Radiohead - My Iron Lung: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "My Iron Lung" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn My Iron Lung Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Radiohead

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "My Iron Lung" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 G              Cm         G
Faith, you're driving me away
    Cm           G
You do it every day
          Cm               G          Cm
You don't mean it, but it hurts like hell

My brain says I'm receiving pain
A lack of oxygen
From my life support, my iron lung

We're too young to fall asleep
Too cynical to speak
We are losing it, can't you tell?

We scratch our eternal itch
Our twentieth century bitch
We are grateful for our iron lung

Chorus:
G                 Cm
The head shrinkers, they want everything
Em            C#m          Cm
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon
The headshrinkers, they want my everything
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon

Suck, suck your teenage thumb
Toilet trained and dumb
When the power runs out, we'll just hum

This, this is our new song
Just like the last one
A total waste of time, my iron lung

Chorus

G               C
And if you're frightened
             C#
You can be frightened
            C
You can be, it's okay
And if you're frightened
You can be frightened
You can be, it's okay

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C#

Guitar chord C#

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "My Iron Lung" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "My Iron Lung" by Radiohead.