Artist: The Pretenders with Chrissie Hynde
Song: Creep
Album/ DVD: Isle of View
Version: -
by Radiohead (Yorke)
as sung by The Pretenders
on 'Isle of View' (1995) live acoustic concert:
The concert held at London's Jacob Street Studios was accompanied by the Duke Quartet.
AUTHOR:
' Couldn't find any tab that authentically represented this translation of Thom Yorke's
track:
See Footnotes #1 & #2.
TUNING:
Standard Tuning.
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Intro:
Verse 1:
When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You look like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
Verse 2:
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special
Chorus:
But I'm a creep,
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here
Verse 2:
I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I wanna perfect body
I want a perfect soul
Verse 3:
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special....
Refrain:
She's runnin out... again...
She's running out,
Sh-e run, - run, run, - run...
ru-n...
Verse 3:
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep,
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here
Outro:
I don't belong here...
FOOTNOTES:
1. Weezer covered "Creep" during their 2008 Hootenanny Tour, with bassist Scott Shriner
lead vocals. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo stated that the song was picked to cover
"it's incredible what they do with four chords, over and over."
2. Thom Yorke confirmed that when the song shifts from the verse to the chorus, Jonny
(Radiohead's bass player) plays three blasts of guitar noise ("dead notes" played by
fret-hand pressure and picking the strings). Greenwood said he did this because he did
like how quiet the song was; he explained, "So I hit the guitar hard - really hard". Ed
said, "That's the sound of Jonny trying to fuck the song up. He really didn't like it
first time we played it, so he tried spoiling it. And it made the song."