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Well, this song sounds like synthesizers, but John Greenwood has said in interviews
that it was made by guitars. However, my speakers rattled when I turned up the bass, and
there is that ominous line, so I inferred that there must be bass on this song. Also, about
the holding notes (~), these are long holds, not long in the traditional sense, but ranging
around 15-30 seconds, which is harder than it looks.
From the alum _Kid A_
FIG. 1
G----------------------------------------------------1~---------
D-----------------------------4~--------------------------------
A---4~----------2~----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
FIG. 2
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------4~------------------
A---2~------------------------------------4~-----------------------------------------
E--------------------0~--------------------------------------------------------------
FIG. 3
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A---1~-----------------4~------------------
E------------------------------------------
This bass tab will be of no use to you unless you actually consider playing "Treefingers"
again. Have fun!
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jerad Wanna Be |
#1 by Jerad at Nov 16, 2005 at 6:56 PM EST |
| Its such an amazing song, and just Ed O'Brien alone with his guitar, amp and some pedals. I don't think anything from Kid A should be listened to away from the rest of the album - it works in that specific order, and should be heard as Thom et al. intended it to be. | |
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Kael Average |
#2 by Kael Nainggolan at Dec 20, 2005 at 2:50 AM EST |
| Sounds like they got too lazy to write a real song, so they said "hey lets make random guitar noises and call it abstract" don't get me wrong though, radiohead's awesome. | |
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Konner Rhythm Player |
#3 by Konner Holzwart at Feb 23, 2006 at 9:10 AM EST |
| I read somewhere that this might be related to/inspired by a Ray Bradbury story. I forgot what the title was, but basically the story goes like this: A spaceship crash lands on a planet covered by dense grey clouds. Under the clouds, it endlessly rains on the surface of the planet. Due to this, viney plants grow very quickly. The plants grow so quick that if a person stays in one place too long, the plants will eventually cover them in a couple of minutes. Supposedly, before Kid A came out, what appeared to be a short synopsis of the story apeared on the Radiohead website. This was explained better on the website "Radiohead Unpackt", but the site appears to be down at the moment... | |
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hturtle99 Wanna Be |
#4 by hturtle99 at Mar 27, 2006 at 10:24 AM EST |
| not disagreeing, but just wondering: Piemerica, how did you come to the conclusion that the song is about that? I mean, there are no lyrics, its just ambient guitar noise. | |
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Jordan Lead Player |
#5 by Jordan Gadsby at Apr 18, 2006 at 9:50 AM EST |
| a song I would be happy dying to, very clam if you go into your room get under the covers lock the door and turn it up really loud your in a unbreakable bubble isolated from everything thats how it feels to me! | |
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Bob Wanna Be |
#6 by Bob at May 22, 2006 at 7:31 PM EST |
| If u understand the Kid A album and do some reasearch on all tracks (intense research) u will find that piemerica is correct.! | |
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Dmitry Wanna Be |
#7 by Dmitry Kol who cares at Jun 21, 2006 at 4:15 AM EST |
| what a fantastic song, i like the listen to this in the early hours of the morning.. everyone alsleep, look at the stars! relax and you feel so great | |
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simon Average |
#8 by simon cody simon at Jul 4, 2006 at 8:14 PM EST |
| ILOVELIFE, it does have a meaning,but it's only possible to get it in context with the rest of the album. Of course, the whole point of Radiohead is there's no exact meaning and it's open to interpretation, but to me it's just a quasi-hallucinogenic journey into the mind, being carried by your imagination. I get this impression partly because of the dream-like, ambient sound, like fabricated landscapes in the mind, and also because of the oblivion-seeking introspection of the previous song, How To Disappear Completely. | |
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Rignald Average |
#9 by Rignald Tromp at Jul 13, 2006 at 6:19 PM EST |
| I really like this song when you listen to it you can detatch yourself from yourself and suddenly everything is really peaceful. | |
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Bill Wanna Be |
#10 by Bill Rossi at Aug 3, 2006 at 6:45 PM EST |
| it cirtainly deserves recognition, it is noise, soothing ambient noise. the calming soothing effect many of you talk about is otherwise known as "meditation" | |
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Sir Badass |
#11 by Sir Steel at Aug 19, 2006 at 12:03 AM EST |
| This is a really cool song because it brings a strong sense of release in your mind, and you slowly relax. | |
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Daniel Average |
#12 by Daniel at Oct 1, 2006 at 5:42 PM EST |
| no, a devotional exercise of or leading to contemplation is otherwise known as "meditation". the calming soothing effect isn't meditation in itself, it might lead to or aide in meditation, but it isn't the act of meditation. | |
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lodger Wanna Be |
#13 by lodger at Nov 3, 2006 at 9:45 PM EST |
| BeaNs your just as bad as willard check his post on lucky. but yeah why is it that theres no song meanings on musicians who mostly dont have lyrics like lemon jelly i typed lemon jelly and it said theres no lyrics for this band. your like wtf this is song meanings not word dissections | |
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The Great South Lead Player |
#14 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Nov 26, 2006 at 12:57 AM EST |
| its about chage from childhood to adulthood fitting the Kid A theme | |
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ben Average |
#15 by ben bell at Apr 28, 2007 at 1:14 PM EST |
| I like this song. It reminds me of the ocean and kelp forests i saw in the IMAX movie wales. Dunno why. | |
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Ron Average |
#16 by Ron Edwards at Jul 20, 2007 at 3:48 PM EST |
| No real meaning, just a cool, calm song..... | |
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Millhouse Wanna Be |
#17 by Millhouse van Houten at Sep 17, 2007 at 1:55 AM EST |
| It deserves no recognition. It's just noise. | |
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