RADIOHEAD- The National Anthem (Kid A) tab by Joey Gallagher joeygallagher@hotmail.com First off I've broken the song into segments so as to get some organized format for this very un-organized song. I've only tabbed up until the end of the 2nd verse, then the brass starts and it's pretty pointless tabbing all that. What I've tabbed out is Jonnys martenot for the keyboard and guitar. I'm using the same piano instructions as normal. I will put the note and then the number 1,2 or 3 in conjuction so as to tell you where on the keyboard to hit the note. i.e A2 means hit the A note in section 2. section 1 section 2 section3 C#DEbEFF#GAbABbC C#DEbEFF#GAbABbC C#DEbEFF#GAbABbC *middle C For the guitar note I will put it in brackets next to the keyboard note. I will put the string and fret number. So A2 (G14) means the piano is the A key in section 2 and the note for the guitar would be played on the G string on the 14th fret. Here is the main bass riff played over and over throughout the song. D-------------------------------------------------------------------- A--9----------------9-----------------8--------------7--------------- E-----10---10--10------10--10--10-------10--10--10------10--10--10-10 I've organized the song by numbering it, each number represents every time the main riff is played. Any note under that number shows where and when Jonny plays the martenot. 1 bass riff starts up 2 3 drums kick in D2 (A5) 4 5 drums stop for a half measure and then kick back in A3 (G14) 6 Bb3 (G15) 7 A3 (G14) G3 (G12) 8 F#3 (G11) 9 D3 (G7) 10 Bb2 (G3) G2 (G-open) 11 F#2 (D4) A2 (G2) 12 F2 (D3) A2 (G2) E2 (D2) 13 D2 (D-open) A3 (G14) 14 Bb3 (G15) G3 (G12) 15 A3 (G14) F#3 (G11) 16 Bb3 (G15) G3 (G12) 17 A3 (G14) F#3 (G11) 18 F3 (G10) 19 E3 (G9) 20 Verse 1 everyone everyone 21 around here everyone is 22 so near it's holding on 23 it's holding on 24 A3 (G14) F#3 (G11) 25 Bb3 (G15) G3 (G12) 26 A3 (G14) F#3 (G11) 27 Bb3 (G15) G3 (G12) 28 Verse 2 and everyone everyone is 29 so near everyone 30 stop the fear it's holding on 31 it's holding on 32 Brass enters , Jonny's martenot plays the same thing that was played after Verse 1