Thom Yorke – Analyse (Guitar)

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______________ / Thom Yorke / I think this song is about how many people live their / Analyse / lives in such a hurry and stress that they miss all the to / The Eraser / stop and think why they're actually running and stressing /_____________/ themselves all the time. They know that it "gets them down" but they don't have the time to stop and "think things through".

Chords:
     C   Ab/C  Ab   G   Fm  Bb5   E5
e|---0----4----4----3---1----------0---|
B|---1----1----4----3---1----------0---|
G|---0----1----5----4---1----3-----4---|
D|---2----1----6----5---3----3-----2---|
A|---3----3----6----5---3----1-----2---|
E|-------------4----3---1----------0---|

In the very bottom of the tab you'll find "The Geek's Corner", where we'll extend the chords to something a little more exotic and add fills to spice things up - only for the hardcores/geeks. 1st Verse:

    C
  A self-fulfilling prophecy

                  Ab/C
  Of endless possibility

      Ab             G
  The warning reams across the screen

     Fm
  In algebra, in algebra

2nd Verse:

      C
  The fences that you cannot climb

                     Ab/C
  The sentences that do not rhyme

     Ab               G
  In all that you can never change

      Fm
  The one you're looking for

Pre-Chorus:

              C
  It gets you down

              C
  It gets you down

  Bb5        Ab
  There's no spark

G                 Fm
  No light in the dark

              C
  It gets you down

              C
  It gets you down

      Bb5      Ab
  You traveled far

G               Fm
  What have you found

Chorus:

                  C
  That there's no time

             C
  There's no time

Bb5     Ab
  To analyse

G                 Fm
  To think things through

     E5         Fm
  To make sense

3rd Verse:

       C
  Like candles in the city

      C               Ab/C
  You never looked so pretty

       Ab              G
  Like power cuts and blackouts

  Fm
  Sleeping like babies

Pre-Chorus:

              C
  It gets you down

              C
  It gets you down

Bb5                     Ab
  You're just playing a part

G                       Fm
  You're just playing a part

Chorus:

                   C
  You're playing a part

            C
  Playing a part

Bb5              Ab
  And there's no time

G            Fm
  There's no time

        C
  To analyse

     C
  Analyse

  Bb5 Ab
  Ana-lyse

G    Fm
  Analyse

Outro:
(note that the key changes from Cmajor to Cminor)
    Cm                Cm                Bb6
||------------------|-----------------|---3-3-3---3-3-3-|
||o-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----3-------3---|
||----0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|-----3-------3---|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  Bb6               Fm6               Fm6
|---3-3-3---3-3---|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4--||
|-----3-------3-3-|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---o||
|-----3-------3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1--------||

**************************************************************************** * "The Geek's Corner" * *********************** Throughout the entire song Thom plays mainly a bass note and and high melody notes that really fucks up the harmonies and gives that weird and frustrating sound, which is very characteristic for Radiohead as well. "Hail To The Thief" (recommended!) is a great example of this. If these weird notes were to be added the chords, it'd really spice things up:

   Ab/C   Ab6/C        Ab   Ab6         G    G7*        Bb5    Bsus2        E5    E6
|--4--->--1----|   |--4-->--4---|   |--3-->--3---|   |------>--1----|   |--0--|>--9---|
|--1--->--4----|   |--4-->--6---|   |--3-->--6---|   |------>--1----|   |--0--|>--9---|
|--1--->--1----|   |--5-->--5---|   |--4-->--4---|   |--3--->--3----|   |--4--|>--9---|
|--1--->--1----|   |--6-->--x---|   |--5-->--3---|   |--3--->--3----|   |--2--|>--6---|
|--3--->--3----|   |--6-->--6---|   |--5-->--5---|   |--1--->--1----|   |--2--|>--7---|
|------>-------|   |--4-->--4---|   |--3-->--3---|   |------>-------|   |--0--|>--0---|

*The G7 can even be extended to a G7b9 as the flat 9th also is played as a melody note. It's rather hard to pull this one off, but I've added fingers:

   |---4----|   - 2nd finger (middle)
   |---6----|   - 4th finger (pinky)
   |---4----|   - 1st finger (index)
   |--------|
   |---5----|   - 3rd finger (ring)
   |---3----|   - thumb

...All these chords can be played instead of the regular chords from above. You can also add these (and your own!) melody notes to the chords:

      C                   Fm
  |---0---0-1-3---|   |---1-----------|
  |---1-----------|   |---1---1-2-1---|
  |---0-----------|   |---1-----------|
  |---2-----------|   |---3-----------|
  |---3-----------|   |---3-----------|
  |---------------|   |---1-----------|

These notes are played in the verses and pre-chorus at some point, but just add as many small melodies (these are very small) as possible as it gives this extra momentum to the guitar that usually only play chords, go for it! ****************************************************************************