"A REMINDER"

by Radiohead

(from the UK Paranoid Android CD Single #2)

Tabbed by Owen Marriott <owenm@dial.pipex.com>

Corrections by: Adrian Morse <amorse@waterw.com>



INTRO:

Strum E repeatedly



CHORDS:



E        C   G        Gmaj7         E

And if I get old,     I'll not give in

And if I do, remind me to pray

Remind me that I was always free

The spiders crawl all over me

And if I sat down and crossed my arms

Help me to this song



D        A    C            E

Knock me out, smash out my brains

   C         E 

If I take my chance

B            Am     Am  E

Stop to talk shit



If I get old, remind me of this

And I'll be cursed, all I remember

And what I think of wasted speaking

But not before...play me this song.



*Gmaj7 = [320002]





STRUMMING PATTERNS USED:

The strumming is a very important part to this song.. The following is how it's done on the CD. If you're going to improvise something more interesting on top of it, then stick to this pattern:



INTRO:

|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|

|. /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ .|



\ = upstroke   : eadgbe

                 <----- THIS WAY



/ = downstroke : eadgbe

                 -----> THIS WAY



Occasionally, a heavy, 'deliberate' upstroke is used on the first beat of a new bar in the intro.



The verse chords change as follows:



   E       C   G           Gmaj7       E           E

|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|

|. /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ .|



The chorus chords change as follows:



   D           A           C           E    

|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|

|. /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ .|



   C           E           B           Am          Am            [back to E again..]

|. 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - .|

|. /   / \ / \ /   / \ / \ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .|





[Strumming added by Owen Marriott <owenm@dial.pipex.com>]





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