Radiohead : "Street spirit" Guitar chords

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STREET SPIRIT


There are four picking patterns used throughout the song. One for each of
the Am, Em and C chords used, with a change of pattern on the Am in the
second and subsequent verses (although the original pattern is still used
for the choruses and outro). Its hard to tell what the fingerpicked
guitar does when the chords change  in the outro, as there is another
guitar over the top, playing some similar ideas up an octave (I might get
round to transcribing these one day!)

Here is the chord structure for the song:
Note that the complete picking pattern takes up two bars.

INTRO
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:

VERSE
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
Em---:Em---:Em---:Em---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:

CHORUS
C---:C---:Em---:Em---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
C---:C---:Em---:Em---:

VERSE (Am picking pattern changes)
CHORUS (Double length of first chorus)
VERSE
CHORUS (Double length)

OUTRO (From "Immerse your soul....")
G---:G---:E---:E---:
Am---:Am---:Am---:Am---:
G---:G---:Em---:Em---:
Am---:Am---:

Am picking pattern (First verse/chorus)

------0----------0-----------0-------------------------------
-----------3-----------1-----------0-------------------------
--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------2-------------------
---2----------------------------------2-----2----------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------

Am picking pattern (Second & Third verses)

  Am      Asus2                 Am
-------------------------------------------------------------------
------1---0----------------0------1--------------------------------
--------------2----------------------------------------------------
----2---2---2---2--2---2------2------2-----------------------------
--0----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Em and C picking patterns as first verse Am, but the appropriate chord 
shapes formed (Standard Em and C) using the same descending notes on the 
B string.

Watch out for cramps playing this one, as you have to hold that open Am
shape for a hell of a long time. Its best played on an electroacoustic,
with just a hint of reverb.

Am 
Rows of houses...
Em
Am (4 bars)
    C    Em  Am
And fade...
    C   E*m  Am
    C   Em   Am 
    C   Em

*First chorus ends here.
 Third chorus as above, but with a double length "Ohhhhh" section.

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