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MORNING BELL
Off Kid A. (actually, from a live show)
Part One (3 times at intro)
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|------14---14---14-14---13---13---14-14--|
D|------14---14---14-14---14---14---14-14--|
A|--12-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Part Two (twice at intro)
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|------12---12---12-12---11-11-11---------|
D|------12---12---12-12---12-12-12---------|
A|--10-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Change Near the Middle
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------9---9---9-----8---8---9-9---------|
D|-------9---9---9-----9---9---9-9---------|
A|---7-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------7---7---7-----6---6---6-----------|
D|-------7---7---7-----7---7---7-----------|
A|---6-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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jga Average |
#1 by jga qup at May 9, 1974 at 5:51 AM EST |
| Random Point: This song shares a very similar chord progression with Paul Mccartney's new song "This Never Happened Before". Both of their albums were produced by Nigel Godrich. coincidence? | |
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mike Average |
#2 by mike duncan at Sep 23, 1974 at 7:16 PM EST |
| It's interesting, in the context of Amniesiac, it appears to be about divorce, but in context of Kid A, it's quite different. (Speaking of Kid A) Morning Bell represents (to me) the aftermath of the catastrophe of Idioteque. We cannot wallow in despair, and have to face up to the monotomous pain of living ("walking, walking, walking"). Maybe it's a kind of divorce, a detachment from reality and a full life, simply staying alive out of habit, like a zombie. Another interesting slant on this is a quote from Thom: "It's very, very violent. Extremely violent. The really weird thing about that was I wrote the song with all the words pretty much straight away, which is basically the only one I did that with. I recorded it onto MiniDisc and then there was a lightning storm, and it wiped the MiniDisc and I lost the song. I completely forgot it. Then five months later, I was on a plane, knackered for 24 hours, I was just falling asleep, and I remembered it. It was really weird, I never had that before. It's gone in and took a long time to come out again. The lyrics are really... they're not as dramatic as they sound, you know? Except "Cut the kids in half", which is dramatic no matter which way you read it". The fact he describes it as "violent" suggests against the idea of divorce. | |
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phil Average |
#3 by phil gdfgr at May 28, 1977 at 12:07 AM EST |
| oleesha, in the album version, that mumbled part is pretty much indecipherable, the lyrics posted refer to what Thom says during live performances. Anyways, I love this song, and I also figured it was basically about ones stream of mind during a divorce... And man the Amnesiac version is so underrated, it's one of their most ethereal songs... | |
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Austin Average |
#4 by Austin Schrauben at Apr 5, 2003 at 3:38 PM EST |
| This is my favorite song on Kid A. I never really considered it to be about divorce...interesting perspective. | |
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