Thom Yorke / Radiohead - The Present Tense (Cover & Tab)

[cidp012]

nevermind, found the answer in the comments. this tutorial is utterly brilliant, thank you so much!

[cidp012]

what is the tab for Gm(high)?

[yasseford]

A great cover as always. Radiohead is really missing out by not turning this one into a fully-produced song. Sooo good. Although, there is something charming about a solo acoustic song by Thom.

[SuperiFox]

@yasseford Jonny used the melodies from the song in his soundtrack for Norwegian Wood. I doubt we'll ever see the radiohead version unless we spread the word and start a campaign or something... (Hence I am commenting a lot about this)

[marszgee]

'kay hello! i have been watching all your tutorial and i feel so dumb because everyone easily get it and i dont. idk is it my brain or my guitar that is out of tune. but maybe im just blind without chord.. but you are awesome mate, i wish you get to meet radiohead. i really love it. especially this..... i love this song a lot. thank you so much, i'll study harder XD

[mikethered123]

Chris Martin?... We know it's you, man. Good job.

[lapointeric]

wow, fucking astonishing cover man. well done.

[justinwhatley1]

incredible work man. sick cover and tab

[edosimon]

Awesome job warren, and thanks for the tabs to this amazing song!

[wankerdoo11]

Hey thanks alot Warren for posting this, you have a great voice and this is one of the best covers I've heard! One quick question (might be kind of dumb) but in Gm do I pluck the open G and 11B string at the same time or is that just a typo?

Is Gm - x 10 x 0 11 x supposed to be Gm - x 10 x X 11 x? Or Have I got it all wrong?

[warrenmusic]

You pluck the open 3G string whenever you feel like adding a little body to the chord... that's what I think Thom is doing. You hear the open string from time to time, and there is no real discernable pattern (unlike the Cm and Cm5).

[matthawkins]

Cheers for the tab. Nicely done ;)

[shenelle731]

beautiful!!!!...great voice

[benestnuts]

great job! nice voice too! Thanks.

[diegod420]

this is great.........well done

[hjh360]

wow great cover, I because of this tab i managed to learn it, please listen to my cover of this song and tell me what you think about it! :)

[genek121]

do u write any of ur own music? play in a band id be keen to listen. peace

[genek121]

ur amazing man love the singing one of my fav songs dude live in australia bro so i can get lessons

[warrenmusic]

@genek121 you can contact me on skype... i have one student in Australia right now. My username: warrenlain

[BillCosbyInYourPants]

I have been listening to this a lot lately... your voice is really awesome. mabye you have a high quality mp3 version of this available? :-)

[racso452]

I was going to ask the same question!

[warrenmusic]

@BillCosbyInYourPants @racso452 PM me... I'd be honored to send you a link.

[racso452]

Call me crazy, and I feel like an idiot, but...

What exactly does PM mean?

[warrenmusic]

@racso452 "Private Message"

[BillCosbyInYourPants]

This is so fucking beautiful. You are a great musician!

[virgallagher]

i love you, you always make amazing covers and tutorials! you are great, thank you

keep on uploading radiohead tutorials, they're so helpfull

[carlthom1976]

Another great cover! Well done and thanx a bunch

[michaelgeldberg]

i've never liked a radiohead cover before, but this is incredible. you've kept the essence of the original with just enough of your own touch. i can't wait to see what he does with this song

[LakesOnFireTv]

u sound like guy garvey

[warrenmusic]

not familiar with elbow's stuff, but i will take a listen!

[SilentTutorialsEtc]

sehr gut!

[richi6006]

nice

[Thumpshin]

i put the chords with the lyrics on ultimate guitar..

hope you dont mind(i used your tabs)..

great job man!

[warrenmusic]

don't mind at all, the tabs belong to all of you! thank you for watching.

[budlac]

you are going places warren lain

[ssspaceman86]

On 2:42 you are seems like Jeff Buckley:) Thanks for this "work".

[warrenmusic]

absurd, but i thank you nonetheless.

[sivlartanis]

Awesome. Thanks so much

[djsosharp]

Wow you sound excellent on this warren

[dMoniker]

Go on the warren!

