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From: Derry Reen [reenboi@iol.ie]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 1997 6:09 PM
No Surprises by RADIOHEAD
Words and Music by Phil Selway,Colin Greenwood,Ed O'Brien,
Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke .
From the album OK COMPUTER (1997)
Tabbed by David Reen
I will show you what to play when each chord appears in the song.
(capo on 12th fret)
F Dm
--5------------- --5-----------------
--------6------- -----------6--------
----5------5----- ------7---------7---
---------------- --------------------
---------------- --------------------
---------------- --------------------
A# Rhy. Fill 1
-6------------------- ----------3-------
--------6------------ ------6-----------
----7------7--------- -3--6-------------
--------------------- ------------------
--------------------- ------------------
--------------------- ------------------
Rhy. Fill 2
------------------------
--6-5----------------6--
---------------5--------
-------5--5h7-----------
------------------------
------------------------
Rhy. Fill 3
-----------------------------------------1--0-
--3--1---1------------------------------------
-------------3---3---2---0--------------------
-----------------------------0----0-----------
----------------------------------------------
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INTRO
F F F Rhy. fill 1
F F F Rhy. fill 1
F F F F Dm Dm
A heart thats full up like a land fill
Dm Dm A# A#
A job that slowly kills you
Rhy. fill 2
Bruises that won't heal
F F F Rhy. Fill 1
(*same as above for the second verse*)
F F F F
I'll take a quiet life
Dm Dm Dm Dm
A handshake of carbon monoxide
Rhy. Fill 3
And no alarms and no surprises
Rhy. Fill 3
No alarms and no surprises
Rhy. Fill 3
No alarms and no surprises
F F F Rhy. fill 1
Please.....
F F F Rhy. Fill 1
Silence
F F F Rhy. fill 1
Silence
(*same as above*)
This is my final fit
My final Belly-ache
With No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Please
BRIDGE
C A#
---------------------------------------------6--5---3-------------
------5-------5h6p5--------------------3----------------6---------
----5-----5----------5------5--------3----3-----------------------
--5---------------------5----------3------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
C A#
---------------------------------------------6--5---3-------------
------5-------5h6p5--------------------3----------------6---------
----5-----5----------5------5--------3----3-----------------------
--5---------------------5----------3------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
Gm(downstroke)
---3-----------------------------
---3---------------------6---8---
---3---------------6--8----------
---5----5/7--5--7----------------
---5-----------------------------
---3-----------------------------
(*same chords as above*)
Such a pretty house
And such a pretty garden
(let me out of here) (sung by Ed' O Brien)
With No alarms and no surprises
(let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises
(let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises
F F F Rhy. fill 1 F F F Rhy. Fill 1
Please
This alternative ending was played at Glastonbury '97,
it follows the string ending to the recorded version.
the intro can be played as the outro in its stead if you want.
F
--5-----5----5---------------------------------------1-
----6-----6----6-------------------------------------1-
---5-5---5-5--5-5-6-5-3--6-5-3------------3----------2-
-------------------------------7-3--3-5-6----5-3-----3-
--------------------------------------------------6--3-
-----------------------------------------------------1-
INTRO
F
BflatMinor
F
BflatMinor
(guitar 2 enters)
F
Bflatminor
F
Bflatminor
A hea(F)rt that's full up like a la(F/Eflat)ndfill
A job that slowly (gminor)kills you
(C)Bruises that won't heal (F)(BflatMinor)
(F)You look so tired unhappy
(F/Eflat)Bring down the government
(gminor)They don't, (C)they don't speak for us
(F) (BflatMinor)
(F)I'll take a quite life a h(F/Eflat)andshake
Some carbon monoxide
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no Surprises
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises
(F)Silent (BflatMinor)
(F)Silent (Bflatminor)
(F)This is my final fit (F/Eflat)my final bellyache with
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises please
(F)------(BflatMinor)
(C)------(BflatMinor)
(C)------(BflatMinor)
(Gminor)------(BflatMinor)
(F)Sucha pretty house and (F/Eflat)sucha pretty garden
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises
(Gminor)No alarms and (C)no surprises please
(cut all instrumentation except guitar)
(F)------(BflatMinor)
(F)------(BflatMinor)