Biography:
Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is best known as the lead singer of the English alternative rock band Radiohead, but he also has a solo career and is also a frontman of the supergroup Atoms for Peace.
Career:
He mainly plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar and piano, but has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the Kid A and Amnesiac Radiohead sessions).
His debut album The Eraser was released on July 10th 2006 in the UK and onJuly 11th in the US.
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/ Thom Yorke / This song is about David Kelly, a former weapon
/ Harrowdown Hill / inspector in Iraq at the time Saddam Hussein was still
/ The Eraser / in charge and who truly knew about the situation
/__________________/ concerning weapons of mass destruction – the government's
official justification for invading Iraq. His evidence
questioned the entire situation as it proved that there of course wasn't any
threat at all. This evidence pulled him through a massive storm of attention
from the medias and put him under an unbearable pressure from his own government
as he now had to stand uagainst his own country all by himself. This unbearable
pressure forced him to take the ultimate consequence. (Some conspiracies say
that he was murdered, but no matter what the government truly knew that this
might be the result of the weight on his shoulders!) The 17th of July Kelly's
body was found in the woods of Harrowdown Hill. He had overdosed himself with
medicine and cut his left wrist with a knife had owned since his youth.
Bm
Don't walk the plank like I did
Bm
You will be dispensed with
G G
When you've become inconvenient
Bm
Up on harrowdown hill
Bm
There where you used to go to school
G
That's where I am
G
That's where I'm lying down
Bm
Did I fall or was I pushed?
Bm
Did I fall or was I pushed?
G
And where's the blood?
G
And where's the blood?
A
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
A
To make it all right, so dry your eyes
G
We think the same things at the same time
G
We just can't do anything about it
A A
We think the same things at the same time
G
We just can't do anything about it
G A
So don't ask me, ask the ministry
A
Don't ask me, ask the ministry
G
We think the same things at the same time
G Em
There are so many of us so you can't count
Em
We think the same things at the same time
G
There are too many of us so you can't count
Bm
Can you see me when I'm running?
Bm
Can you see me when I'm running?
G
Away from them
G
Away from them
Bm
I can't take their pressure
Bm
No one cares if you live or die
G
They just want me gone
G
They want me gone
A
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
A
To make it all right, so dry your eyes
G
We think the same things at the same time
G
We just can't do anything about it
Em Em
We think the same things at the same time
G
There are too many of us so you can't
G Bm6
There are too many of us so you can't count
Bm
Then I was led into a backroom at Harrowdown Hill
Bm
Then I was led into the back at Harrowdown Hill
G
It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope
A
It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope
Em
I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness
Em
I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness
Bm
I feel me...
Outro:
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---5/7---7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
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---x---x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x-(14)--x--x---x-x-x--|
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---x---x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x---x---x--x---x-x-x--|
---5/7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7--10--10-10---5-5-5--|
*the notes in brackets can replace the upper note
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July, 2015 "
/ Thom Yorke / This song is about David Kelly, a former weapon
/ Harrowdown Hill / inspector in Iraq at the time Saddam Hussein was still
/ The Eraser / in charge and who truly knew about the situation
/__________________/ concerning weapons of mass destruction – the government's
official justification for invading Iraq. His evidence
questioned the entire situation as it proved that there of course wasn't any
threat at all. This evidence pulled him through a massive storm of attention
from the medias and put him under an unbearable pressure from his own government
as he now had to stand uagainst his own country all by himself. This unbearable
pressure forced him to take the ultimate consequence. (Some conspiracies say
that he was murdered, but no matter what the government truly knew that this
might be the result of the weight on his shoulders!) The 17th of July Kelly's
body was found in the woods of Harrowdown Hill. He had overdosed himself with
medicine and cut his left wrist with a knife had owned since his youth.
Bm
Don't walk the plank like I did
Bm
You will be dispensed with
G G
When you've become inconvenient
Bm
Up on harrowdown hill
Bm
There where you used to go to school
G
That's where I am
G
That's where I'm lying down
Bm
Did I fall or was I pushed?
Bm
Did I fall or was I pushed?
G
And where's the blood?
G
And where's the blood?
A
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
A
To make it all right, so dry your eyes
G
We think the same things at the same time
G
We just can't do anything about it
A A
We think the same things at the same time
G
We just can't do anything about it
G A
So don't ask me, ask the ministry
A
Don't ask me, ask the ministry
G
We think the same things at the same time
G Em
There are so many of us so you can't count
Em
We think the same things at the same time
G
There are too many of us so you can't count
Bm
Can you see me when I'm running?
Bm
Can you see me when I'm running?
G
Away from them
G
Away from them
Bm
I can't take their pressure
Bm
No one cares if you live or die
G
They just want me gone
G
They want me gone
A
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
A
To make it all right, so dry your eyes
G
We think the same things at the same time
G
We just can't do anything about it
Em Em
We think the same things at the same time
G
There are too many of us so you can't
G Bm6
There are too many of us so you can't count
Bm
Then I was led into a backroom at Harrowdown Hill
Bm
Then I was led into the back at Harrowdown Hill
G
It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope
A
It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope
Em
I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness
Em
I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness
Bm
I feel me...
Outro:
---------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
---5/7---7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
--(9)--(11)--x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
---x-----x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
---x-----x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
---5/7---7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
---------------------------------------------------|
---5/7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7--10--10-10---5-5-5--|
---x---x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x-(14)--x--x---x-x-x--|
---x---x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x---x---x--x---x-x-x--|
---x---x---x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x---x---x--x---x-x-x--|
---5/7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7--10--10-10---5-5-5--|
*the notes in brackets can replace the upper note
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26th /August /06
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab.
The past 11 years, I have generated 10,318,000 views and 815 top-rated tabs for this site.
If you want to support an eager contributor like me, check out my own site:
_____ http://www.PlayLikeTheGreats.com _____
Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions.
Best regards,
Maitinin
July, 2015 "
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