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The Bends Chords by Radiohead, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com
THE BENDS
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* This album tab has been done so for the use of acoustic (rhythm) guitar and so is not 100%
accurate. Some songs (such as High and Dry) have also been simplified for easier usage.
1. Planet Telex
2. The Bends
3. High And Dry
4. Fake Plastic Trees
5. Bones
6. (Nice Dream)
7. Just
8. My Iron Lung
9. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
10. Black Star
11. Sulk
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
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1. PLANET TELEX
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(CAPO ON 2ND)
D (xx0232)
G (32000x)
G/C (330033)
Gm (355333)
Asus4 (x02230)
A (x02220)
Am (xo2210)
G/A (x5543x)
Gmaj9 (3x002x)
G5 (3x003x)
Intro: | D G | G/C Gm | D G | G/C Gm |
Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 1: you can force it but it will not come
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5 Gmaj9
you can taste it but it will not form
Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 2: you can crush it but it's always here
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5
you can crush it but it's always here
Gmaj9 G/A Gmaj9 G5 Gmaj9
chasing me home, saying
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
COURUS 1: everything is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is broken
Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 2: you can force it but it will stay stung
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5 Gmaj9
you can crush it as dry as a bone
Asus4 A Am A Asus4 A
VERSE 4: you can walk it home straight from school
Am A G/A Gmaj9 G5
you can kiss it you can break all the rules
Gmaj9 G/A G5 Gmaj9
all of the rules, but still
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
COURUS 2: everything is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is, everyone is broken
D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
everyone is, everything is broken
D G G/C Gm D G G/C
OUTRO: Why can't you forget
G D G G/C
why can't we forget
G D G G/C Gm
why can't you forget
| D G | G/C Gm | D G | G/C Gm | repeat to fade
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2. THE BENDS
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D (xx0232)
Cadd9 (x32030)
G/B (x20033)
Em (022000)
G (320003)
C (x32010)
A (0x2220)
Bb (x13331)
INTRO: | D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
Oh____
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
Oh____
Em G
VERSE 1: where do we go from here? the words are coming out all weird
C Cadd9 C
where are you now when I need you?
Em G C
alone on an aeroplane, falling asleep against the window pane
Cadd9 C
my blood will thick - en
LINK: | A | A | C | Bb |
Em G
VERSE 2: I need to watch myself again to hide all the dirt and pain
C Cadd9 C
'Cos I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath
Em G
and who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends?
C Caddd9 C
Am I really sinking this low
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
COURUS 1: my baby's got the bends, oh no
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
We don't have any real friends, no, no, no
A
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
C
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
A
I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy
C Cadd9
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
Em G
VERSE 3: where do i go from here? The planet is again numb
C Cadd9 C
In a sea of fear and where are you?
Em G
They bought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines
C Cadd9 C
To blow me away, to blow me sky high
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
COURUS 2: my baby's got the be________________nds
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
We don't have any real frie__________nds
A
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
C
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
A
I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy
C Cadd9
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
SOLO: | G Cadd9| G Cadd9| C | C |
| G Cadd9| G Cadd9| C | C |
(C) G Cadd9
OUTRO: I wanna live and breathe
G C Cadd9
I wanna be part of the human race
G Cadd9
I wanna live and breathe
G C Cadd9
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race
Em G
where do we go from here? the words are coming out all weird
C Cadd9 C(1)
where are you now when I need you?