[MicahBuzan]

you are always figuiring this stuff out

[julienounino]

Man, you fucking rule :o

[mickaelmenu]

Hi, good tutorial, as always ;)

I'm just wondering why you called the chord 8xx08x a Cm5 (instead of C5)? There is no third in it, I thought a power chord doesn't have any major/minor quality.

Also, why the 7x07xx is a G/B and not a simple Bm? There is no G in here?

Sorry if these are stupid questions, I just start to learn theory, it's not that simple. :)

[warrenmusic]

All excellent questions...

Cm5 is my own way of implying tonality (for interpretation). meaning... if you came up with a harmony or another instrumental part to go along with it, the Eb in C minor and NOT the E in C major would work.

And in my mind it's a G/B for the same reason... the two notes in the chord imply a G in first inversion if you look at the first time the G/B occurs (7x008x).

It's all about the tonality, and implications when it comes to interpretation.

[mickaelmenu]

Very interesting, how did you learned all that? With a professor? Or do you have some good book/website to advise to further my knowledge on the music theory?

Thanks you!

[warrenmusic]

I try to think about how music theory applies to every song I figure out, partly because I am pretty analytical by nature and also because I teach music. I had extensive music theory and ear training when I was younger. I can't point you towards any specific resource... just continue what you're doing and thinking about the essence of the song's harmony.

[dMoniker]

Good job man,really good cover.

It doesnt matter at all to this song cause you made it your own,but you do need work on your falsetto,also you sound like youre trying to keep it down?

Well done though,great fuckin song!!

[warrenmusic]

yeah i don't normally sing in head voice but alas, thom does a LOT. i did this real late and yeah, i have neighbors so i was trying to keep it down. haha

[raffaele1969]

grazie..

[Einification]

Thanks !! Workin' on it !!!

[solipsismo1]

lyric 2 part

In you I'm lost, in you I'm lost

I won't turn round while the penny drops

I won't stop now, I won't slack off

Or all this love will be in vain, ooooh

Stop from falling down a mine

It's no ones business but mine

Or all this love will be in vain

Ooohhhh

[raffaele1969]

Hi, I don't undestand all the word in the song....can you send me the text??Thanks

[solipsismo1]

Lyric. This dance, this dance Is like a weapon, like a weapon Of self defense, of self defense Against the present, against the present "Present Tense" I won't get heavy, don't get heavy Keep it light and, keep it moving I am doing, no harm As my world comes crashing down I am dancing, freaking out Deaf, dumb, and blind

[TheBlueDuckMOE]

fantastic. thanks.

[vikskywalker]

u r the man ;) thnx bro

[solipsismo1]

Awesome Warren, but i´m not understand the difference beetween Gm (low) and Gm (high). IN Tab the key from Gm (low) is - 3 x 0 3 x x. But from Gm (High)??

[warrenmusic]

The Gm (high) is the original Gm, the first chord of the song.

[solipsismo1]

Thanks Warren, it was very easy

[carlthom1976]

Ohhh warren! This is brill like all your other stuff!

Can we have a proper tutorial?

[Conacostock]

I may have caught another mistake. At the end of the Interlude and twice in Chorus 2, you say to play the high F, but the actual tab you play in the song is x8xx10x.

[warrenmusic]

Thanks... I just added that to the tab. Apparently there are five variations on F... haha. Ultimately, trying to simplify music in numbers and stuff is always going to feel incomplete...

[Cuuka]

Fantastic tutorial! Warren, You are truly a skilful teacher! :)

[PJGR21]

by the way, I think your voice fits very well with this song.

[PJGR21]

You've put up tutorials for nearly all of Radiohead's best guitar stuff. (And the tutorials you haven't put up are elsewhere on youtube.)

The only requests I think I can make are:

Go to Sleep and Thom's solo version of Nice Dream.

...but Nice Dream probably wouldn't be worth the time because the tabs on ultimate guitar are perfect, and the song is very straightforward.

other than those two... I guess branch away from Radiohead?

These are just my thoughts.

