The Present Tense by Radiohead

The Present Tense tab by Radiohead

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Radiohead
The Present Tense

Capo 1


Intro:

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e|-------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||
G|----7-----7-----------7--------||
D|-------------------------------|| x2
A|--------------8-----------8----||
E|6-----6-----------6------------||

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G||----------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7----||
D||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|| x2
A||--10----10----------10------------|-------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------|8-----------------8------------||


Verse:

part 1:
                distance
              of self defense
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G||--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
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               distance
             of self defense
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

             is like a weapon
            against the present
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

             is like a weapon
            against the present
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B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6--------||
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0----||
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5------------||
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||

             the present tense
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse:

part 2:
            don't wanna get heavy
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

             don't get heavy
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B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

              keep it light and
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B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                    V dissonant measure V
              keep it moving
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B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|0-----------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

              i am doing
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

               no harm
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B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

             and as my world
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

            comes crashing down
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

             i'll be dancing
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G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|5-----5-----------5-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                    V dissonant measure V
              freaking out
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B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----6-----6-----------6---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|0-----------------0-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

              deaf, dumb
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B|----8-----8-----------8---------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|--------------0-----------0-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-----6-----------6-------------|8-----8-----------8-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Chorus:

and blind               (no singing first time through)
                             in you i'm
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G||7-------------7-----------7-----|7-------------7-----------------|
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A||10----10----------10------------|10----10------8-------8---------|
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 lost                         in you i'm
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B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----------7---------|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|8-------------8-----------8-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|

 lost
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B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G|----12----12----------12--------|----9-----9-----------9--------||
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A|13------------13----------13----|10------------10----------10---||
E|11----11----------11------------|8-----8-----------8------------||


Bridge:

       i won't turn round         where the penny dropped
       stopped from falling        down a mine
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G||7-------------7-----------7-----|8-----8-------7-----------7-----|
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A||10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

       won't stop now          won't slack off
       it's no one's business      but mine
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G|7-------------7-----------7-----|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D|--------------------------------|4-----4-------4-----------4-----|
A|9-----9-----------9-------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|7-----------------7-------------|

      or all this love          will be in vain
       all this love          could been in vain
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G|----7-----7-----------7---------|--------------------------------|
D|3-------------3-----------3-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
A|--------------------------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|--------------------------------|


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B|--------------------------------|----9-----9-----------9---------|
G|----5-----5-----------5---------|5-------------5-----------5-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|6-------------6-----------6-----|8------8----------8-------------|
E|4-----4-----------4-------------|--------------------------------|

         V 1st time V
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B|-------------------------------||
G|----7-----7-----------5--------||
D|--------------------------6----|| x2
A|8-------------6----------------||
E|6-----6-----------4------------||

         V 2nd time V
       e|-----------------||
       B|-----------------||
       G|--------7--------||
       D|-----------------||
       A|8-----------8----||
       E|----6------------||


Chorus:
                             in you i'm
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B||----11----11----------11--------|----11----11------10------10----|
G||7-------------7-----------7-----|7-------------7-----------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||10----10----------10------------|10----10------8-------8---------|
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 lost                         in you i'm
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B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----------7---------|----7-----7-----------7---------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|8-------------8-----------8-----|8-------------8-----------8-----|
E|6-----6-----------6-------------|6-----6-----------6-------------|

 lost
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G|----12----12----------12--------|----9-----9-----------9--------||
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||x2
A|13------------13----------13----|10------------10----------10---||
E|11----11----------11------------|8-----8-----------8------------||


Outro:

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B|----11----11----------11--------|----8-----8-----------8---------|
G|--------------0-----------0-----|------8-------7-----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|x4
A|10----10----------10------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-----------------8-------------|

e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
B|11------------------------------|-----------------------------||
G|12------------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|12------------------------------|-----------------------------||
A|10------------------------------|-----------------------------||

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