RADIOHEAD-            Idioteque    (Kid A)

transcription by Joey Gallagher


The song is tuned down a 1/4 step.

Alright I've worked this out for the guitar and the keyboard.
First the guitar part. The song uses some highly unusual chords but you can 
overcome this by playing with a capo on the 3rd fret.
These chords are played over and over throughout. Even though the chords are 
repetive the song does sound good on the guitar if you switch up your 
strumming often.

The chords used for the guitar    (Capo 3rd fret)

Em- (022000)
Cmaj7- (x32000)
Em/G- (022003)
C- (x32010)


Verse1

Em
losing bunker
Cmaj7
losing bunker
Em/G                C
women and children first, then children first, then children,

Em               Cmaj7
i laugh until my head comes off
  Em/G              C
i swallow till I burst, until i burst, until i,

losing bunker
losing bunker
i've have seen too much, i haven't seen enough, you haven't seen,

i laugh until my head comes off
women and children first, then children first, then children,



Chorus1

Em        Cmaj7   Em/G                 C
here I'm alive,  everything all of the time
Em        Cmaj7   Em/G                 C
here I'm alive,  everything all of the time



Verse2     (same chord pattern as Verse1)


ice age comin'
ice age comin'
let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides, let me hear both,

ice age comin'
ice age comin'
throw him in the fire, throw it in the fire, throw it on the,

we're not scared mongering
this is really happening, happening,

we're not scared of mongering,
this is really happening, happening,

mobiles squirkin'
mobiles chirpin'
take the money and run, take the money and run, take the money,


Chorus2    (same as Chorus1)


here I'm alive, everything all of the time
here I'm alive, everything all of the time

here I'm alive, everything all of the time
here I'm alive, everything all of the time

(me first then the children, me first then the children)



Now if playing with a keyboard substitute the guitar chords for these chords
instead.

Em=     Gm
Cmaj7=  Ebmaj7
Em/G=   Gm/Eb
C=      Eb

To show you how to play these chords on the keyboard i will break the keys
up into 3 sections.

    section1              section2             section3
CC#DEbEFF#GAbABbB     CC#DEbEFF#GAbABbB    CC#DEbEFF#GAbABbBC
                                           *-middle C

i.e so A2 would mean hit the A key in section 2

Here's how the chords are played

Gm-     (G1 + Bb1 + D2 + G2)
Ebmaj7-  (Eb2 + G2 + Bb2 + D3)
Gm/Eb-     (G2 + Bb2 + D3 + Bb3)
Eb-       (Eb2 + G2 + Bb2 + G3)

That's about it. The song sounds really good when I play it on the acoustic 
guitar, but I can only really play up until the end of the 2nd chorus and 
then the song sort of ends, usually I just make something up that sounds 
very good for an outro.

If playing on the guitar try doing this picking pattern for the 1st part of 
the song and then come in with some funky strumming for the 2nd verse when 
the "ice age comin" part kicks in.

     Em                   Cmaj7
e--------------------------------------------
B----------0------------------------0---------
G--------------0-----0-----------------0------
D-------2---------2-------------2----------2--
A---------------------------3-----------------
E---0----------------------------------------

    Em/G                   C
e----------3------------0--------0------0--------------------
B-------------0------------1-------1------1-----1------------
G-------0--------0------------0------0------0------0------0--
D-----------------------------------------------------2------
A-----------------------3------------------------------------
E---0--------------------------------------------------------



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RADIOHEAD - Idioteque

Transcription by Daz Rice (dazzled@derby61.freeserve.co.uk / dazrice@hotmail.com)
http://www.geocities.com/dazrice
 
The chords Jonny plays on the synth/keyboard are not
in key so I've got as close as I can to them.
 
I haven't tabbed for a keyboard before so I hope you can 
follow the tab. I'll try and explain where to play the 
notes on the keyboard.
 
Play the note that I have indicated and not the chord 
of that name like you would if it was guitar tab. So
where I've written 'G' for example, play the 'G' note 
on the keyboard, not the 'G' chord. Where I have written
G+Bb, this means play those two notes together on the 
keyboard. I know it's obvious but this is such a great 
song I want to get it correct. I've outlined how I play 
the song on my keyboard below!!
 
How I play the tune:
 
1.) I have worked out the song on my 36 note keyboard.
2.) Where (L) appears in the tab it means lower octave.
3.) Where (H) appears in the tab it means higher octave.
4.) The lower octave G+Bb(L) is played on the 12th and 14th 
    notes in from the left on my keyboard. The G+Bb(H) is 
    played in the next octave.
 
 
 
G+Bb(L)           Bb+D    
Losing focus, losing focus 
G+Bb(H)              Eb+G
Women and children first women and children first 
G+Bb(L)             Bb+D
I'll laugh until my head comes off 
G+Bb(H)        Eb+G
Swallow til I burst until I burst until I... 
G+Bb(L)          Bb+D
Losing focus, losing focus 
G+Bb(H)        Eb+G
I've seen too much you haven't seen enough..you haven't seen enough 
G+Bb(L)             Bb+D
I'll laugh until my head comes off 
G+Bb(H)                    Eb+G
Women and children first ...and children first and children.... 
G+Bb(L)  Bb+D  G+Bb(H)            Eb+G
Here alone, everythings all out of time 
G+Bb(L)  Bb+D  G+Bb(H)            Eb+G
Here alone, everythings all out of time 
 
Drum beats and Thom sings solo for next section!!
 
ICE AGE COMING!!!!, ICE AGE COMING!! 
let me hear both sides 
ICE AGE COMING!!!!, ICE AGE COMING!! 
throw me in the fire 
we're not scare - under here 
this is really happening, happening 
we're not scare - under here 
this is really happening, happening 
 
mobile chirping 
 
TAKE THE MONEY....RUN 
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN 
TAKE THE MONEY....... 
 
Keyboard comes back in for next section!!
 
G+Bb(L)  Bb+D  G+Bb(H)             Eb+G
Here alone, everythings all out of time (4x) 
 
G+Bb(L)   Bb+D        G+Bb(H)        Eb+G 
Women and children first women and children first 
 
If my explanation of how I've tabbed this song makes 
the theory of relativity seem easy then don't hesitate
to get in touch!!
 

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RADIOHEAD
Idioteque

By Tony Raffini 


C                    032010
Fsus2              x03210
Em                  022000
Fsus2add7      x03010

C
who's in bunker, who's in a bunker
Fsus2                      Em                          Fsus2
Fsus2add7
women and children first and the children first and the children

and repeat this for rest of verse and chorus.

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Idioteque by Radiohead
Tabbed by Andrew Hirst (andrew@hirst1239.freeserve.co.uk)

The songs one and only riff:

E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G-7--7--------------7--7---------
D-x--x--8--8--5--5--x--x---------
A-5--5--x--x--x--x--6--6---------
E-------6--6--3--3---------------
  here alone  everything all of the time.......    etc
   
play with a weird effect. it's probably not a guitar at all,
but i dont care.