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I MIGHT BE WRONG
Radiohead
Bassist: Colin Greenwood
Album: Amnesiac (2001)
Tabbed by Shor Bowman (abowman@sas.upenn.edu)
*MEMBER OF THE BASS TAB ARCHIVE TABBING ARMY*
CORRECTED TABLATURE as of March 18th, 2002!
*Dexterity is germane to playing this song correctly.
My structure below shows a tab that is played very
quickly, and the fingers of the left hand must be
quite swift (and can't tucker out easily)!
Don't let me scare you--this isn't an extremely
difficult tab. Just be prepared.
*This corrected version shows how Colin plays this
song live on the album "I Might Be Wrong". But if
you're looking for how to play it the way he does in
the studio, you should find what you're looking for
here also. If not, drop me a line.
*My corrections were pretty severe. I won't go into
detail about them right here, but they should stick out
like a sore thumb.
!DROPPED-D TUNING!
After Thom says "...light coming on," Colin hits an open
low D and lets it ring until "I used to think that...",
followed by some improv around the high D sounding like:
RIFF #1
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
D--[0]----12-12-12-10-0-12-12-12-10-0--8/5--8/5/---0-|
You can repeat this, unti the FAST PART comes in when
Yorke sings "Open up...":
RIFF #2
G---------------------------------------------|
D-2h3-x-----------------2h3-x-----------------|
A-------0h2h3-3-x-x-----------0h2h3-3-x-x-----|
D------------------3-0-------------------3-0--|
Repeat this throughout the verses. When Thom sings "Let's
go down to the waterfall," stay silent, but then come back
in with Riff #1 when he sings "...nothing at all"
That is the main riff of the song. There are, however, variations:
VARIATION #1 VARIATION #2
G----------------------| G-------------------------|
D-3h2h0----------------| D-------------------------|
A------0h2h3-3-x-x-----| A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5h3---------|
D------------------3-0-| D-------------------------|
b b b b b b
After the instruments go silent for a bit toward the end, Jonny
comes back in with his guitar and Thom starts to croon. When this
happens, play THIS:
RIFF #3
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
D--12----12--10--8----8--7-/-0---|
After you've hit that low open D, make sure that you VERY QUICKLY
go back into RIFF #2. You'll see how Colin does this if you listen
to the recording. It sounds GREAT. Colin is one of my favorite
bassists and I think that he writes terrific material, but this has
got to be one of the best he's done.
That's basically it! A little dexterity, and you've got this song
covered. Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please e-mail me.
Peace.
x=muted note
/=slide
h=hammer on (and/or ghost note)
b=bend
SHORESWORTH'S PSYCHEDELIC BREAKFAST (my webpage):
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~abowman
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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J Average |
#1 by J Fray at Aug 28, 1982 at 4:52 AM EST |
| I thought it was about finding something in life that one thought to have been lost forever, then finding it again and rejoicing on it, it could be faith or love or self esteem, something that has now become a very important thing in this person's life "it's nothing at all" is more like those typical sarcastic lines that Yorke throws every now and then to give emphasis to what he's saying ("Im' a reasonable man, get off my case") but then, I might be wrong | |
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mark Average |
#2 by mark stump at Nov 9, 1985 at 8:11 AM EST |
| i think this is about pressure that makes illusion,thinking and dreaming too much,unwilling to face the reality,and being looked on as a strange person. | |
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ian Average |
#3 by ian mckinly at Mar 13, 1986 at 7:10 AM EST |
| ^ True, I just wanted to try to set things straight. Post-bends radiohead rarely sings about girls and such, in my humble opinion. | |
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Tom Wanna Be |
#4 by Tom C at Mar 12, 1990 at 2:33 PM EST |
| I always thought this song had an erotic, sexy beat, and so I interpreted the lyrics in similar fashion. "Open up and let me in..." etc. I cannot think of this song in any other way. No matter what Thom says, this track will continue to make me hot. | |
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maurizio Average |
#5 by maurizio becerril gonzalez at Apr 6, 1990 at 7:27 PM EST |
