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Eraser

Thom Yorke
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 It's only weird 'cause the bass note is missing, so I'd simply call them:
 In the  chorus  Em, D and D6/Bb also appear. The D# is of course the same shape
 as the two previous chords and the D is not played at all, but only appears in
 the shape of Thom's vocal landscape, so you'll have to handle that by yourself!
 Remember that you can always mail me if you need help for the D...
Bb
---7--------- -------------
---8--------- ----------8--
---9--------- --12- or -5--
 *I'd boost the Em a little! By the way Em / G / is also the key for the song.
 1st Verse:
 Please  excuse me, but I got to ask
  Are you only being nice because you want  something?
 My  fairytale arrow pierces
  Be careful how you respond, 'cause you'd not end  up in this song
 I  never gave you an encouragement
  And it's doing me in, doing me in
  Doing me in,  doing me in, doing me in
 
  The more  you try to erase  me
  The more,  the more
  The more  that I appear
  The more,  the more
  The more  you try the eraser
  The more,  the more
  The more  that you appear
 
 2nd Verse:
  You know the answer so why do you ask?
  I am only being nice because I want someone
  Something
  You're like a kitten with a ball of yarn
  And it's doing me in, doing me in
  Doing me in, doing me in, doing me in
  The more you try to erase me
  The more, the more
  The more that I appear
  Oh the more, the more
  The more I try to erase you
  The more, the more
  The more that you appear
  No, you're wrong, you're wrong

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Readable chord sheet for Eraser by Thom Yorke

[A7(no3)]  [Emadd11(no5)] [G6sus2(no5)]
 [B7(no3)] [F#madd11(no5)] [A6sus2(no5)]

It's only weird 'cause the bass note is missing, so I'd simply call them:

In th[C6]e c[G]horus Em, D a[D6]nd [A]D
as the two previous chords and the D is not played at all, but only appears in
the shape of Thom's vocal landscape, so you'll have to handle that by yourself!
Remember that you can always mail me if you need help for the D...

      [Em]             [Eb6] [Bb]
   ---7---------   -------------
   ---8---------   ----------8--
   ---9---------   --12- or -5--
*I'd boost the Em a little! By the way Em / G / 

1st Verse:
[C6]  P[G]lease excuse me, but I got to ask
  Are you only being nice because you [D6]wan[A]t something?
[C6]  M[G]y fairytale arrow pierces
  Be careful how you respond, 'cause you'd not [D6]end[A] up in this song
[C6]  I[G] never gave you an encouragement

  And it's doing me in, doing me in
  Doing me [D6]in,[A] doing me in, doing me in

    [C6] [G]   [D6] [A]
  The [Em]more you try to e[D]rase me
  The [C6]mor[G]e, the m[D6]ore[A]
  The [Em]more that I appe[D]ar
  The [C6]mor[G]e, the m[D6]ore[A]
  The [Em]more you try the e[D]raser
  The [C6]mor[G]e, the m[D6]ore[A]
  The [Em]more that you appe[D]ar

    [Eb6] [Bb]

2nd Verse:
  You know the answer so why do you ask?
  I am only being nice because I want someone
  Something
  You're like a kitten with a ball of yarn
  And it's doing me in, doing me in
  Doing me in, doing me in, doing me in

  The more you try to erase me
  The more, the more
  The more that I appear
  Oh the more, the more
  The more I try to erase you
  The more, the more
  The more that you appear

  No, you're wrong, you're wrong

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