House Of Cards Chords & Tabs

by Radiohead

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Sample Rhythm 1:
BPM: 112
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 201, 1, 202, 101, 201, 1, 202, 101, 201, 1, 202, 101, 201, 202]
Sample Rhythm 2:
BPM: 112
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [202, 101, 201, 1, 202, 202, 201, 1, 202, 202, 201, 1, 202, 101, 201, 1]
House of Cards (acoustic)
No need to drop D. Just pop a capo on first fret. All chords relative to capo. Please, I
know this is not how Thom plays it but I wanted to make it sound decent for the acoustic.
Chords
   E  Eadd9  Asus4 F#m  A   A   
e|-0----2------0----2---0---5--|
B|-0----0------3----2---2---5--|
G|-1----1------2----2---2---6--|
D|-2----2------2----4---2---7--|
A|-2----2------0----4---0---7--|
E|-0----------------2-------5--|
Intro and rhythm throughout song:
   E     Eadd9             
e|-------2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2--|
B|-0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0--|
G|-1-1-x-1-1-x-1-1-x-1-1--| (x2)
D|-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2--|
A|-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2--|
E|-0-0-x------------------|

[Verse 1]
E          Eadd9            
I don't wanna be your friend
Asus4     A          E    Eadd9
I just wanna be your lover
E         Eadd9      
No matter how it ends
   Asus4  A      E     Eadd9
No matter how it starts

[Chorus]
E            Eadd9                  
Forget about your house of cards and
Asus4 A  E   Eadd9
I'll  do mine
E            Eadd9                  
Forget about your house of cards and
Asus4 A  E   Eadd9
I'll  do mine
    Asus4 A       Asus4  A    Asus4  A     E    Eadd9
And fa-ll off the ta-----ble, ge---t swept un---der
F#m    A       E Eadd9 E
Denial, Deni---al

[Verse 2]
E             Eadd9             
The infrastructure will collaspe
     Asus4 A    E     Eadd9
from vol---tage spikes
E              Eadd9       
Throw your keys in the bowl
          Asus4 A    E        Eadd9
Kiss your hus---band goodnight

[Chorus]
E            Eadd9                  
Forget about your house of cards and
Asus4 A  E   Eadd9
I'll  do mine
E            Eadd9                  
Forget about your house of cards and
Asus4 A  E   Eadd9
I'll  do mine
    Asus4 A       Asus4  A    Asus4  A     E    Eadd9
And fa-ll off the ta-----ble, ge---t swept un---der
F#m    A        E Eadd9 E
Denial,  Deni---al

[Outro]
F#m    A       
Denial,  Denial
       E Eadd9   E Eadd9  F#m 
Your ears should be bur---ning
F#m    A       
Denial,  Denial
E        Eadd9     
Your ears should be
            F#m               A     
ooooooh ooh ooh...ooooooh ooh ooh...
            E       Eadd9
ooooooh ooh ooooh...
            F#m               A     
ooooooh ooh ooh...ooooooh ooh ooh...
           E       Eadd9
oh ooooooh ooooh...
E Eadd9
E Eadd9
E