The Bends Radiohead
I really love to play this song on acoustic, but none of the tabs I found
really sound right so I thought I'd submit my version.
Let me know what you think!
Intro:
Listen to it to get the quick changes
D C-C/B-C C/B C x4
Verse 1:
[Em7]Where do we go from here?
[G]The words are coming out all weird
Where are you n[C]ow, when I need you
[Em7]Alone on an aeroplane
[G]Fall asleep against the window [C]pane
My blood will thicken
Break:
[A----C]
Verse 2:
[Em7]I need to wash myself again to [G]hide all the dirt and pain
'Cause I'd be [C]scared that there's nothing underneath
[Em7]But who are my real friends?
[G]Have they all got the bends?
Am I really s[C]inking this low?
Chorus:
[D]My baby's got the [C]bends,[C/B] oh no[C]
[D]We don't have any real [C]frien[C/B]ds, no, [C]no, no
Bridge:
(This part doesn't actually have any guitar, but I like to palm mute around the 7th and
12th fret harmonics)
(7th harmonic palm mute)
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to
(12th harmonic palm mute)
happen
(7th)
I wish it was the sixties, I wish we could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would [Em]happen
Verse 3:
[Em7]Where do we go from here?
[G]The planet is a gunboat in a sea of [C]fear
And where are you?
[Em7]They brought in the CIA, the t[G]anks and the whole marines
To blow me aw[C]ay, to blow me sky high
Chorus:
[D]My baby's got the [C]ben[C/B]ds[C]
[D]We don't have any rea[C]l fr[C/B]iends[C]
Bridge:
(7th harmonic palm mute)
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to
(12th harmonic palm mute)
happen
(7th)
I wish it was the sixties, I wish we could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would
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Solo:
(On this part I like to mimic the electric by sliding the G chord up to the 15th fret,
but it's not totally necessary)
G C x2
Refrain:
I wanna [G]live, breathe
I wanna be part of the human [C]race
I wanna [G]live, breathe
I wanna be part of the human [C]race, race, race, race
Outro:
[Em7]Where do we go from here?
[G]The words are coming out all weird
Where are you [C]now when I need you?
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