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3. HIGH AND DRY
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G#m(11) (x66400)
F#m(11) (x44200)
Asus2 (x02200)
E (022100)
INTRO: | G#m(11) F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |
| G#m(11) F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |
F#m(11) Asus2 E
VERSE 1: two jumps in a week a bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Flying on your motorcycle, watching all the ground beneath you drop
F#m(11) Asus2 E
You'd kill yourself for recognition, kill yourself to never ever stop
F#m(11) Asus2 E
You broke another mirror, you're turning into something you are not
F#m(11) Asus2 E
COURUS 1: So don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry
LINK: | G#m(11) F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |
F#m(11) Asus2 E
VERSE 2: drying up in conversation you will be the one who cannot talk
F#m(11)
All your insides fall to pieces
Asus2 E
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
F#m(11)
they're the ones who'll hate you
Asus2 E
when you think you got the world all sussed out
F#m(11) Asus2 E
they're the one's who'll spit at you, you will be the one screaming out
F#m(11) Asus2 E
COURUS 2: don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
SOLO: | F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |
| F#m(11) | Asus2 | E |
F#m(11)
MIDDLE: oh, it's the best thing that you ever had
Asus2 E
The best thing that you ever, ever had
F#m(11)
It's the best thing that you ever had
Asus2 E
The best thing you have had has gone away
F#m(11) Asus2 E
COURUS 3: so don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry____
F#m(11) Asus2 E
Don't leave me high____
F#m(11) Asus2 E(1)
Don't leave me high____ don't leave me dry
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4. FAKE PLASTIC TREES
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A (x02220)
E (022100)
A/F# (2x0220)
Amaj7 (x02120)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
Dsus2/B (x20230)
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
VERSE 1: Her green plastic watering can, for her fake Chinese rubber plant
A Dsus2
In the fake plastic earth
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
That she bought from a rubber man, in a town full of rubber plans
A Dsus2
To get rid of itself
Dsus2/B A
COURUS 1: It wears her out, it wears her out
Dsus2/B A
It wears her out, it wears her out
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
VERSE 2: She lives with a broken man, a cracked polystyrene man
A Dsus2
Who just crumbles and burns
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
He used to do surgery, for girls in the eigh - ties
A Dsus2
But gravity always wins
Dsus2/B A
COURUS 2: And it wears him out, it wears him out
Dsus2/B A
It wears him out, it wears____
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
VERSE 3: She looks like the real thing, she tastes like the real thing
A Dsus2
My fake plastic love
A E A/F# Amaj7 Dsus2
But I can't help the feeling, I could blow through the cei - ling
A Dsus2
If I just turn and run
Dsus2/B A
COURUS 3: And it wears me out, it wears me out
Dsus2/B A
It wears me out, it wears me out
Dsus2 A
OUTRO: And if I could be who you wanted, if I could be who you wanted
Dsus2 A
All the time, all the time
| Dsus2 | A | Dsus2 | A(1) |
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5. BONES
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D (xx0232)
G (320033)
G/F# (2x0033)
A (x02220)
Em (022000)
INTRO: | D | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |
| D | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |
D G G/F# A
VERSE 1: I Don't wanna be crippled cracked
D G G/F# A
Shoulders, wrists, knees and back
D G G/F# A
Ground to dust and ash
D G G/F# A
Crawling on all fours
(A) Em G G/F# A
COURUS 1: when you've got to feel it in your bones
Em G G/F# A
when you've got to feel it in your bones
D G G/F# A
VERSE 2: Now I can't climb the stairs
D G G/F# A
Pieces missing everywhere
D G G/F# A
Prozak painkillers
(A) Em G G/F# A
COURUS 2: when you've got to feel it in your bones
Em G G/F# A
when you've got to feel it in your bones
D G G/F# A
BRIDGE: I used to fly like peter pan____
D G G/F# A
All the children flew when I touched their hands____
(A) Em G G/F# A
COURUS 3: They say you've got to feel it in your bones
