------------


C#m (a c#-minor picked chord)
(Let's call this the verse)
e----------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------0-----0------
g---------1-----1-----1-----------1------------------
d------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---
a---4-----------------------4------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------


D  (a D-major picked chord)
(Then this should be the chorus)
e----------------------------
b---------3-----3-----3------
g------2-----2-----2-----2---
d---0------------------------
a----------------------------
e----------------------------

Bm (a B-minor picked chord)
e----------------------------
b---------------3-----3------
g---------4------------------
d------4-----4-----4-----4---
a---2------------------------
e----------------------------


A/D
(This is the bridge)
e-------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------
g---------2-----2-----2-------2-----------2-------
d------2-----2-----2-------2-----2--0--2------2---
a---0-------------------0----------(5)------------
e-------------------------------------------------

e---------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------
g---------2-----2-----2----------2-----2-----2------
d------2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---
a---0----------------------0------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------


These bits are played around in this order:
(The numbers indicate how many times you play the bit)

Intro note:
e-------
b-------
g-------
d-------
a---0---
e-------

A (4)

Verse:
C#m (1)	
I was stronger
A (2)
C#m (1)	
I was better
A (2)

Chorus:
D (2)	     Bm (2)	
Picked you out
A (2)

Verse:
C#m (1)	
Now don't say a word
A (2)
C#m (1)	
No don't yell out
A (2)

Chorus:
D (2)	     Bm (2)	
Never mind

Bridge:
A/D (2)	

Verse:
C#m (1)	
Led you out
A (2)
C#m (1)	
Led you back
A (2)

Chorus:
D (2)	     Bm (2)	
Stay on		Stay down

Bridge:
A/D (2)	

Chorus:
D (2)	     Bm (2)
Let it fall    Let it fall

Bridge:
A/D (2)	

Chorus:
D (2)	     Bm (2)
Let it fall    Let it fall

Outro:
A (3) (ends with intro note)


Hope it works out well, and I can't understand 
why they put this as a b-side...



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From : Gorlach Igal 

There is already tabbing for this one, but mine sounds more alike.
So, here it is:

Part I: the A chord. Like this: X00555.

E-|-----------5-------5------5------|---for the--------------5------5------5----4-----|
B-|-------5------5-------5------5---|----4th time---------5-----5------5--------------|
G-|---------------------------------|---(I will --------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|----mark it *)-----------------------------------|
A-|--0------------------------------|----it played-----0------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------|----like this:-----------------------------------|


Part II: the C#m chord. Like this: XXX654 - XXX657

E-|-----------4------4-----4-----------------------4-----7-----7-------|
B-|--------5-----5------5-----5---------------5-----5------5------5----|
G-|----6------------------------------------6--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Notice: the C#m chord is longer then the A one.

Part III: the D chord. Like this: XX0705

E-|----------5------5------5--------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|------7------7------7------7-----|
D-|--0------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------|

Part IV: the Bm chord. Like this: 7XX777

E-|-----------------7------7-------|
B-|----------7---------------------|
G-|------7------7------7------7----|
D-|--------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|
E-|--7-----------------------------|


Part V: the C#m chord, again. Like this: X44454 - X44457.
On the lyrics it will show up as C#m(2).


E-|-----------4------4-----4-----------------------4-----7-----7---------|
B-|--------5-----5------5-----5---------------5-----5------5------5------|
G-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---4----------------------------------4-------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro: A___A___A___A*

C#m                  A   A
I was stronger______

C#m             A   A
I was better______

D                 D       Bm    Bm
Picked you__   oooout______

A__..A*


C#m(2)                  A    A
Now don't say a word ______

C#m(2)          A    A
No don't yell out ______

D            D   Bm  Bm
Never miiiiiiiind___

 A  A A  A*

 C#m(2)         A      A
 Led you out_______

 C#m(2)          A       A
 Led you back______

 D      D
 Stay on

 Bm    Bm         A     A
 Stay down______

 Bm  Bm  A

 D       D
 Let it fall

 Bm     Bm
 Let it fall

 A A A A*

 D       D
 Let it fall

 Bm     Bm
 Let it fall


 A A A



They are changing the picking after a bit, I didn't write how because I don't have the
time. If you want them any way just email me. The shapes of the chords are
written like you should play them. And another something, it sounds better
playing on piano_ I, like John can't understand way the put it as a b-side.

