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15 Step - Radiohead
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Tabbed by: Radiowood
Email: joost_baarssen@hotmail.com
Tuning:EBGDAE
Live in Copenhagen
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Sb2AzyphUM&search=15%20step
How come I end up where I started
How come I don't end where I belong
Don't take your eyes off the ball again
You reel me out then you cut the string
How come I end up where I started
How come I end up where I went wrong
Don't take your eyes off the ball again
You reel me out then you cut the string
After 50 seconds or so, Jonny steps in:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6------------------------------------------------------6--4-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6------------------------------------------------------6----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(You used to be alright.....)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6------------------------------------------------------6----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Did the cat get your tongue)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4------------4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6--------------6----------------------------------------6---|
D|----------------------------6---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Did your string come undone)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6------------------------------------6---------------6--4---|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(One by one)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6------------------------------------------------------6----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
~1:31, in this section Jonny uses another approach, listen carefully to the song:
(One by one)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4--------6-4---6-----------7-6--4-----------6--4---------|
G|------------6------------------------------------------------------6--4---|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to the 'normal' approach:
(Come to us..)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4----6----|
G|--------------6-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Slow as your pillow)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4---------6--4--6-----------7-6-4-----------6--4---------|
G|--------------6------------6-----6-----------8-6---------------------6----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----------5----------4---------4-------|
G|--------6-----------6----------5---------5----|
D|-----------6-----------6----------5---------5-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Repeat 4 times:
e|--------------------------------|
B|----4---------------------------|
G|--------6---4-4---3--4--3-------|
D|----------------------------6---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--4-----------------------------| (may be bass)
Slightly different approach again
(You used to be alright....)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4--------6-4---6-----------7-6--4-----------6--4---------|
G|------------6------------------------------------------------------6------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Etcetera....)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4--------6-4---6-----------7-6--4-----------6--4---------|
G|------------6------------------------------------------------------6------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------6----------------4---------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Thanks for whatever)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4--------6-4---6-----------7-6-4----------6-4------------|
G|------------6---------------------------------------4----------6--4-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4--------------------------------------------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
(15 steps then a sheer drop)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------4------4--------6-4---6-----------7-6--4-----------6--4---------|
G|------------6------------------------------------------------------6------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------/4---------------(/)6-------------4-----------------|
E|-------4------------------------------------------------------------------|
How come I up end where I started
How come I end up where I belong
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
You reel me in then you let me in
Ending: Repeat ~4 times
e|----4------------------|
B|--------7--5-5--3------|
G|-------------------6-5-|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--3--------------------|
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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15 Step Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture jake Professional	#1 by jake burns at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:54 AM EST
	it is coming out on the new album. All the new songs are great. Theme seems to be along the lines of people who don't learn from the past are destined to repeat it.

No Picture Dale :D Average	#2 by Dale :D O' Mondo Of DOOM!!! at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:23 AM EST
	I am pretty sure the first line is 'how come I end up the way I started?' and not 'how come I end up where I started?' If you have good headphones you will clearly hear the 'y' sound (from 'way').

No Picture Mat Average	#3 by Mat Hancock at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:24 AM EST
	In Boston on 06/04/06, the lyrics are a little bit different than above (and probably will differ on the final product, if this song appears on their next album): how come i end up where i started? how come i end up where i belong? won't take my eyes off the ball again you reel me out then you cut the string you used to be alright what happened? did a cat get your tongue? did your string come undone? one by one one by one comes to a halt soft as a pillow you used to be alright what happened? et cetera, et cetera thanks for whatever fifteen steps then a sheer drop how come i end up where i started? how come i end up where i belong? won't take my eyes off the prize again you reel me out then you cut the string

No Picture calvin Wanna Be	#4 by calvin maynard at Oct 3, 2007 at 6:31 PM EST
	You wouldn't die for Phil, HighandDry? Shame. I was lucky enough to hear this song when I saw Radiohead in L.A on the 29th. Frankly. I don't really remember it. Actually...I don't really remember if they played this one. I think they did...All I know is I heard it somewhere. Maybe youtube. I just have to remember it.

No Picture I BAKE YOU MUFF Average	#5 by I BAKE YOU MUFFIN at Oct 3, 2007 at 9:49 PM EST
	what 15 steps are they refering to? this seems to be about being mislead by somebody/something. i have the bootleg from may 9th in amsterdam...amazing

No Picture brad Average	#6 by brad at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:10 PM EST
	I thought it was - He comes to us all Your soul is his pillow I'm kinda disappointed that it's not.. For a while I thought this was about alcholism. Oops. No that's the 12 steps :) :{

No Picture Jake Average	#7 by Jake Bounds at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:37 AM EST
	WHERE CAN I GET THIS SONG???? I would honestly literally die for any members of radiohead- (well, maybe apart from the bald guy, be reasonable) and would gladly sell my body for tickets to see them.

