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== Radiohead ==
== Street Spirit (Fade Out) ==
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= Riff 1 =
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Am = x02210
Asus4 = x02230
Asus2 = x02200
Am Asus4 Am Asus2
E-|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3---------------1---------------0---------------|
G-|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------|
A-|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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= Riff 2 =
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Em = 022000
Em7 = 022033
Em6 = 022020
Em Em7 Em6 Em
E-|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3---------------1---------------0---------------|
G-|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
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= Riff 3 =
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C = x32010
Cadd9 = 032030
Cmaj7 = 032000
C Cadd9 C Cmaj7
E-|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3---------------1---------------0---------------|
G-|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------|
A-|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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cody Average |
#1 by cody jay at Mar 27, 1971 at 4:15 AM EST |
| Jove, there you go again, talking nonsense baby babble. Learn to fucking spell! | |
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kyle Average |
#2 by kyle sharpshooter at Oct 27, 1971 at 12:07 AM EST |
| this song kills me, really, every time i listen to it. even when i didn't know what it was talking about, it's the sadest, the purest, the most desperate song I've ever heard. thanks Thom for all the strong feelings your song gives me. | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#3 by Mike at Dec 16, 1971 at 5:28 AM EST |
| thom reportedly cries everytime he performs this song live. it takes it out of him. quite possibly one of the most beautiful they've recorded. | |
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` niki * Average |
#4 by ` niki * at Feb 18, 1976 at 2:13 PM EST |
| oh shut up jove | |
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Brett Professional |
#5 by Brett Czap at Apr 22, 1985 at 11:55 PM EST |
| The video, oh God, the video. It was great. They asked me to jump all funny. At first, my spirit kept leaving my body completely but after a lot of yoda control, I was able to keep it within the freeze frames. This involved a lot of jump roping and hopscotch with the lads. And the dog, crickey, that beast was nipping at my heels every time. I wanted to shoot its bloody head off. By the way, the little boy symbolized the pre-byronic me, just in case you missed that subtle shot. | |
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Darren Wanna Be |
#6 by Darren Pilton at May 13, 1989 at 11:56 AM EST |
| suicidal people are losers, you should still kill yourself cos you're a waste | |
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Austin Rhythm Player |
#7 by Austin at Nov 4, 1992 at 5:14 PM EST |
| this is one of the best songs ever made... It makes feelings come to the surface that i can't describe... | |
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More Cowbell Lead Player |
#8 by More Cowbell at Jan 22, 1994 at 4:05 AM EST |
| this is probably the most profound song I've ever heard. Everything about it, it couldn't be improved, nothing could take from it. the video, the vocals, the lyrics, the music, the imagery it makes me feel vacant. | |
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i wud give da w Wanna Be |
#9 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Sep 25, 1998 at 9:22 PM EST |
| Well, I thought it was about this paranoid schizophrenic who thought the world would end. Fading out is when he is on medication and can't remember anything. | |
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marvin Lead Player |
#10 by marvin at Oct 2, 1999 at 6:40 PM EST |
| Quote from Thom: "'Street Spirit' is our purest song, but I didn't write it.... It wrote itself. We were just its messengers... Its biological catylysts. It's core is a complete mystery to me... and (pause) you know, I wouldn't ever try to write something that hopeless... All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve... 'Street Spirit' has no resolve... It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song... It's called detachment... Especially me.. I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn't play it... I'd crack. I'd break down on stage.. that's why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning... I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together... That's what's meant by 'all these things are one to swallow whole'.. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn't have it in me to articulate the emotion... (pause) I'd crack.... Our fans are braver than I to let that song penetrate them, or maybe they don't realize what they're listening to.. They don't realize that 'Street Spirit' is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes... and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh...and it's real...and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that to long, I'd crack. I can't believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song... That's why I'm convinced that they don't know what it's about. It's why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell everytime I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of it's meaning, like when you're going to have your dog put down and it's wagging it's tail on the way there. That's what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn't picked us as its catalysts, and so I don't claim it. It asks too much. (very long pause). I didn't write that song." | |
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Travis Wanna Be |
#11 by Travis Alford at Jul 24, 2003 at 5:02 AM EST |
| beautiful beautiful song. i listen to it on repeat once i start listening and it gives me chills every time. | |
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Punk Rock Princ Wanna Be |
#12 by Punk Rock Princess at May 23, 2005 at 3:10 PM EST |
| i think the song may mean something else, i believe the song is written from the perspective of the earth, and that at the moment we are destroying the earth but soon we will be gone just like all the other old civilizations. | |
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Tavo Wanna Be |
#13 by Tavo at Sep 30, 2005 at 8:22 PM EST |
| The correct lyrics are: Rows of houses, all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things into position All these things are one to swallow whole And fade out again and fade out This machine will, will not communicate These thoughts and the strain I am under Be a world child, form a circle Before we all go under And fade out again and fade out again Cracked eggs, dead birds Scream as they fight for life I can feel death, can see its beady eyes All these things into position All these things are one to swallow whole And fade out again and fade out again Immerse your soul in love IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE | |
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