Lewis Mistreated Guitar Tab

My Iron Lung E.P. Tabs:

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Howdy all!  This is my first attempt to post a tab file so you'll have
to bear with me.  This is how I play the song, and I know it isn't
perfect, but it's better than nothing.  The bridge part is wrong, but
close.  If you have any comments, suggestions, or if you can fix the bad
spots, e-mail me at ind02068@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu.  Thanx and enjoy!!

  lewis (mistreated) by Radiohead

                   EADGBe
  CHORDS:     G5   355xxx
              G#5  466xxx
              A5   577xxx
              F#5  244xxx
              C    x3555x

  Where x's appear as chord names in tab, strum muted strings with
reckless abandon!!!

-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|    RIFF A
-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-|
-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-0-|
-3-3-3-3-3-0---0-|

   Play RIFF A 6 times.

G5         G#5      A5          F#5
Bummed out again by another (?     ?)

G5         G#5       A5           F#5
This whole affair is bigger than you think

--------3-3---3-3|--3-3---3-3|
--------3-3---3-3|--3-3---3-3|
--------0-0---0-0|--0-0---0-0|   RIFF B
-----------------|--------0-0|
------3-----2----|0-------2-2|
-----------------|------3-3-3|
Don't do it              Don't

 Repeat RIFF A 4 times.

G5            G#5        A5               F#5
Can't seem to fit in the end you just get sick

G5                G#5         A5          F#5
And then you know (  ?  ) and out of (  ?  )

  Play RIFF B over the line
Don't do it     Don't

   Repeat RIFF A twice.
   Guitar rests for 2  measures for bass part..

                              C                x x C x x C x x C x x C
Lewis..save yourself the pain..you'll never get there    (RIFF C)^

                              C                     RIFF C
Lewis..save yourself the pain..and have a real (  ?  )

  Repeat RIFF A 4 times.

G5       G#5         A5           F#5
We never noticed, we never understood

G5             G#5           A5             F#5
You just can't crush to fit, you never even smiled

  with RIFF B
it's the best, it's the best, it's the best day I ever..

  with RIFF A (2 times)
  ..lived.

  Repeat the part where RIFF C was introduced

  Ad-lib vocals until the end.

--------0h3p0-------------3----|--------0h3p0-------------2h3p2-----|
------3-------3---------3---3--|------3-------3-------3---------3---|
----0-----------0-----0-------0|----2-----------2---2---2---------2-|
--0-----------------0----------|--0---------------0-----------------|
------------------2------------|0-----------------------------------|
3------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  (Repeat 4 times)

  Repeat RIFF A twice.

 x x x x C C x x x x C C x x x x C C x x x x C C     (RIFF D)

  Alternate between Riffs A and D until end.

End on a G chord.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture cody Average	#1 by cody champion at Feb 14, 1971 at 8:56 AM EST
	hahaha... okay i know this is really mean, but, what if it was about his younger brother who also used to be in a band? (they\'ve split up recently... wonder if andy was sick of being asked about thom?) anyway, i personally thought they were a pretty decent band, though an unfortunate name (\"unbelievable truth\"... \'i can\'t wait\' is good in my opinion) well i doubt it is written about his brother because that would be a pretty mean and discouraging message... but it\'s still an amusing thought to me... poor andy... look up pictures of him people, it\'s eerie! it\'s like thom yorke gained 20 pounds plus some glasses... WEIRD.

No Picture Badass	#2 by Nirvana at Mar 7, 1983 at 3:13 AM EST
	My Iron Lung has some of the best Radiohead songs on it...

No Picture Ryan Rhythm Player	#3 by Ryan Ruegemer at Feb 14, 1987 at 10:02 PM EST
	Well, I'm thinkin' that this song is about some guy named Lewis. Yeah. Ok, there's more. Lewis is just so sick of just being another "worker ant" in the daily hustle and bustle of work and life, being just treated like dirt by everyone and told what to do (being crushed to fit), and all of the illusions of happiness that run through the media every day (take for example, most "popular" music is about love, but they're so fake that they seem like they're "under anasthetic). But no matter what he thinks he SHOULD do, the speaker coaxes him not to end his life, since we never even noticed or understood how much Lewis was going through. Now it would be the best day of his life, since now that they knew his problem, they can help him. I believe that this song is about how we ought NOT to commit suicide, and that many people are good. There is a great meaning to everything. It wasn't just POP there's the universe; there was a master planner in charge of everything. There is just too much proof to say there is no God. He definitely exists.

No Picture Harvey Rhythm Player	#4 by Harvey Puentes at May 9, 1988 at 2:05 AM EST
	hmmmm...don't agree with you ShesMyAlcatraz. This is a good song but it doesn't stack up to Radiohead's other "layered space age anti-mainstrem music." It's just too popish, when Radiohead hadn't reached their true potential.

No Picture claireus Wanna Be	#5 by claireus s at Nov 19, 1990 at 9:05 AM EST
	which album is this from? i thought i had them all :S

No Picture Ryan Average	#6 by Ryan Jones at May 19, 1997 at 8:10 PM EST
	Eh, well, sorry. Just got carried away.

No Picture Christina Average	#7 by Christina Anderson at May 1, 1998 at 7:08 AM EST
	As much as i love new Radiohead it's a shame they don't make music like this anymore. This song is proof that they can be just as poignant and honest without all that layered space age anti-mainstream music.

No Picture adam Average	#8 by adam humphreys at Aug 15, 1998 at 6:19 PM EST
	"which album is this from? i thought i had them all :S" My Iron Lung EP

No Picture cody Rhythm Player	#9 by cody watts at Nov 30, 2001 at 7:56 PM EST
	Ok I agree Up to the last part about God... Don't preach to us. Unless you have undenyable proof and a portfolio of evidence to support your accusation that there is in fact a God. I completely agree with the rest of the song and a lack of a God is no reason to kill yourself, by the way, I didn't see where they talked about God in this song. So... ...Bring down the Pope John Paul He don't speak for us...

No Picture wrath Average	#10 by wrath child at May 26, 2004 at 3:02 PM EST
	I think I read somewhere lewis was a guy Thom knew from Oxford who wanted to be a big-wig in the corporate world.

No Picture Dark Lead Player	#11 by Dark Avenger at Mar 18, 2005 at 9:39 AM EST
	lol no dead eye you fell into that one it shows you dont have any priorities. at all probably and no i somehow doubt that lewis was someone who thom knew from oxford even if he said so if you get me because thats not the way radiohead work thom probably thought about every song in their inventory so to speak before he was 16. there just playing them now because,well he didnt have a record deal at that time i dont understand on a friday though :/ must have been someone else controlling his work at the time.

No Picture Dr. Average	#12 by Dr. Funkinstein at Jul 17, 2005 at 10:55 AM EST
	i want this song soo bad, my name's lewis to!