This is my take on the song. I left it as open as i could for interpretation. Feel free
to through in your own stylistic what-not. Anyway, standard tuning, let's get to it.
-Intro (it sounds like there's a cello in there too, you
can approximate that by playing the octave higher, as well):
Guitar 2 (distortion & reverb):
E|-0-1--8--7-9--5-|-0-1--8--7-|-5--9--12-13--8--7-|-9--5--0-1--8--7--|
e|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
High-pitched riff that starts playing during Intro
(This gets repeated in the verse as well):
e|-12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-| x2
-Verse:
Guitar 1 - rhythm guitar (pro co rat distortion, probably)
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-6-666-66-66-6666-|-8-888-88-88------|-7-777-77-77------|
D|-7-777-77-77-7777-|-7-777-77-77-2424///7-777-77-77-2424//
A|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-7-777-77-77-7777-|-97676-66-66-6666-|-97676-66-66-6666-|
D|-7-777-77-77-7777-|-77777-77-77-0000-|-77777-77-77-0000-|
A|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-00000-00-00-0000-|-00000-00-00-0000-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-6-666-66-66-6666-|-8-888-88-88------|-7-777-77-77------|
D|-7-777-77-77-7777-|-7-777-77-77-2424///7-777-77-77-2424//
A|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|-55555-55-55-5555-|
G|-7-777-77-77-7777-|-97676-66-66-6666-|-77776-66-66-6666-|
D|-7-777-77-77-7777-|-77777-77-77-0000-|-77777-77-77-0000-|
A|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-00000-00-00-0000-|-00000-00-00-0000-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|
-Chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radiohead/airbag_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar 1
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|
D|-1-111-11-11-1111-|-4-444-44-44-4444-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|
A|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-4-444-44-44-4444-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|
E|------------------|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|
e|-------00-00-0000-|-------00-00-0000-|-------00-00-0000-|
B|-------00-00-0000-|-------22-22-2222-|-------22-22-2222-|
G|-1-111-11-11-1111-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|
D|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-2-222-22-22-2222-|
A|-2-222-22-22-2222-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|-0-000-00-00-0000-|
E|-0-000-00-00-0000-|------------------|------------------|
-Repeat Intro (trem guitar comes in here):
Tremolo part (REVERB & ECHO):
e|-5tr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-Verse (trem guitar part continues)
e|-5tr~~4tr~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~|------|------------------|
B|-----------|-----------|------|-3tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|
e|------------------|-5tr~~4tr~~~~~~~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~~|
B|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-----------------|-----------|-------|
e|-8tr~~7tr~~|-5tr~~|------------------|------------------|
B|-----------|------|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|
-Chorus
-Verse Again with Tremolo lead-in. Solo guitar plays similar
melody to trem part, without trem & the addition of bends and
double-stops, etc (i.e. a guitar solo)....oh, & (no rhythm guitar)
-Chorus (rhythm guitar returns) x2
-Then comes the 'BREAKDOWN/BREAKOUT' part. There is a
tremolo guitar part. however, it's mostly FX, just
improvise (and make it nice and epic while you're at it)
(Optional Rhythm Guitar Part):
e|-0-000-00-00-0-0-|-0-000-00-00-0-0-|
B|-2-222-22-22-2-2-|-0-000-22-22-2-2-|
G|-2-222-22-22-2-2-|-2-222-22-22-2-2-|
D|-2-222-22-22-2-2-|-2-222-22-22-2-2-|
A|-0-000-00-00-0-0-|-0-000-00-00-0-0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
*Bring in the intro riff at the end
*AND...finish with!:
e|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|-6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
perhaps i exaggerated the hold time, but in any case, that's the song. cheers.
| tr Tremolo pick (i.e. pick as fast as fast as you bloody well can)
| / slide up
