“Exit Music (For A Film)” by Radiohead – Chords, Tabs, & How to Play

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“Exit Music (For A Film)”
Radiohead

(Capo 2nd fret)

Am                    E                  C                    D/F#
Wake from your dreams, the drying of your tears;
Am               E                Asus2      Am
Today we escape, we escape…

Pack and get dressed before your father hears us,
Before all hell breaks loose…

Gm                    D
Breathe, keep breathing;
Asus2   Am  Asus2    Am      Em7
Don’t     lose your nerve.
Gm                    D
Breathe, keep breathing;
Asus2   Am  Asus2      Am      Em7      E
I can’t   do     this    alone.

Sing us a song, a song to keep us warm.
There’s such a chill, such a CHILL…

Am         B           E             F
You can laugh a spineless laugh.
F                      Bb            E
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you…

Am               E        C                D/F#
Now we are one in everlasting peace…

Am                       E                         Asus2      Am
We hope that you choke, that you choke…
We hope that you choke, that you choke…
We hope that you choke, that you choke.

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“Great Day” (Paul McCartney Cover)

By Jim Fusco:

Welcome to your Sunday edition of the Laptop Sessions!

Today, I bring you a tune that I covered on my album “That’s All Folks” called “Great Day” by Paul McCartney. It closes out his 1997 album “Flaming Pie”, one of my all-time favorites.  That album, “That’s All Folks”, came about because I had purchased my first good acoustic guitar.  That guitar meant everything to me- it sounded great, played great, and made me feel like a real musician.  I didn’t even really know how to play too well when I bought it.  So, I learned how to play a bunch of songs I was listening to at the time.  That taught me more chords, which turned me into a better player.  And, at the time, I was going through a HUGE Paul McCartney phase.  They had just released “Wingspan” with all of Wings’ greatest hits.  I know those songs probably grate on people after all this time, but they were all new to me- and I fell for it pretty hard.  We were also listening, as a family, to Paul’s albums from the 90s quite a bit.  The first real song I learned how to play (and played it for my parents) was, of all things, “Hope of Deliverance” by Paul McCartney off of the “Off the Ground” album from the early 90s.  I guess you could say that Paul McCartney’s songs really taught me how to play.  And when it comes to rock musicians, you can’t get a much better tutor than him.

This is the perfect acoustic song and gives quite a vocal workout, which you wouldn’t expect in such a simple song.  I decided to do this acoustic cover song on my nylon-string classical acoustic guitar, as it gave me the opportunity to be more expressive in my performance.  This song is very soulful, which you wouldn’t really expect from the lyrics.  I kind of dumbed-down the guitar picking riff throughout because that’s not really my thing.  I’m a strummer and a soloist, but can’t do the flat-picking thing too well.  Paul McCartney, the phenom that he is, is proficient at almost anything, musically.  The man is one of the best bass players of all time, he can play the drums, sing (obviously), write songs, and play any guitar part you throw in front of him.  Oh, and he’s written some of the most famous rock songs of all time on the piano, as well.  That’s a pretty impressive life, for sure!

I hope you all enjoy today’s Session, as I’ll be back on Wednesday with a “political” original song- don’t miss it!