No Picture Matt Average	#8 by Matt at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:43 PM EST
	i like the idea of it being BOTH -- a political song and a rejection-in-relationship song. it has the broader meaning and the more personal meaning. i think radiohead is good at that... because all their songs you can take something for yourself and it's going to be different. and i sound like a nut, no? p.s. i about died when they played this at bonnaroo. and i loved how people tried to clap along but couldn't because the beat is somewhat unique. i gave up right away.

No Picture robert Professional	#9 by robert cunningham at Oct 6, 2007 at 5:20 PM EST
	I saw this at Bonnaroo and the way it crescendoed made me freak out a little (plus Thom up there, on the stage freaking out). Makes me excited about the new album... Sounds like a relationship song, pretty cut and dry...

No Picture Brandon Average	#10 by Brandon Weathers at Oct 7, 2007 at 6:04 AM EST
	Fuck. I really get these things wrong

No Picture patrick Average	#11 by patrick chamberland at Oct 7, 2007 at 11:17 PM EST
	I think it's actually in 5/8 time. Anyway, yes it is a great song, i like the way someone else here described the guitar part as "unagressive"

No Picture Ricky Rhythm Player	#12 by Ricky Cribb at Oct 9, 2007 at 8:25 AM EST
	i think this song is along the lines of 'skip divided'. as thom said (about 'skip divided') it's about 'dislocation'. it's about the human failure to make a physical connection even when every other connection is in place. it's about the fact that we are only able to communicate on levels that are not personal, because we have lost that ability because of computers and such. so the narrator ends up not being able to get across that he likes this woman but he blames it on her.

No Picture dylan Average	#13 by dylan pesino at Oct 9, 2007 at 4:56 PM EST
	Nah i wasnt dissing, theyre all H-O-T. Still have'nt heard this song. :(

No Picture Nick Average	#14 by Nick Vanderstelt at Oct 9, 2007 at 6:40 PM EST
	I think it's actually 'when it comes to us all it's as soft as your pillow'.

No Picture Justice Wanna Be	#15 by Justice Fish at Oct 11, 2007 at 6:30 AM EST
	Can't wait to hear the studio version of this.

No Picture Dunnie Average	#16 by Dunnie at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:01 PM EST
	love this song got it from a copenhagen bootleg, and it's probably my favorite (this or badysnatchers). as for "the bald guy"(grrr), Phil Selway does an excelent job on this one lyrics wise, I think it's just about the general frustrations of life holding you back.

No Picture little Average	#17 by little emo at Oct 13, 2007 at 2:31 PM EST
	I heard this song off of a... well... "sketchy" site, and I have to say that I can't get it out of my head. I love its awesome syncopated drumbeat (that reminds me of idiotheque somewhat) and I like the part at the end with the synths. I hope it makes it on the album! ^_^

No Picture Average	#18 by nirvana at Oct 14, 2007 at 6:34 PM EST
	i love this song. i think you could easily compare it with morning bell, not just because of the 5/4 time, but because the mood of the songs seems the same

No Picture The Random Rock Average	#19 by The Random Rocker at Oct 16, 2007 at 4:26 AM EST
	There are people who say this is a political song about Tony Blair. I am sure it could be interpreted that way but I would rather think of it as a song about feeling rejected by someone the narrator likes. He can't understand why it is that he ended up without this girl. She used to be alright, and would talk to him, and all of a sudden she won't talk to him anymore. He is wondering what he did to make her stop paying attention to him and he is angry about the fact that she led him on and then left him hanging. This is a great song. One of the best ones for the new releases. Oh and there used to be two lines which were changed: 'Slow procession Silence is golden'

No Picture Matt Lead Player	#20 by Matt Cromwell at Oct 16, 2007 at 6:28 PM EST
	oops...last verse should say "won't take my eyes off the ball again"

No Picture Stephen Average	#21 by Stephen Weber at Oct 18, 2007 at 9:40 PM EST
	I thought it was - He comes to us all Your soul is his pillow I'm kinda disappointed that it's not.. For a while I thought this was about alcholism. Oops. No that's the 12 steps :) :{

No Picture health risk Rhythm Player	#22 by health risk at Oct 19, 2007 at 4:18 AM EST
	Nah i wasnt dissing, theyre all H-O-T. Still have'nt heard this song. :(

No Picture Super Average	#23 by Super Q at Oct 19, 2007 at 1:20 PM EST
	Im so addicted to this song.. The beat is amazing and it mixes up so beatifully with the unaggressive guitar riff.. I can't wait to get my hands on the next radiohead album!!

No Picture The REAL Godfat Average	#24 by The REAL Godfather at Oct 19, 2007 at 6:36 PM EST
	If you have AIM, instant message me, I'll send it to you. My screen name is blackcowofdeath.

No Picture Justin Average	#25 by Justin Ruiz at Oct 19, 2007 at 10:21 PM EST
	Ok no one has commneted on here in awhile.. but where did this song come from?? Why do I not have it??? Grawr.