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The Bends Guitar Tablature
Band: Radiohead
Song: The Bends
Album: The Bends
Tabber: VexRedFan


 ~   Sustain and Vibrato
 ((  Slow Bend
 pm  Palm Mute
 *   Emphesis (Strike hard)

Intro: Distortion
e--3----3--------------3-----------3---------
B--2--2-2--------------3-----------3----3-3--
G--3--3---3------------0-----------0--0-0-0--
D--0--0---0------------2-----------2--2---2-- X2
A-------------3-2--3---3---2~---3--3--3------
E--------------------------------------------


Verse: This is just a rough idea, dont stick to it exactly.  Clean
e---------------------------2-----------0-0-------------------
B-------------------------3-3-----------1-1-------------------
G----0----0------------0--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0--0----0--0--0-----
D----2--2-2-2-------0--0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2----2-2--2--2--2--2--
A-2--2--2-2-2-2--0--2--2--2---2-2--3--3-3----3-3--3--3--3--3-- Repeat
E-0--0--0---0-0--2--3--3--3---3-3--3--------------3--------3--


{{(([[  OR  ]]))}}


Em
Where do we go from here?
    G     					  C
The words are coming out all weird, Where are you now, When I need you?
Em
Alone on an aeroplane,
G                                 C
Falling asleep against the window pane.

My blood will thicken...



First Interlude: Distortion.
E--0-0--------0---3---2---0--x-----3-3-3-----------------------------------
B--2-2--2--3-----------------x-----5-5-5--5--6--8--11----11-----11-((12~---
G--2-2-----------------------x--4--5-5-5--------------12----12-------------
D--2-2-----------------------x--4--5-5-5-----------------------------------
A--0-0-----------------------x--2--3-3-3-----------------------------------
E----------------------------x---------------------------------------------
                                pm


Second Verse: Distortion.  Palm Muting.
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----0---------0----------0---------0--x----------0--------0--------0--------0------
D-----2---------2--x-x-----0---------0--x-x--------2--------2--------2--------2------
A-2---2--2------2--x-x-2---2--2------2--x-x--3--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3------ X2
E-0---0--0-0-0--0--x-x-3---3--3-3-3--3--x--------------------------------------------


{{(([[  OR  ]]))}}


Em
Who are my real friends?
G
Have they all got the bends?
             C
Am I really sinking

     Th   -   is low?
E:---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
B:---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--
G:---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
D:---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
A:---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
E:---------------------------



Chorus: Distortion. (Same as Intro)
e--3----3--------------3-----------3---------
B--2--2-2--------------3-----------3----3-3--
G--3--3---3------------0-----------0--0-0-0--
D--0--0---0------------2-----------2--2---2-- X2
A-------------3-2--3---3---2~---3--3--3------
E--------------------------------------------


Interlude 2: Same struming pattern as verse2.

         Am
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on,
                                                    Em
Talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen.
  Am
I wish it was the sixties,
I wish we could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish
That something would

E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--


Verse: Same as verse 1.

Where do we go from here?
The planet is a gunboat, In a sea of fear...
And where are you?
They brought in the CIA,
The tanks and the whole marines to blow me away, To blow me sky high...

Guitar 2 plays over the verse:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-11--9--7--5--4-----4--12-11--5--7--5--4--5----5----7----7--9--12--
D-----------------5-------------------------------------------------
A--9--7--5--3--2-----2--10--9--7--5--3--2--3----3----5----5--7--10--
E-----------------3-------------------------------------------------


Then Play the chorus.

Then the same interlude.


Interlude 3:

Part One: Not really that slow but its the only way it can fit

Guitar 1:
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--
A--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--
E--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--

Guitar 2: Fits in the above
e------------------------------------------------------
B--12--12-12-13-12--15-15~---12--12--12-13-12--15-15~--
G--12--12-12-12-12--12-------12--12--12-12-12--12------
D--12--12-----------12-------12--12------------12------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 3:
e------------------------------------------------
B---------13--12--15-15~---------13--12--15-15~--
G------------------------------------------------
D--5---5-------------------5--5------------------
A--5---5-------------------5--5------------------
E--3---3-------------------3--3------------------


Part Two:

Guitar 1
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--
D--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--
A--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--
E---------------------------------

Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------
B------5-5--6p5-6p7-6p7-6p7-6p7-6p7-6p7-
G--5---5-5--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---
D--5---5-5--7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-7p5-
A--3------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------

E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------
B--1s3-3-3s5-5-5s3-3-3s1-1--0h1--0------------------------
G----------------------------------2--0-------------------
D--------------------------------------0h2--0-------------
A----------------------------------------------0h2--0-----
E------------------------------------------------------3--


Outro: Like Verse 1

Em
Where do we go from here?
    G
The words are coming out all weird.
              C
Where are you now,

When I need you?
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