My Iron Lung Tabs:
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Band-Radiohead
Song-My Iron Lung
Tabbed by-Overdrivejam
Album-The Bends/My Iron Lung EP
Tuning-EADGBe (standard)
Chords
G (355433) E (021000)
Cm (x35543) Bb5(688766)
G5 (355xxx) C2 (8-10-10-9-8-8)
C5 (x355xx) C# (9-11-11-10-9-9)
This is my version of this song.
The other versions of the song are either wrong or very incomplete.
You will need a dual pitch shifter (well you don’t but to get the trademark high sounds
you will), a distortion pedal and a wah pedal if you are playing Jonny’s parts.
I’ll tab out Thom and Ed’s chords at the top of Jonny’s parts. This is quite a complex song
(Not as complex as Paranoid Android though!) so you’ll need to follow all the right parts
because it’s too hard to tab it out on one guitar but it sounds amazing once you’ve got
it right.
Anyway enjoy My Iron Lung!
Main Riff
G Cm
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-----3-0------0--------1--------------
---3--------0---0----0---0---2h3p2-0---
----------3--------1------------------
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-3------------------------------------
G Cm
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-----3-0------0--------1---------------
---3--------0---0----2---2-----4----4--
----------3--------1---------5---5-----
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-3-------------------------------------
G Cm
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-----3-0------0---------1---3-4-3-1-----
---3--------0---0-----0-----------------
----------3---------1-------------------
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-3--------------------------------------
G Cm
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-----3-0------0---------1----------------
---3--------0---0-----0---0---2h3p2-0----
----------3---------1--------------------
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-3---------------------------------------
Verse 1 Part 1 (No rhythm guitar unless noted)
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--------------------0-------------1-------------3-------------
--0-----0---------0---0---------0---0---------0---0-----------
----------------0-------0-----0-------0-----0-------0---------
--------------------------------------------------------------
------------3--------------3--------------3-------------------
-------------------------------
--4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3--------------
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-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-----------3----------------3--------------------------------
--5--5--4--4--5----5--5--4--4---------0------------1-----------
--4--4--5--5--4----4--4--5--5-------0---0--------0---0---------
--3--3--5--5--3----3--3--5--5-----0-------0----0-------0-----
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------3------------3-----------------
---------------------------------
--------3------------------------
------0---0----------------------
----0-------0----4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
---------------------------------
--3------------------------------
Bridge 1
G Cm
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------3-0------0--------1--------------
----3--------0---0----0---0—3h2p3-0----
-----------3--------1------------------
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--3------------------------------------
G Cm
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------3-0------0--------1--3-4-3-1------
----3--------0---0----0-----------------
-----------3--------1-------------------
----------------------------------------
--3-------------------------------------
Verse 1 Part 2
Dual pitch shifter held down while playing this riff
-----3--------3-------2-----------------------------------------
-------4-3------4-3-----4-3---4-3---4-4-3---4-------------------
---------------------------------0-------0----------------------
--0--------0--------0-------0-----------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
Johnny plays this riff again. Ed plays the chords above the riff
G Cm
-----------3---------------3--------------------------------
--5--5--4--4------5--5--4--4---------0------------1-----------
--4--4--5--5------4--4--5--5-------0---0--------0---0---------
--3--3--5--5------3--3--5--5-----0-------0----0-------0-----
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------3------------3-----------------
G Cm
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--------3--------4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
------0---0----------------------
----0-------0--------------------
---------------------------------
--3------------------------------
While Thom plays this over it
G
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---------------------------------
---------------------------------
--5-----------------5------------
--5-----------------5------------
--3-----------------3------------
Bridge 2
G Cm
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------3-0------0--------1--------------
----3--------0---0----0---0—3h2p3-0----
-----------3--------1------------------
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--3------------------------------------
G Cm
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------3-0-----0-------------------------
----3-------0---0---12-11-9-8-7-6-------
----------3-----------------------------
----------------------------------------
--3-------------------------------------
Chorus with heavy distortion (The really fun bit!)
G5 C5 E
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------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-3b5--0-0-3b5------3-3-3------3b5------3b5--------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------3-3--------------------------------------
------------------------------0-0------0-0------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-12-11-10-9-8-7----------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
Bridge 3
G Cm
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------3-0------0--------1--------------
----3--------0---0----0---0—3h2p3-0----
-----------3--------1------------------
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--3------------------------------------
G Cm
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-----3-0------0--------1---------------
---3--------0---0----2---2-----4----4--
----------3--------1---------5---5-----
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-3-------------------------------------
Verse 2
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-5------1-3-0-----1-3-0------1-------3-----4h3-4h3-4h3-4h3--
-4----0---------0-------0------0-------0--------------------
-3--1---------1-----------0------0-------0------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------3------3-------3----------------
Then play this riff again but with a slight difference
G Cm
-----------3---------------3--------------------------------
--5--5--4--4------5--5--4--4---------0------------1-----------
--4--4--5--5------4--4--5--5-------0---0--------0---0---------
--3--3--5--5------3--3--5--5-----0-------0----0-------0-----
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------3------------3-----------------
G Cm
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--------3-------------------------
------0---0-----------------------
----0-------0----12-11-10-9-8-7---
----------------------------------
--3-------------------------------
While Thom plays this again
G
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---------------------------------
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--5------------------5-----------
--5------------------5-----------
--3------------------3-----------
Play chorus twice then it’s the first solo. Listen to the CD for rhythm because it’s quite
tricky
G C E
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---------------------------------------------------------
--0-0-5p3--0-0-5p3--0-0-5p3-5p3-5b7-5p3-5p3-0-5p3-0-0-5p3
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
------------------
------------------
--12-11-10-9-8-7--
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G Cm E
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
--0-0-6b7--0-0-6b7--0-0-6b7-6b7-6b7--0-0 6b7--0-0-6b7-----
------6b7------6b7------6b7-6b7—6b7------6b7------6b7-----
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----------------------------------------------------------
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--12-11-10-9-8-7--
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Bridge 4
Johnny plays these held notes while Ed and Thom play the chords underneath
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--7-9-10-12b-14-12b-10---------
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Bb5 C2 C# C2
If you’re frightened, you can be frightened; you can be its OK
Bb5 C2 C# C2
If you’re frightened, you can be frightened; you can be its OK
Then Johnny plays this quickly over the words “Its OK”
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--12-11-10-9-8-7----------------
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Then it’s on to the second solo which is even better than the first!
G5 C5 E
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------------------------------15-17b21-15-12-12-12-12-12-
-15-16-17--15-16-17--15-16-17----------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------
-----------
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-12-12h15--
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G5 C5 E
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----15-16-17----15-16-17---15-16-17-15-17b21-17-15-12-12-12-12-12-
-15----------15----------15---------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
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-12-12-----
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Then play the chorus twice more. Jonny keeps playing the 12th note on the G string on the
first chorus and the 17th note bended on the G string on the second chorus. Finish on an
open G string.
This is the order that you play the parts in:
Main riff
Verse 1 part one
Bridge 1
Verse 1 part 2
Bridge 2
Chorus twice
Bridge 3
Verse 2
Chorus twice
1st solo
Bridge 4
2nd solo
Chorus twice
Few I finally got through that. I’m sure it’s near perfect but if there are mistakes Email
me on Bornofabrokenjam@aol.com and I will fix them.
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