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Song
Radiohead - Blow Out
This song is played on two guitars, Ed O'Brien's clean guitar and Jonny Greenwood's
distortion guitar. This tab shows how to play the song with one guitar, switching an
overdrive/distortion pedal on at the transition between their lead parts in the middle.
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2----2----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |---------------|-----------0----| |---------------|------4---------| |-0-------------|----------------| x2 |-------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-4-----------|-------------|-4---------------|-------------| |-5----7-7----|-------------|-5---\7----------|-------------| |-5----7-7----|-------------|-5---\7----------|-------------| |-3----5-5----|-------------|-3---\5----------|----------0--|
Repeat these two parts x2. Then:
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2----2----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |---------------|-----------0----| |---------------|------4---------| |-0-------------|----------------| x2 |-------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|------3---------|-------------| |-4-----------|--------2-/4-|-----------2-2--|-------------| |-5----7-7----|----------/4-|-2/4----4--2-2--|-------------| |-5----7-7----|-------------|----------------|-------------| |-3----5-5----|-------------|----------------|----------0--| |-2----2-2----2-|-2----2----2----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |---------------|-----------0----| |---------------|------4---------| |-0-------------|----------------| x2 |-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-------------|-------------|------3----------|-3-2---3--2-----| |-4-----------|--------2-/4-|-----------2---2-|------------2-0-| |-5----7-7----|----------/4-|-2/4----4--2-----|----------------| |-5----7-7----|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-3----5-5----|-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-2----2-2----2-|-2----2----2----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0----| |---------------|-----------0----| |---------------|------4---------| |-0-------------|----------------| x2 |------------------|----------------|---------------|------------------| |-----3--2------2--|------3-2-------|-3-2-----------|-3-2---3--2-------| |-0-0----2------2--|----------2-----|------2------2-|------------2-0---| |--------2--2-2----|--2-2-------2---|------2----2---|------------------| |--------0---------|----------------|---------------|------------------| |------------------|--------------3-|---------------|------------------| |-2----2-2----2-|-2----2----2------------------------------------------| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0------------------------------------------| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0----0------------------------------------------| |---------------|-----------0------------------------------------------| |---------------|------4-----------------------------------------------| |-0-------------|------------------------------------------------------| x2 |------------------|----------------|---------------| |-----3--2------2--|------3-2-------|-3-2-----------| |-0-0----2------2--|----------2-----|------2--------| |--------2--2-2----|--2-2-------2---|------2--2-----| |--------0---------|----------------|---------------| |------------------|--------------3-|---------------|
Jonny's distorted guitar part:
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------| |------------------|------------------------|--------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-13-|-13-11h13-11------11-13-|----11h13-11------x-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-11-|-11-11-11-11--14--11-11-|----11-11-11--14--x-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|------------------------|--------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11h12-11h12-11h12-11h12-|-11h12-11h12-11h12-11h12-|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
Repeat the last 4 bars x4
|--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|
|-0~~~~~- that lasts for a few bars with feedback. Meanwhile the other guitar plays this part:
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------5-5-------| |-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-|-7-7-7-----7-7-5-| |-----------------|-----------------| x15 |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |---------------5-|-----------------| |-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------| repeat the bar of silence 8 times with feedback, then:
|--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |-5-7/8-7^-----| |-7-7---5------| |--------------| |--------|--------|--------|--------|-2------|-2------|--------| |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| |-0------|-0------|-2------|-2------|-0------|-0------|-2------| |-2------|-2------|-2------|-2------|-2------|-2------|-2------| |-2------|-2------|-0------|-0------|-2------|-2------|-0------| |-0------|-0------|--------|--------|-0------|-0------|--------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-2-----------2-2-|-0-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-| |-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-| |-----------------|-----------------|
Here is where the actual tab ends, and now comes the part where Jonny goes absolutely
nuts on his guitar, creating an escalating wail (or wall) of feedback.
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