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How Can You Be Sure?

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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
  ->
   Seen all good things and bad
   running down  the  hill
   All so  battered  and brought  to the
   ground
 
  ->
   I am hungry again
   I am drunk  again
   With all the  money  I owe  to my
   friends
   When I'm  like  this
   How can you  be smiling,  saying
 inhale deeply!):
   Ho-o-w  can  you be sure?
   Ho-o-w  can  you be sure?
  If you walk out that door, will I see you again
  if so much of me lies in your eyes?
  I am hungry again, I am drunk again
  With all the money I owe to my friends
 instrumental)
 Chorus w/ "I don^Òt want you anymore" vocals overdubbed
 end
 Notes on the chords:
I'm not sure what to call the B that I hear in the song, but I think it
might be a B5. It's fingered thusly; essentially just a power chord.
e--X---
B--0---
G--4---
D--4---
A--2---
E--X---
Also, the A2->A is accomplished through a hammer-on, like so:
e--0---2-2
B--0---0h2
G--2---2-2
D--2---2-2
A--0---0-0
E--0---0-0
 I think the Gm employed in the chorus is played with some open strings:
 e--0
 B--0
 G--4
 D--6
 A--6
 E--x
 And finally, the E5 in the chorus is played like an open D, but barred up 2
 frets (kinda like how you might play an Eb)
 e--x
 B--5
 G--4
 D--2
 A--2
 E--0

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Readable chord sheet for How Can You Be Sure? by Radiohead

[E]     [B]    [E]
 [A2]->
 [A] Seen all good things and bad

 [E] running [B]down t[E]he hi[A2]ll

 [E] All [B]so b[E]attered and br[A]ought to the

 [E] ground  [B]      [E]           [A2]

 [E]  [B]   [E]
 [A2]->
 [A] I am hungry again

 [E] I am [B]drunk a[E]gain   [A2]

 [E] With all [B]the m[E]oney I ow[A]e to my

 [E] frien[B]ds   [E]

 [A] When [Abm]I'm l[F#m]ike th[E5]is

 [B] How can [A]you be s[Abm]miling, sa[F#m]ying

inhale deeply!):

 [E] Ho-[B]o-w[E] ca[A]n you be sure?

 [E] Ho-[B]o-w[E] ca[A]n you be sure?

  If you walk out that door, will I see you again
  if so much of me lies in your eyes?
  I am hungry again, I am drunk again
  With all the money I owe to my friends

instrumental)
Chorus w/ "I don^Òt want you anymore" vocals overdubbed

end

Notes on the chords:

I'm not sure what to call the B that I hear in the song, but I think it
might be a B5. It's fingered thusly; essentially just a power chord.
e--X---
B--0---
G--4---
D--4---
A--2---
E--X---

Also, the A2->A is accomplished through a hammer-on, like so:
e--0---2-2
B--0---0h2
G--2---2-2
D--2---2-2
A--0---0-0
E--0---0-0

I think the G
e--0
B--0
G--4
D--6
A--6
E--x

And finally, the E5 in the chorus is played like an open D, but barred up 2
frets (kinda like how you might play an Eb)
e--x
B--5
G--4
D--2
A--2
E--0

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