Guitar tab
Like Spinning Plates
RADIOHEAD- Like Spininng Plates - Amnesiac (the live piano tab)
transcription by Joey Gallagher [address removed]
Here it is, the most requested song by e-mail. This tab is taken from the
Ohio show where it was played live by Thom on piano, Colin on bass, and
Jonny on synthesizer. This song is very easy to play and uses the same
pattern for every chord change. A deep root and a 2nd are quickly hit and
then 3 high notes in succesion are played. Also the song is simple because
no chords or combination of notes are used, just single notes. There are a
lot of notes in this song and i tried to come up with an easy way to tab it
out but the least confusing way seems to be just printing the whole song out
note for note. It may seem like a lot but Thom only uses about 8 chords in
the song and the pattern stays exact for every chord, so once you have all
the chords memorized you will see the whole song is just a repetion of them
and is quite easy to learn.
I've broken the keyboard into three sections to let you know exactly what
keys to hit. Use the middle C as a reference.
(Read this carefully before e-mailing me that you do not understand it)
section 1 section2
section3
CC#DEbEFF#GAbABbB CC#DEbEFF#GAbABbB CC#DEbEFF#GAbABbB
! sp;
-middle C
Besides each note I will put a number so as to let you know where on the
piano you hit the key. i.e So A2 would mean hit the A note in section 2.
Intro
(This goes on for a long time but bear with it. To make this huge intro more
understandable I will break it up into lines. Every line is a particular
chord, and every line change means Thom has changed chords. Got it?
A1 E2 C#3 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 C#3 A2 Ab3
F#3
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3 F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
A1 E2 C#3 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 C#3 A2 Ab3
F#3
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
A1 E2 C#3 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 C#3 A2 Ab3
F#3
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3 F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
Verse1 (the placement of the words are not exact but you get an idea)
while you
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
make
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
pretty
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
speeches-------------
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
---------------------------
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
-----------------
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
i'm being
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
cut to
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
shreds ---
you feed
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
me
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
to the
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
lions--------------
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
--------------------------
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
--------------------------
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
a
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
deli--
F#1 C#2 A2 C#3 A3
-cate
A1 E2 A2 Ab3 Ab3
balance-----
and this
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
Chorus
just feels
A1 E2 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 A2 Ab3 F#3
like spinning
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
plates---------------------
i'm
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
livin' in
cloud
A1 E2 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 A2 Ab3 F#3
cukoo
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
land----------------------
and this
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
just feels
A1 E2 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 A2 Ab3 F#3
like spinning
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
plates---------------------
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
my body's floating down
A1 E2 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 A2 Ab3 F#3
the muddy
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
river-------------------------
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
Outro
A1 E2 C#3 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 C#3 A2 Ab3
F#3
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3
Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 A3
A1 E2 C#3 A2 A3 Ab3 A1 E2 C#3 A2 Ab3
F#3
C#2 Ab2 C#3 A3 Ab3 C#2 Ab2 C#3 Ab3 Ab3
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3 F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3
F#1 C#2 Bb2 C#3 Ab3
E1 B1 Ab2 B2 Ab3 (getting slower)
G#1 Eb2 C3 Eb3 Ab3 (slowly) end :)
[address removed]
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Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates (Live)
Transcription by [address removed]
Since I have no clue how else to do it, I'll do it the way most of the piano
tabs are laid out... by giving each section a number.
Middle
|
F F# G G# A Bb B C C# D | D# E F F# G G# A Bb B C C# D | D# E F F# G G# A Bb
------Section 1--------/ \----------Section 2---------/ \------Section 3----
This is grouped this way so all root notes are in Section 1.
Starts at the lowest not Thom uses to the highest... explains why not all
notes are included in sections.
For piano players: Keep foot on right pedal
For keyboard players: Set keyboard to let all notes ring
For beginners or self-teaching players: If you don't know where Middle C is,
just look at all the white keys next to the first black key in a 2 black key
sequence and find that key closest to the middle of the piano/keyboard. You
can use the chart to find the rest of the keys too.
There's a second part that you hear. It is either Jonny playing keyboards or
part of the strings sampling.
Part 1
Bb1 Bb2 D2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 A3 Bb2
Part 2
Bb1 Bb2 D2 Bb2 A3 Bb2 G3 Bb2
Part 3
Bb1 Bb2 D2 Bb2 A3 Bb2 A3 Bb2
Part 4
D1 D2 F3 D2 Bb3 D2 A3 D2
Part 5
D1 D2 F3 D2 A3 D2 A3 D2
Part 6
A1 A2 C#2 A2 E3 A2 A3 A2
Part 7
G1 G2 B2 G2 D2 G2 A3 G2
Part 8
G1 G2 B2 G2 D2 G2 Bb3 G2
Part 9
F1 F2 A2 F2 C2 F2 A3 F2
Part 10
A1 A2 C#2 A2 E3 A2 Bb3 A2
The Order of the Song:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 6
Part 7
Part 7
Part 9
Part 7
Part 9
Part 6
Part 8
Part 3
Part 6
Part 7
Part 9
Part 6
Part 8
Part 3
Part 6
Part 6
Part 6
Part 10
Part 1
Part 2
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 6
Part 6
Part 10
Part 1
Part 2
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 6
Part 7
Part 7
Part 9
Part 7
Part 9
Part 6
Part 8
Part 3
Part 6
Part 7
Part 9
Part 7
Part 9
Part 6 Part 8 Part 3 Part 6 Part 7 Part 9
While you make pretty speeeeeeeeeeeeeches
Part 6 Part 8 Part 3 Part 6
I'm beeeing cut to shreds
Part 6
Part 6
Part 6
Part 8 Part 3 Part 6 Part 7 Part 9
You feed me tooo the liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiions
Part 6 Part 8 Part 3 Part 6
A deeeeliiiicate balance
Part 6
Part 6
Part 10 Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 6 Part
6
Part 6 Part 10
And this just feels liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike
spinniiiiiiiiiiiing
plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaes
Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 6 Part
6 Part 10
I'm liiiiiiving iiiin cloud cuuuckoooooo
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 6
Part
6 Part 6 Part 10
And this just feels liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike
spinniiiiiiiiiiiing
plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaes
Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 6
Part
6 Part 10
My boody's floating down the muuddy
riiiiiiveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer
Part 1
Part 2
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 6
Part 6
Part 10
Part 1
Part 2
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 6
Part 7
Part 7
Part 9
Part 7
Part 9
Part 6 (as chord)