That's it. If you have any comments/questions/corrections you can email me,
Igal (chak@netvision.net.il)


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Adam Average	#1 by Adam Favro at May 28, 1975 at 3:59 AM EST
	I thought it's been said that the lyrics are about nothing at all and it's a parody on the fact that a lot of critics say all his lyrics are about nothing..and as he has made all his money from songwriting that is how he made his "millions"...well..anyhooo..

No Picture TAMARA Musical Genius	#2 by TAMARA at Dec 4, 1978 at 8:56 AM EST
	THt is like sooo crazyyeee Like E I can not see I don't uh what it's will warp me and everyone els ethrough eacvh other's m, so it's crzazy now or it;s crazy then.. in the nmiddle and the mass is upside down and splitidivid apart in devidend.. who DARE tell the bosossess to clean the air before they run men as girly boy sperms of under their man control.. clean your cmog your disgusdting peieces of crap.. Jesus/W Attitude is coming.. careful your bum view it will be returned and oyu will be overruled

No Picture Sam Average	#3 by Sam Ordway at Oct 18, 1982 at 11:27 AM EST
	ok my last interp on this simple song (i wish i could erase the others) its about cyborgs as the future of man and about how technology frees us but ultimatly enslaves us, and demeans us. self control

No Picture St. Jimmy Wanna Be	#4 by St. Jimmy at Mar 23, 1991 at 4:10 AM EST
	now that just seems stupid :x--bleh ./\. \|\| it may be a reference to the 6 million dollar man as the title sort of suggests who was saved from death with the infusion of technology into his body, but the rest of the song i think is still just about that. we are born and try to survive and increase our chances of survival by improving on ourselves, using tools and technology and we become slaves to all our computers, all our appliances etc... and then as we grow up we stare in the face the certainty of our own death and try to become what we once were we try to understand how it is all meaningless, we digust ourselves, lose our innocence then try to turn back. "there's a little child..""(aghost)howlin' down the chimney release me" we seperate ourselves from who we used to be and forget that this is who we've forced ourselves to become and each bit we've added has to be removed if we want to... i think its written like a speach made by the former self after a re-birth, to the present self(now the former self) but if it does tell the story of how i made my millions, then it might be some sort of conversation between the former and present selves, 1st 2 are present, next former, next 2 present, then former again, then the next 2 present again. after that i think it could go either way depending on whether you think there's hope for re-birth or believe in...

No Picture kev Average	#5 by kev fitzgerald at Sep 27, 1992 at 12:45 PM EST
	i think i was stronger i was better is a referance to the 6 million dollar man (as well as the title) picked you out, the consumer talking to the discman, or thom talking to the consumer. dont worry this wont hurt a bit, but in the end he cant go through with it. let you out led you back stay on sit down let it fall, sounds like a good description of radioheads basic message, dont buy into new music, don't let yourself be a target, technology cant stop you from being human so u'll still have to deal with the consequences, but buy our cd, stay here but dont participate, just let it fall. which sounds like how thom made his millions, why the next albums called KIDA, and what the song KIDA is all about.

No Picture guitar girl Rhythm Player	#6 by guitar girl 13 at Jul 2, 1993 at 11:22 AM EST
	This is definitely one of my favortie songs that didn't come directly off of one of their full lengths. I don't like all these technology referneces, it just doesn't seem at all right to me. Thom writes fantastically, and I don't think he'd write something so cryptic with the intention of the lines "I was stronger, I was better" was a reference to the 6 million dollar man. I could be wrong, but I think the theme Thom is eluding to is much simpler.

No Picture tim Average	#7 by tim martin at Jan 27, 2003 at 9:40 PM EST
	it's about a relationship that has died. the narrator is thinking he was "stronger and better" when the relationship began, they were doing great... but then something happened and all that love turned into "never mind". they faced a problem in their relationship they couldn't deal with, and that problem became just overwhelming. love started to fade away, they got tired of arguing. the narrator seems really desperate and depressed, but trying to think "is there any way we can get through this?" but is so tired he can't do anything but "Sit down, Let it fall".