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2+2=5 Guitar Tablature
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Artist : Radiohead
Song : 2+2=5
Album : Hail To The Thief
Composer(s) : Yorke, Greenwood, Greenwood, O'Brien, Selway

Guitars 1 and 2 - Drop D tuning (DADGBe)
Guitar 3        - Standard tuning (EADGBe)




INTRO - 7/4 time

Gt.1 (Jonny) - clean tone

  Fm                Esus2/F         
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--1---------1---------0---------0----------------------------------------------------
D----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3----------------------------------------------
A------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3--------(repeat until vocals)---------------
D--3---------3---------2---------2----------------------------------------------------



e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--1---------1---------0---------0----------------------------------------------------
D----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3----------------------------------------------
A------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3--------------------------------------------
D--3---------3---------2---------2----------------------------------------------------
  Are you such   a    dreamer....
  I'll lay             down the tracks...

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--1---------1---------0---------0------------2---------2-----------------------------
D----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3--------3---3-----3---3----4---4--------------
A------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3--------3---3-----3---3----3----------------
D--3---------3---------2---------2------------1---------1---------0-------------------
 
  I'll stay home    forever         where   two and two           always
  January has       April showers, and      two and two           always


e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----3---------1---------0---------0-------------------------------------------------
D---------5---5------3--------3---3-----3---3-----------------------------------------
A-------5---5------3---3----3---3-----3---3-------------------------------------------
D--0--5---------3---------2---------2-------------------------------------------------

     Makes      Fi   -    ve
     Makes up   fi   -    ve





SECOND PART - 4/4 time


Gt. 1 (Jonny) - Jonny plucks these octaves fast with his first and second fingers, and they are played slightly off-beat

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------13-----12---10--12-----12----12---10-15-10-15--12--------------------------
D----------x------x----x---x------x-----x----x--x--x--x---x---------------------------
A----------11-----10---8---10-----10----10---8--13-8--13--10--------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 It's the Devil's way now...     There is no way         out...



Gt. 2 (Ed) - Ed picks the high and low notes of these octaves alternatively, and adds distortion for the shouty bit

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------10-----9---6---9-------9-------8--6--10-6-10-9----------------------------
D-----------x------x---x---x-------x-------x--x--x--x-x--x----------------------------
A-----------8------7---4---7-------7-------6--4--8--4-8--7----------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  It's the Devil's way now...     There is no way         out...



Guitars one and two play these patterns throughout the entire second section, up until the last 'PAYING ATTENION'
After the 'Because...', guitar 3 (Thom) joins in with distortion



Gt. 3 (Thom)
             Fm                Emaj                C#maj            Cmaj
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------9------------------9------------------6----------------5-----------------
G------------10-----------------9------------------6----------------5-----------------
D------------10-----------------9------------------6----------------5-----------------
A------------8------------------7------------------4----------------3-----------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (Because)  You have not been  paying attention, paying attention, paying attention....

    D#maj            C#maj                               Cmaj
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---8----------------6-----------------------------------5----------------------------
G---8----------------6-----------------------------------5----------------------------
D---8----------------6-----------------------------------5----------------------------
A---6----------------4-----------------------------------3----------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   You have not been paying attention, paying attention, paying attention, paying attention






THIRD PART - Live, Jonny thrashes around with 'that effect' throughout the mental bit (ie. the one heard during the interlude 

in Airbag, where his guitars sounds like the whole thing's falling apart and loads of notes crash together). I've just tabbed 

out the added bits you can hear on the album recording here.




