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* RADIOHEAD - A Reminder
* Paranoid Android CD2, Airbag EP
* Guitar tab by Owen Marriott ,
Adrian Morse
INTRO:
Strum E repeatedly
CHORDS:
E C G Gmaj7 E
And if I get old, I'll not give in
And if I do, remind me to pray
Remind me that I was always free
The spiders crawl all over me
And if I sat down and crossed my arms
Help me to this song
D A C E
Knock me out, smash out my brains
C E
If I take my chance
B Am Am E
Stop to talk ***
If I get old, remind me of this
And I'll be cursed, all I remember
And what I think of wasted speaking
But not before...play me this song.
*Gmaj7 = [320002]
STRUMMING PATTERNS USED:
The strumming is a very important part to this song.. The following
is how it's done on the CD. If you're going to improvise something more
interesting on top of it, then stick to this pattern:
INTRO:
|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|
|. / / / / / / .|
= upstroke : eadgbe
THIS WAY
Occasionally, a heavy, 'deliberate' upstroke is used on the first beat
of a new bar in the intro.
The verse chords change as follows:
E C G Gmaj7 E E
|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|
|. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .|
The chorus chords change as follows:
D A C E
|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|
|. / / / / / / / / / / / / .|
C E B Am Am [back to E again..]
|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|
|. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Alex Lead Player |
#1 by Alex Russo at Aug 25, 1971 at 11:27 PM EST |
| The opening sounds were recorded on a metro platform in Prague. You can hear the station announcer saying something over the tannoy. | |
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Alexxx <3 Lead Player |
#2 by Alexxx <3 at Jan 28, 1973 at 7:13 PM EST |
| Don't EVER expect Radiohead to be too shallow. I think this is more than him just not wanting to get old. At first it seems so, but then the last verse reveals that he is talking to a woman. He realizes that since he loves this woman, he is gonna become hardened and bitter since she is leaving him. He doesn't mean getting old in years, but rather, changing as he goes on into his future since he had to leave this woman behind. 'Getting old' means letting go of fanciful love and becoming hardened. That's why he wants to be reminded that he kissed her once and that he 'really meant it' when he did. Talking shit is saying that love isn't real, and/or that he never loved her (or anyone). He says that if he becomes THAT hardened that he wants someone to 'smash out his brains' So, if he gets old (hardened) he wants her to play this song to him so he can remember that he wasn't always like that. The fact that he wants her to play him the song over the phone might mean that he knows that she is going far, far away, never to return to him. | |
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bethan Average |
#3 by bethan jones at Nov 17, 1975 at 6:30 PM EST |
| hi guy | |
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LJ Average |
#4 by LJ at Jun 16, 1979 at 10:14 PM EST |
| Don't EVER expect Radiohead to be too shallow. I think this is more than him just not wanting to get old. At first it seems so, but then the last verse reveals that he is talking to a woman. He realizes that since he loves this woman, he is gonna become hardened and bitter since she is leaving him. He doesn't mean getting old in years, but rather, changing as he goes on into his future since he had to leave this woman behind. 'Getting old' means letting go of fanciful love and becoming hardened. That's why he wants to be reminded that he kissed her once and that he 'really meant it' when he did. Talking shit is saying that love isn't real, and/or that he never loved her (or anyone). He says that if he becomes THAT hardened that he wants someone to 'smash out his brains' So, if he gets old (hardened) he wants her to play this song to him so he can remember that he wasn't always like that. The fact that he wants her to play him the song over the phone might mean that he knows that she is going far, far away, never to return to him. | |
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Jer Average |
#5 by Jer at May 6, 1983 at 7:43 PM EST |
| reminds me of lost love...I remember a beach with the first girl I ever really loved and a full moon behind her everytime I hear this song... If I get old remind me of this The one night we kissed and I really meant it I really did...hope you think me and of that night sometimes... | |
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michael Wanna Be |
#6 by michael Dittrich at Mar 1, 1991 at 5:04 PM EST |
| gefen | |
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Spanky Lead Player |
#7 by Spanky Man at Jul 10, 1994 at 3:23 AM EST |
| "if i get old" i love that line as though it's not certain. you could either interpret it as statement that thom may die before hand or that he has not fully comprhended the certainty of age, it seems to be sung from the perspective of an iniave optomist trying to rekindle some passion for their life... i love it | |
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cody Wanna Be |
#8 by cody westermier at May 11, 2007 at 4:15 AM EST |
| this song is so pretty & so sad at the same time. i really like it a lot. | |
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