| This has aways been my fav Radiohead song. The meaning Thom like to see lots of meanings for the songs he writes but I see a relationship that is dying. Lets go down the waterfall think about the good times and never look back. Its like lets go and forget the bad stuff thats happened between us and dwell on the good | |
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Daniel Average |
#6 by Daniel Sheppard at May 13, 1993 at 10:15 AM EST |
| Good thing deathbear is here though, because he could not be any more right! This song makes so much more sense now. It's all about blind faith, thus the "I might be wrong" ties into it. Think about good times with God into heaven, and don't look back at your past. Really, I think Thoms saying, we think we're drifting up into heaven, but, we don't realize that we are about to fall off the edge of a waterfall. We don't know what's at the end of the river (the river is a symbol of life.) We go on through life as we're floating down the river, and getting closer to death. We don't know what happens after we die. We can't swim back upstream and tell others about it, because it's a one-way path. We think at the end of the river is a large lake of eternal life, or something, but its a waterfall to death. | |
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Tyler Average |
#7 by Tyler Kinsherf at May 25, 1996 at 5:05 PM EST |
| this song live is AMAZING.......... radiohead just rules. | |
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guido Average |
#8 by guido at Sep 11, 1998 at 8:49 PM EST |
| Thom's not the type to usually write about love songs, and especially with the way this song is written and the way he sings the song, I don't think it is a love song. It's one of the more sardonic/sarcastic sounding songs of Radiohead's, and I think it's not about a relationship with a girl...but maybe with God, aka about religion/theism. I think throughout the song it shows an agnostic or a skeptical Christian slowly gaining belief and becoming almost a 'blind sheep' type Christian. "I might be wrong I might be wrong I could have sworn I saw a light Comin' on " At this point, the believer is not sure his religion is correct, he's questioning it.. "I used to think I used to think There is no future left at all I used to think " He used to believe heaven did not exist, that there was no life after death. He used to be atheist. "Open up, begin again Let's go down the waterfall Think about the good times Never look back Never look back " This part's a bit trickier. "open up begin again" probably is referencing some religious action one takes, but I can't think of any. Perhaps "open up your mind/heart, start over in your religion" as if you're repenting. I'm unsure what he's talking about with the waterfall if it means anything, but the "never look back" sounds satirical almost, as if he's being told and starting to be ignorant to other beliefs, to be closeminded. "What would I do? What would I do? If I did not have you? " A common question Christians ask of God when praying, artfully placed in. "Open up and let me in Let's go down the waterfall Have ourselves a good time It's nothin' at all It's nothin' at all Nothin' at all " "open up and let me in" is another part of this believer's prayer to god, to let him into heaven. again he references a waterfall, which may be symbolic or not (Thom likes to add in random shit that sometimes is meaningless, as he has told several magazines). -- I think that this religious take on it is far more accurate than a love song take. In fact, it may not be about religion but I'm about 99% sure it's not about a relationship. The connotations aren't right, the constant guitar lick gives an impression of blind following and doesn't really make sense for a love song. In summary, I think "I might be Wrong" is a sarcastic, sardonic take on blind Christians that follow their religion for no reason. But, I might be wrong. | |
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ScumFucBondage Average |
#9 by ScumFucBondage bumsex at Dec 23, 2000 at 1:36 AM EST |
| I can't say this is an interpritation but more along the lines of this is how *I* see the song. After my mother died at 51 years old of cancer it hit me how horrible of life she had always had... no one ever treated her like she deserved. So this song lets me imagine that her and I are re-united and saying screw everyone, let's just go and have a good time and never look back. And that even though I feel there is no future without her, I know there has to be. Take it for what you will.... | |
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aaron Wanna Be |
#10 by aaron dyke at May 14, 2002 at 6:21 PM EST |
| live versions much faster....i like it too! | |
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