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Radiohead Bodysnatchers Guitar Tabs

1. The document provides guitar tab and instructions for playing the song "Bodysnatchers" by Radiohead, including tabs for the main riff, chorus riffs, bridge sections, and solo sections. 2. It describes tones and effects to use, such as pushing all amp settings to "10" and using distortion, as well as acoustic chord progressions for another part of the song. 3. Detailed instructions and tabs are given for various guitar and bass parts throughout the song performed by band members Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and others.

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Radiohead Bodysnatchers Guitar Tabs

1. The document provides guitar tab and instructions for playing the song "Bodysnatchers" by Radiohead, including tabs for the main riff, chorus riffs, bridge sections, and solo sections. 2. It describes tones and effects to use, such as pushing all amp settings to "10" and using distortion, as well as acoustic chord progressions for another part of the song. 3. Detailed instructions and tabs are given for various guitar and bass parts throughout the song performed by band members Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and others.

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Bodysnatchers - Radiohead
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Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

For the tone, try getting an old amplifier and just push everything at “10”, as
well as distortion.

Tuning: Drop D on all guitars

Thom, main riff until bridge after chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10h12-x-12-----|
A|--9--10--12--x--------10h12-------x--x-----| x2
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10h12-x-12-----|
A|--9--10--15--x--------10h12-------x--x-----|
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10h12-x-12-----|
A|--9--10--14--x--------10h12-------x--x-----|
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|

Johnny and Ed play mutes on each snare hit:

e|-----------------|
B|---x------x------|
G|---x------x------|
D|---x------x------|
A|---x------x------|
D|---x------x------|

Thoms variation before chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------12-11v---------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--9--10--12--x--------10h12----------------|
D|--0---0---0--x--10h12----------------------|

Johnnys chorus riff:

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-12--17v-----------------11-12--16v------------------|
D|--x--x---x------------10h12---------------------10h12----|
A|--9--10--15v----10h12--------9--10--14v---10h12----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-12--14v-----------------11-12--14v------------------|
D|--x--x---x------------10h12---------------------10h12----|
A|--9--10--12v----10h12--------9--10--12v---10h12----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|

Eds chorus riff:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--10\--------------10h12------4-5--9\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5---7\--------------10h12------4-5--7\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

Thoms new verse/chorus riff (live he just goes back to the main riff for the rest
of the
part of the song)

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-7-x-7-7---x--7-7----------|
D|-x-x-x-x---x--x-x---etc----|
A|-5-x-5-5---x--5-5----------|
D|-0-x-0-0---x--0-0----------|

Johnny/Ed bridge riff

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--9-10-12---x-x-x-x---|
D|------------x-x-x-x---|
A|--7-8--10---x-x-x-x---|
D|----------------------|

Here, ed plays an open D note with a phaser/wah/reverb. Let it ring until the
chorus again

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

Johnny’s new verse/chorus riff:


e|-----------------------------|
B|-------------15b17r15-12-----|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------x--------------0---|
A|-9-10-12v-x------------------|
D|-----------------------------|

Ed plays his Chorus riff again:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5--10\--------------10h12------4-5--9\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5---7\--------------10h12------4-5--7\--------------10h12---|
A|-----------------10h12---------------------------10h12---------|
D|-----------10h12---------------------------10h12---------------|

Then it goes back into the bridge and goes to...another bridge...

Thoms acoustic chords are:

Bb (x1333x)
Dm (xx0231)
C (x32010)
F/D (xx3230)
G (555xxx)

Bb Dm C F/D

Bb
Has the light gone out for you?
Dm
Because the light's gone for me
C
It is the 21st century
F/D
It is the 21st century
Bb
You can fight it like a dog
Dm
And they brought me to my knees
C
They got scared and they put me in
F/d
They got scared and they put me in
Bb
All the lies run around my face
Dm
All the lies run around my face
C
And for anybody else to see
F/d
And for anybody else to see
G
I'm alive...

Jonny with delay and reverb: listen to song for timing

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14--10--12--14-15--10-x2---14-12-10v---12-14----17\12----x3----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Eds synced up notes: played with delay and an E Bow, so the notes fade in

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14------12-/14--9-/-7-x2---14-12-10v---12-14----15\10----x3----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Jonny does some bends here...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2---2----4---4---0--0---2--2--4--4---0--0---5--5--------------------------|
G|-4b--4b---6b--6b--2b-2b--4b-4b-6b-6b--2b-2b--7b-7b-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then Ed and Jonny just hit on a G:

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-4---4--4-4-4---|
D|-5---5--5-5-5---|
A|-5---5--5-5-5---|
D|-5---5--5-5-5---|

Ed plays an open D again

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

And jonnys plays this riff:

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-----------2-0----------2-0---|
A|-----0-2-3--------0-2-3-------|
D|--0--0---------0--0-----------|

After a few bars of this, and Thoms “No, no, no...”, Ed comes back in with a few
chords
then leads into the solo...

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|----------------------------|

Thom plays this while Ed and Jonny do the synced up solo:

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-7-x-7-7---x--7-7----------|
D|-x-x-x-x---x--x-x---etc----|
A|-5-x-5-5---x--5-5----------|
D|-0-x-0-0---x--0-0----------|

Jonny
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9p7---------5h-7----------12p10--------9p7---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------4-gradual bend---------4-gradual Bend-----|
A|--5--5--5--5-5-~~-------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0-0~~~-------------0--0-0-0----------------------|

Jonny
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9p7---------5h-7----------12p10--------9p7---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5vvvvvvvvvvv-----------4vvvvvvvvvv-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

Jonny
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------13h17-------13h17---------13h17--------13h15-------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------4-gradual bend---------4-gradual Bend-----|
A|--5--5--5--5-5-~~-------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0-0~~~-------------0--0-0-0----------------------|

Jonny
e|--------15p13-------12p10-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------13h15--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------7-Grad bend-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0-0-------0-0-0-------0--0--0--------0-0-0-------------|
Ed |
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5vvvvvvvvvvv-----------4vvvvvvvvvv-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

Thom ends on A

Hope this tab helps somewhat.

Cheers =]

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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato

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