Thom
    G#     A#    G#     A#   G7   (Gmaj) G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5--5----7----5--5----7----4--4---4---4--4-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----3--3---5---3--3-----------------------------------------
A---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------
E---4--4----6----4--4----6----3--3---3---3--3-----------------------------------------


Ed
    G#     A#    G#     A#   G7   (Gmaj) G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5--5----7----5--5----7----4--4---4---4--4-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----3--3---5---3--3-----------------------------------------
A---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------


Jonny
e---1--1----3----1--1----3----1--1---3---1---1----------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




Thom
    G#     A#    G#     A#   G7   (Gmaj) G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5--5----7----5--5----7----4--4---4---4--4-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----3--3---5---3--3-----------------------------------------
A---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------
E---4--4----6----4--4----6----3--3---3---3--3-----------------------------------------


Ed
    G#     A#    G#     A#   G7   (Gmaj) G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5--5----7----5--5----7----4--4---4---4--4-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----3--3---5---3--3-----------------------------------------
A---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------


Jonny - fast tremolo picking
e-------------------------16~~~~~~17~~~~~/--------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------0---------0---------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---15~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Thom
     C#7         G#m         C#7        G#m       G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---6------------------------6--------------------------------------------------------
G---4-------------4----------4-----------4--------4--4---4--4-------------------------
D---6-------------6----------6-----------6--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
A---4-------------6----------4-----------6--------5--5---5--5-------------------------
E-----------------4----------------------4--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
   I try to sing along but I get it all wrong     but im not


Ed
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---11------------6----------11----------6--------3--3---5--3--3----------------------
A---11------------6----------11----------6--------5--5---5--5--5----------------------
D---11------------6----------11----------6--------5--5---5--5--5----------------------


Jonny
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------10----------------------------------
D---11/-----------6/---------11/---------6/-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




Thom
     C#7         G#m         C#7        G#m       G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---6------------------------6--------------------------------------------------------
G---4-------------4----------4-----------4--------4--4---4--4-------------------------
D---6-------------6----------6-----------6--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
A---4-------------6----------4-----------6--------5--5---5--5-------------------------
E-----------------4----------------------4--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
   I swat em like flies but like flies...........NOT! But im not


Ed
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---11------------6----------11----------6--------3--3---5--3--3----------------------
A---11------------6----------11----------6--------5--5---5--5--5----------------------
D---11------------6----------11----------6--------5--5---5--5--5----------------------


Jonny
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------10----------------------------------
D---11/-----------6/---------11/---------6/-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Thom
     C#7         G#m         C#7        G#m       G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---6------------------------6--------------------------------------------------------
G---4-------------4----------4-----------4--------4--4---4--4-------------------------
D---6-------------6----------6-----------6--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
A---4-------------6----------4-----------6--------5--5---5--5-------------------------
E-----------------4----------------------4--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
   All hail to the thief all hail to the theif    but im not


Ed
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---11------------6----------11----------6--------3--3---5--3--3----------------------
A---11------------6----------11----------6--------5--5---5--5--5----------------------
D---11------------6----------11----------6--------5--5---5--5--5----------------------


Jonny
e---(fast tremolo)--------------------------------------------------------------------
B---11-~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------[Jonny uses his cutoff switches and 'that effect' (as heard on Airbag)
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Thom
     C#7         G#m         C#7        G#m       G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---6------------------------6--------------------------------------------------------
G---4-------------4----------4-----------4--------4--4---4--4-------------------------
D---6-------------6----------6-----------6--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
A---4-------------6----------4-----------6--------5--5---5--5-------------------------
E-----------------4----------------------4--------3--3---3--3-------------------------
   DON'T QUESTION MY AUTHORITY OR PUT ME IN THE DOCK COZIMNOT!


Ed
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------3--3---5--3--3----------------------
A-------------------------------------------------5--5---5--5--5----------------------
D-------------------------------------------------5--5---5--5--5----------------------


Jonny
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----[same as Ed]---------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Thom
    G#     A#    G#     A#   G7   (Gmaj) G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5--5----7----5--5----7----4--4---4---4--4-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----3--3---5---3--3-----------------------------------------
A---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------
E---4--4----6----4--4----6----3--3---3---3--3-----------------------------------------
   Oh go and tell the King....not

Ed
    G#     A#    G#     A#   G7   (Gmaj) G7
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5--5----7----5--5----7----4--4---4---4--4-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----3--3---5---3--3-----------------------------------------
A---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------
D---6--6----8----6--6----8----5--5---5---5--5-----------------------------------------


Jonny - This is played with a delayed synth effect w/wobbler
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----(18)/6---8----10----8---7---/-19 (sustain)--------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------






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