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Knives Out (Acoustic Tutorial) - Radiohead

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How to play Radiohead's "Knives Out" on acoustic guitar accurately. Check out my companion cover video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMTQ9gjkcfQ

Enjoy!

Tuning: EADGBE (Standard)

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CHORDS

Intro/Verse:
Cm - 8 10 x 8 8 x
Bb - 6 8 x 7 6 x
Abmaj9no3 - x x 6 8 8 6
Abmaj9add#4 - x x 6 7 8 6
Gm - 3 x 0 3 3 0
Fmaj7add6 - 1 3 x 2 3 0
Emadd6 - 0 2 2 0 2 0

Chorus:
Am - x 0 2 2 1 0
A/G - 3 x 2 2 2 x
Dm - x 5 7 7 6 5
D/C - 8 x 7 7 7 x
Gm/Bb - x 1 0 0 3 3 with melodic movement on 5th and 6th strings

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BACKERS (Covers) - Nick Fletcher, Aaron Orwin, Liu Fengge, Arnaud Gustave!, James Lopez, Jen Lin Taing, Avery Burke, Daniel Alvarez, Steph Rue, Usman Husaini, Adrian (myxo14), Russ Thornton, Sergio Rodríguez, Ed Walsh, Matt Remick, David Coldrick, Elton Lin, Casey Curran, Cody Bentley

SPECIAL BACKERS (Tutorials) - Mark Bailey, Hasan Alkabeer, James Bolan, Ralph Haslett, Raymond (Yunny), Toni Vanwinkle, Billy & Lisa Nguyen, Courtney Boyd, John Waldron, Davis Erwin

BRONZE (Original Song) - Nathan Thomas Jeung

SILVER (Original Song/Tutorial/Cover) - Susan De Nicolo

GOLD (Private Concert) - Pan Zhi Hao

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  • i literally made a youtube account just so I could comment on one of your videos. i just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of these tutorials you make I cant describe how much help you have been to me as a guitar player. i think it is so amazing that your doing this and i hope you never stop! stay awesome!

  • @cp1655 Happy to hear this, post a video response someday!

  • tuning standard??

  • @rucine Yes. It's also in the video description.

  • doesn't paranoid android also use that Gm/Bb in the walk down on the breakdown?

  • @jfwong Yeah, pretty observant!

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  • Warren you're incredible. Thanks so much for these tutorials.

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This video is a response to Radiohead - Live on Le Reservoir
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  • DO SCATTERBRAIN!!!

  • Do you use those thumbs to finger bunny rabbits??

  • warren, your videos are the best. I'm glad there are people like you out there sharing this kind of stuff.

  • Nice one fella! I was struggling with the chorus and I thing you got it, cheers

  • I love your tutorials. I'm enjoying the fact to be unemployed at the moment to learn some awesome Radiohead interpretations by you.

    Stay cool man!

  • you sir are incredible. You taught us all thom's wacky chords :)

  • I really love your tutorials, I just wish I had bigger hands, that's frustrating!

  • Now I can play this incredibly beautiful song thank's to You.You are..my master.

  • Awesome tutorial, ive always wanted to know how to play thoms part. but i was wondering if you could do one for jonny's part? thanks :D

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