The Bends

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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#      Taken from tha album of the same name, 'The Bends' is a definite
# proclamation of what Radiohead are all about. Great dynamic shifts, a big
# raw guitar sound with the lead breaks never over extending their welcome.
#    The Lyrics are steeped in metaphors, the undercurrent of paranoia and
#  despair exclamations rather than self indulgent twadle (a bit like this
#               intro, really- the self indulgent twadle part)
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#Intro

E--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G---7---x-4>5----4---5-------7--x-2>3----4-----5---
D--------------------------------------------------
A---5---x-2>3----2---3-------5--x-2>3----2-----3---
E--------------------------------------------------

#Play through TWICE

#Let these chords ring out.

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

#Bridge  Amajor                                     CMajor
E--------0-----0--------------------------x---x---x-3---3-----------------------------
B--------2-----2---2--3--5----8--7--5-----x---x---x-5---5--5-6-8-11--8-11-8-11-8-11^12
G--------2-----2--------------------------x---x---x-5---5-----------------------------
D--------2-----2--------------------------x---x---x-5---5-----------------------------
A--------0-----0--------------------------x---x---x-3---3-----------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------x---x-----------------------------

  Em
I need to wash myself again
   G
To hide all the dirt and pain
             C                                       C7
cause I'd be scared - that there's nothing underneath
    Em
And who are my real friends?
G
Have they all got the bends?
            C
Am I really sinking, this low?

D                  C      Bm C
And baby's got the bends, ah no
D                      C      Bm  C
We don't have any real friends no no no

# {Here the guitar drops out, but if you want to keep playing the chords
# are...}

     A
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on

                                                  Em
Talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen
  A
I wish it was the sixties I wish we could be happy
                                            Em
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen.

Em
Where do we go from here?
    G
The planet is gunned up
               C
And I see your face, but where are you?
     Em
They brought in the CIA
    G
The tanks and the whole marines
            C
To blow me away, To blow me sky high

D                   C  Bm  C
And baby's got the bends
D                           C     Bm   C
We don't have any real     friends

#{Drop out again}
     A
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
                                                  Em
Talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen
  A
I wish it was the sixties I wish we could be happy
                                            Em
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen.

# {I'm not too sure about this bit... The basic chords are G and C, and on
# the G one of the guitars does a Gsus G pull off, and then slides up to the
# D note on the High E-String(10th fret)----I think--- The C is definately a
# Csus4 C pull off--- easiest if you play as a bar chord  ie

E---3----------------------------------------------------------
B---5--6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5 6\5---------
G---5----------------------------------------------------------
D---5----------------------------------------------------------
A---3----------------------------------------------------------
E---0----------------------------------------------------------         }

G   C   G   C

        G                                           C
I wanna live, breathe, I wanna be part of the human race
        G                                           C
I wanna live, breathe, I wanna be part of the human race

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