Radiohead - Street Spirit

Am - No capo

Intro

Am-riff (4x)

Verse 1

Am-riff             Am-riff
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
  Am-riff         Am-riff
I can feel their, blue hands touching me
    Em-riff
All these things into position,
    Em-riff
all these things will one day swallow whole
Am-riff (2x)

Chorus 1

    C-riff   Em-riff    Am-riff
And fade     out       again
    C-riff   Em-riff
and fade     out

Verse 2

Am-riff            Am-riff
This machine will, will not communicate
Am-riff                Am-riff
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Em-riff
Be a world child, form a circle,
  Em-riff         Am-riff
before we all, go under
Am-roff

Chorus 2

    C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff (2x)
And fade     out       again
    C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff (2x)
and fade     out       again

Break 1

C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff   Am-riff   
C-riff   Em-riff

Verse 3

Am-riff
Cracked eggs, dead birds,
Am-riff
Scream as they fight for life
Am-riff               Am-riff
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
Em-riff
All these things into position
Em-riff                               Am-riff
All these things will one day swallow whole
Am-riff

Chorus 3

    C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff   Am-riff
And fade     out      again
    C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff   Am-riff
And fade     out      again

Outtro

C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff   Am-riff
(vocalise)
C-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff   Am-riff
(vocalise)

  C/G-riff   Em-riff   Am-riff    Am-riff
Immerse your soul in   love
  C/G-riff   Em-riff   Am (slow)
Immerse your soul in   love

Notes

• Capo: -
• Key: Am
• The official recording seems to use a slightly different tuning than with the usual A=440 Hz [1]
• Not sure if it's really pentatonic, but it seems pretty close.

Am-riff

Quite sure this is correct [2]:

  1 Asus4                 2 Am          Asus2
e-|------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|
B-|------------3----------|-1-----------0----------|
G-|---------2-----2-----2-|----2-----2-----2-----2-|
D-|----2------------------|-------------------2----|
A-|-0---------------------|------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|------------------------|

Em-riff

Quite sure this is correct [3]:

e-|-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|
B-|-------------3----------|-1-----------0----------|
G-|----------0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D-|------------------------|-------------------2----|
A-|----2-------------------|------------------------|
E-|-0----------------------|------------------------|

C-riff

 
e-|------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|
B-|------------3----------|-1-----------0----------|
G-|----0----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D-|-----------------------|-------------------2----|
A-|-3---------------------|------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|------------------------|

C/G-riff (outtro)

e|---------0--------------0-------------0----------------------|
B|---------------3--------------1---------------0--------------|
G|------------0------0------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-|
D|-----2------------------------------------------------2------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------------------------------|

Other riffs

Em (1)-riff

      Em7       Em7+?        Em6              Em7   
e-|-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|
B-|-------------3----------|-1-----------0----------|
G-|----------0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D-|----2-------------------|-------------------2----|
A-|-0----------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|

Em (2)-riff

Only first note is different

e-|-------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|
B-|-------------3----------|-1-----------0----------|
G-|----------0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D-|----2-------------------|-------------------2----|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|-0----------------------|------------------------|

C-riff outtro

 
e-|------0-----------0----|-------0----------------|
B-|------------3----------|-1-----------0----------|
G-|----0----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D-|-----------------------|-------------------2----|
A-|-----------------------|------------------------|
E-|-3---------------------|------------------------|

Resources - Ultimate Guitar

• https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/radiohead/street-spirit-fade-out-chords-1053330 - Prima
• Tab Pro Version 4 - Tab, score & chords! → I follow this version, except for bar numbering (first bar is empty)
• Official version - Tabs & score, but not the associated chords or lyrics - Not so handy → I follow the bar numbering from here
• Chord versions are not usable when fingerpicking
• Tab Pro Version 1 - Tab, score & lyrics. No chords

Resources - YouTube

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc - Officiële videoclip
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLRnMv9UypM - Cover with two guitars
• https://www.scribd.com/doc/17403944/Radiohead-The-Bends-Street-Spirit-Fade-Out
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA5TfM5701g - GuitarLesson365.com
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq4Ay9CpWg - vkgoedwild - Radiohead - Street Spirit - piano cover
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnDVXyVdWCE - Cobaingel - "Street Spirit" - Radiohead - Piano Instrumental → Mijn favoriete instrumentale versie

Resources - Other

• https://www.reddit.com/r/radiohead/comments/s1vcs/anyone_else_notice_that_street_spirit_was/

Chords

Em7

C9