RADIOHEAD- Knives Out (un-released) transcription by Joey Gallagher (joeygallagher@hotmail.com) What you have in this song is 3 guitars. Thom doing the acoustic rythm. Jonny doing all the sharp sounding riffs. And Colin adding some bass lines (I haven't bothered to include that) The songs pretty straight forward and incorporates alot of Paranoid Android chords. The chorus of the song can be kind of hard to distinguish because of Colin's bass lines, which can kind of mislead you because he's darting around what the others are playing. Chords Used Cm- (8x088x) Bbadd6- (6x878x) Ab- (4x654x) or can also try Ab9- (4x554x) I think Thom switches back and forth between these two quickly in some parts of the song. Gm- (3x033x) Fsus2- (1x023x) Em6- (02202x) F#- (2x02xx) G- (3x0xxx) Am- (5x755x) Dm- (xx0231) Dm/C- (x3023x) Bb9- (6x076x) Intro Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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Gm Fsus2 Em6 (F# G)
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Verse1 I want you to know Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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he's not coming back Gm Fsus2 Em6 (F# G)
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he's bloated and frozen still there's Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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no point in letting it go to waste Gm Fsus2 Em6
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Chorus so knives out cook him up Am Gm Dm Dm/C
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don't look down shove it in your mouth Bb9 Em6
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Verse2 if you'd been a dog they would of Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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drowned you at birth Gm Fsus2 Em6
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look into my eyes it's the Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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only way you'll know I'm telling the truth Gm Fsus2 Em6
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Chorus so knives out cook him up Am Gm Dm Dm/C
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squash his head put him in the pot Bb9 Em6
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Solo Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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Gm Fsus2 Em6
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Chorus Verse4 I want you to know Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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he's not coming back Gm Fsus2 Em6
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look into my eyes it's the Cm Bbadd6 Ab
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only way you'll know I'm telling the truth Gm Fsus2 Em6
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Chorus that's the end? we need applause, you gotta clap, thanx very much, goodnight ________________________________________________________________________________ RADIOHEAD Knives Out By Martin Tetzlaff okcomputer@web.de (For those who want to play the Thom Yorke acoustic guitar part!) First the chords: EADGHE 1 - (8xx88x) 2 - (6xx88x) 3 - (4xx54x) 4 - (3x0330) 5 - (13x23x) 6 - (022020) 7 - (5xx55x) 8 - (5xx65x) 9 - (xx0231) 10 -(x30231) 11 -(x13331) INTRO 1 2 3 4 5 6 VERSE 1 2 3 I want you to know 4 5 6 He's not coming back 1 2 3 He's bloated and frozen 4 5 6 Still there's no point in letting it go to waste REFRAIN 7 8 So knives out 9 10 Cook him up 11 Don't look down 4 6 Shove it in your mouth VERSE If you'd been a dog They would have drowned you at birth REFRAIN So knives out Catch the mouse Squash his head Put him in the pot So knives out Catch the mouse Don't look down Shove it in your mouth CLIMB 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 VERSE I want you to know He's not coming back Look into my eyes It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth REFRAIN So knives out Catch the mouse Squash his head Put him in the pot The song ends with chord #6. But everybody has to find out on his/her own how to play the strings like Thom does. But these must be the chords for the acoustic guitar part.
Source: http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/radiohead/amnesiac/knives_out.txt