Radiohead – Airbag (Guitar Tab)
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This is my take on the song. I left it as open as i could for interpretation. Feel free
to through in your own stylistic what-not. Anyway, standard tuning, let's get to it.
[Intro]
(it sounds like there's a cello in there too, you
can approximate that by playing the octave higher, as well):
Guitar 2 (distortion & reverb):
e|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------| B|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------| G|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------| D|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------| A|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------| E|-0-1--8--7-9--5-|-0-1--8--7-|-5--9--12-13--8--7-|-9--5--0-1--8--7--| e|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-6~----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7~----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
High-pitched riff that starts playing during Intro
(This gets repeated in the verse as well):
e|-12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------|(x2)
[Verse]
Guitar 1 - rhythm guitar (pro co rat distortion, probably)
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8----------|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7----------| D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|/7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/| A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------| B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------| G|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-9-7-6-7--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-9-7-6-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-| A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------| e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8----------|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7----------| D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|/7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/| A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------| B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-| G|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-9-7-6-7-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-| D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0-| A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Guitar 1 e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| G|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-| D|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-| A|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-| E|-----------------------------|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| e|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| B|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-----------2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-| G|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-| D|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-| A|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| E|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Intro]
(tremolo guitar comes in here):
Tremolo part (REVERB & ECHO):
e|-5tr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| B|---------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| E|-----------------------=---|
[Verse]
(tremolo guitar part continues)
e|-5tr~~4tr~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~|------|------------------| B|-----------|-----------|------|-3tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------|-5tr~~4tr~~~~~~~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~~| B|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-----------------|-----------|-------| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| e|-8tr~~7tr~~|-5tr~~|------------------|------------------| B|-----------|------|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
[Verse]
With Tremolo lead-in. Solo guitar plays similar
melody to trem part, without trem & the addition of bends and
double-stops, etc (i.e. a guitar solo)....oh, & (no rhythm guitar)
[Chorus]
(rhythm guitar returns) (x2)
Then comes the 'BREAKDOWN/BREAKOUT' part. There is a
tremolo guitar part. however, it's mostly FX, just
improvise (and make it nice and epic while you're at it)
(Optional Rhythm Guitar Part):
e|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-| B|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2--2-2-| G|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-| D|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-| A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-| E|------------------------|-------------------------|
*Bring in the intro riff at the end
*AND...finish with!:
e|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| B|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| G|-6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| D|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| A|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato
| tr tremolo
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