Em G G/F# A
They say you've got to feel it in your bones
OUTRO: | Em | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |
| Em | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |
| Em | G | G/F# | A | A | A | A |
| Em | G | G/F# | A(1) |
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6. (NICE DREAM)
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C (8(10)(10)988)
B (799877)
Bb (688766)
A (577655)
A* (x02220)
Asus2 (x02200)
Esus4 (022200)
E (022100)
Dsus2/B (x20230)
Dsus2 (xx0230)
INTRO: | C | B | Bb | A |
| C | B | Bb | A* | Asus2 | A* | Asus2 |
A* D Esus4 E
VERSE 1: They love me like I was a brother, they protect me, listen to me
A* D Esus4 E
They dug me my very own garden, gave me sunshine, made me happy
Dsus2/B Esus4 E A* Asus2 A* Asus2
COURUS 1: Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream
A* D
VERSE 2: I called up my friend the good angel
Esus4 E
but she's out with, her answer phone
A* D
She says that she'd love to come help but
Esus4 E
The sea would electrocute us all
Dsus2/B Esus4 E
COURUS 2: Nice dream, nice dream
A* F#m Dsus2/B Esus4 E
Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream, nice dream
A*
Nice dream (if you think that you're strong enough)
F#m
Nice dream (if you think you belong enough)
Dsus2/B
Nice dream (if you think that you're strong enough)
Dsus2 (A*)
Nice dream____
SOLO: | (A*) | A* | A* | A* G |
| A* | A* | A* | G D |
| A* | D G | A* | G D |
| A* | D G | A* | D |
OUTRO: | C | B | Bb | A |
| C | B | Bb | A |
| C | B | Bb | Bb |
A* F#m Dsus2/B E A(1)
Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream, nice dream
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7. JUST
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C (x3555x)
Eb (x6888x)
D (x5777x)
F (x8(10)(10)(10)x)
Am (577555)
G# (466544)
Eb* ((11)(13)(13)(12)(11)(11))
Bb (688766)
G (355433)
F* (133211)
INTRO: | C | Eb | D | F | (x3)
Am G# Eb* Bb
VERSE 1: Can't get the stink off, he's been hanging round for days
Am G# Eb* Bb
Comes like a comet, suckered you but not your friends
Am G# G G# F*
BRIDGE 1: One day he'll get to you and teach you how to be a ho - ly cow
C Eb D F
COURUS 1: You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts
C Eb D F
Is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else
C Eb D F C Eb D F
You do it to yourself____ you do it to yourself____
Am G# Eb* Bb
VERSE 2: Don't get much sympathy hanging out the fifteenth floor
Am
Changed the locks three times
G# Eb Bb
He still comes reeling through the door
Am G# G G# F*
BRIDGE 2: And soon he'll get to you and teach you how to get to pur - ist hell
C Eb D F
COURUS 2: You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts
C Eb D F
Is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else
C Eb D F C Eb D F
You do it to yourself____ you do it to yourself____
SOLO: | C | Eb | D | F | C | Eb | D | F |
| Am | G# | Eb* | F* | Am | G# | G F# | F* |
| C | Eb | D | F | C | Eb | (F) |
(F) C Eb D F
COURUS 3: You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts
C Eb D F
Is you do it to yourself just you, you and no-one else
C Eb D F C Eb D F
You do it to yourself____ you do it to yourself____
OUTRO: | C | Eb | D | F | (x9)
| C | Eb | D |
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8. MY IRON LUNG
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G (355433)
Cm (8(10)(10)888)
B (799877)
Bb (688766)
A (577655)
Am (577555)
G# (466544)
G#m (466444)
C (8(10)(10)988
Bbm (688666)
INTRO: | G | Cm | (x4)
G Cm G Cm G
VERSE 1: Faith, you're driving me away, you do it every day
Cm G Cm
You don't mean it but it hurts like hell
G Cm G Cm G
My brain, says I'm receiving pain, a lack of oxygen
Cm G Cm (G)
From my life support, my iron lung____
LINK 1: | G | Cm | (x2)
G Cm G Cm G
VERSE 2: We're too young to fall asleep, to cynical to speak
Cm G Cm
We are losing it, can't you tell
G Cm G Cm G
We scratch our eternal itch, our twentieth century bitch
Cm G Cm (G)
And we are grateful for our iron lung____
LINK 2: | (G) | Cm |
| G | Cm B Bb A Am G# G#m |
SOLO: G Gm G Gm C Cm C Cm
The head - shrinkers, they want everything
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Cm B Bb< | | |
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The Bends album chords by Radiohead, added : July 24th, 2004
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