[euphoria3]

Thank you so much! I'm just learning guitar and I use your tutorials all the time! I wish you were in Portland! I really wanted to learn this and you have a tutorial up already! Your great!

[PJGR21]

This song is fairly similar to Analyse...

[racso452]

You did this already? Impressive.

[Odrareg5666]

Great cover, congratulations Warren, it's excellent. I'm mexican so I can hear very well the lyrics, can you put them?

[NikoValera]

You're great Warren. Really nice tab and good interpretation. Great cover. Keep up the good work. : ) Hail Radiohead and Thom!

[proofOFLife]

Nice. I haven't even heard this yet. Not been keeping upto scratch.

[Cadbury102]

Thanks so much Warren! You're the man!!

[taniatikaram]

Warren we love you .. you're are the best!.. I wish i could have an ear like yours..

Thank you so much for sharing the chords..

Greets!

[THE0PTIM1ST]

superb as always, warren : )

[FakePlasticTree225]

Thank you!

[mrmarks65]

Very good, but the chord after fm is Bb.

[warrenmusic]

you are right!  lemme change that...

[posaune814]

dude, its already here!  thanks warren!

[15FifteenMusic]

One quick question: can you really have a minor sus4 if you're dropping the 3rd? I usually just say sus4.

[warrenmusic]

You are correct in saying sus4. I like noting that it's a minor chord hidden underneath, however unnecessary. There are only two notes in the chord so technically even saying a sus4 is over-explaining, but I look at it like this: if you over-explain you show the intended harmonic content. This allows for more flexibility in interpretation without ruining the essence of the harmony. Thanks for your comment.

[15FifteenMusic]

Gotcha. I can kinda see that the tonalities in going from a minor to a sus4 and a major to a sus4 really alter the sound.

Awesome cover man, you have great technique. Keep it up.

[warrenmusic]

Absolutely, music is all about relationships, right?

[15FifteenMusic]

Music's about whatever you want it to be about man.

[warrenmusic]

Woops, maybe I misspoke. I meant to say that music is really just relationships between sounds and silence, lows and highs, louds and softs... relationships. Not like... music is all about, "She broke my heart." Hahaha. You dig?

[15FifteenMusic]

Haha not quite what I meant either. I mean technically, you can do whatever you want to. You could use the chord progression that sounds good or the chord progression that sounds like crap. You can make it sound like whatever you want it to, and either way it's yours.

[zatsick140]

Keep up the tabs. I use these more than anything. Thanks.

[ryanpoorman]

jesus fucking christ mate!

[chaoslynn]

dude that is awesome!!! (this is adele btw, wassup?)

[warrenmusic]

thanks adele! i had a lot of free time on my hands this weekend :)

i only have two words for you: COUNTING CROWS.

[chazybrewster]

Amazing you got this out so quickly. Was just played [live] for the first time 2 days ago.

[BabyAap]

Warren, amazing as ever. Great job ^^

[Naunaud128]

Nice job.

[FollowMeAround]

been working out the song as well. got all of the same chords but none of the talent. still, i just can't get tired of playing it.

lovely cover, your voice is perfect for it.

[YtDiamond05]

This might be my favorite cover from you! You are a beast!

[shasaki2]

Thank you warren! You're awesome, please make as many videos as you can

[tchek1980]

Beautifully covered! Even though the song will likely be performed on Piano/Keyboard in its final form (as in the previous soundchecks)

And since you were quite fast and the song is far from released, you can still pretend you wrote the song before and sue Thom for plagiarism, XD

[crushedratio]

Damn Warren you are fast. Can't wait to try this tab out.

[budlac]

wowo you rock

[CleverlyDisguisedMen]

i love this song dude! I'm a huge fan it's great to see ur back making vids :D

[antithesis02]

holy crap you are fast

[Magic2Seb]

Hi Warren

great job, as usual

thank you for your tutorials & explanations so helpful, I improved a lot thanks to you

Keep on enjoying music and sharing it with us

[warrenmusic]

first!

[StefanoPProductions]

eheheheh...

:)

[radiohm3]

LOL

[Vincecouk]

do better..