The Bends Album chords by Radiohead

Chords with lyrics

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           Radiohead's Album "The Bends"
           compilation put together by
          Sergio Lucero [email protected]
          "Sulk" added by Tex ([email protected])
          corrections and additions welcome
           current version 0.75 [9/12]
              dated Dec. 3rd 1995
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SONGS

        1       planet telex (missing)
                the bends
               high and dry
              fake plastic trees
        5        bones (missing)
               [nice dream]
                 just
               my iron lung
            bullet proof..i wish i was
        10       black star (missing)
                 sulk
            street spirit [fade out]

CREDITS:    Dan Zink [[email protected]]             2,8tab
        Sergio Lucero [[email protected]]       3,6,9
        Glenn Rubenstein [[email protected]]      4
        Kasper van Benten ([email protected])      7
        Dave Stein ([email protected])       11
        Mike [[email protected]]      12

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                the bends

intro: D, C, B, C, B, C majorC (x4)
verse: E, G, C majorC (x2)

then:
--------------------------------------------------------
-2----2-3-5-8-7-5-----5----5-6-8-11-8-11-8-11-8-11^-----
-2--------------------5---------------------------------
-2--------------------5---------------------------------
-0--------------------3---------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------

then: E, G, C majorC again

chorus: D, C, B, C majorC

palm muted chord after
"i wish, i wish, i wish, that something would happen": E MajorE

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               high and dry

Intro:

main: F#m7(11) Asus2Asus2 E MajorE

             F#m7(11)
             two ..
              Asus2Asus2
         I ..
               E MajorE
               don't ..

            Flying ..
        watching ..
         You'd ...
          kill ..
            You ..
        you're ..

        Don't ..
        Don't ..

   Drying ...
   All ..
            you ..

        Don't ..

Solo: (on a single string)

B-5-5-4-5-5--4-5-5--4-5s7s5-4--5-5-4-5-5-2-0----2---4-

B-5-5-4-5-5--4-5-5--4-5s7s5-4--5-5-4-5-5-2-0----------


         It's ..
          best ...
         It's ..
        the ..

        Don't .....

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              fake plastic trees

Special thanks to: [email protected]


Okay, this is pretty accurate, I took the chords that Gene listed and
put them to the lyrics, figuring out the exact changes and the strumming
pattern. It sounds almost perfect when I play along to my CD and it
works well enough.


Strumming pattern:

e---------------------- (only strum for the D MajorD chord)
B----------x-----------
G----------x-----------
D---x-x----x-----------
A---x-x----x----------- (for the D MajorD chord, don't play this string...)
E--don't play----------

(4 of the above strums equals what you should play for
each chord when it changes)

(on the D/A/D change play 2 strums D, then 2 strums A, then 4 strums D MajorD)


Start strumming A augmentedA for the intro, come in with
the lyrics on the second strum of the pattern)

A augmentedA              F# minorF#m
Her ..
                E MajorE D MajorD
For ..
       A augmentedA   D MajorD
In ..
A augmentedA                F# minorF#m
That ..
              E MajorE  D MajorD
In ..
    A augmentedA   D MajorD
To ..


       B minorBm
It ..
       A augmentedA
It ..
       B minorBm
It ..
       A augmentedA
It ..


She ..
A augmentedA ..
Who ..
He ..
For ..
But ..


And ..
It ..
It ..
It ..


She ..
She ..
My ..
But ..
I ..
If ..

And ..
It ..
It ..
It ..
And ..
If ..
All ..
All ..

A augmentedA (with more energy)
F# minorF#m (with more energy)
D MajorD (with more energy, no change this time)

(end on) A augmentedA

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               [nice dream]

[Intro by Kasper van Benten]

C-B-Bb-A (x2)

 A augmentedA              D MajorD
they ..
            E MajorE
they ..
   A augmentedA         D MajorD
they ..
              E MajorE
gave ...

 B minorBm     E MajorE     A augmentedA
nice ...

i ..
but ..
she ..
the ...

 B minorBm     E MajorE     A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
nice..

nice ..
nice ..
nice ..
nice ..
nice ..
nice ..

[anyone for the bridge section?]

Then back to "nice dream"

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                 just

Intro: C majorC D#D# D MajorD FF (3x)
C:	x35553
D#:	x68886
D:	x57775
F:	x81010108

Didn't figure out any more of this song..... YET!


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               my iron lung

Here's how to play the beginning:


                       (bend and
                       release)
--------10-------------7-------------8------------------------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8----10-/-\----8------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

--------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11----------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8-------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

--------10-------------7-------------8---10---11---10---8-----
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8---------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

--------10-------------7-------------8-----11-----11----------
-----8------8-------8-----8-------8-----8------8------8-------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-10-------------8-------------6-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

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            bullet proof..i wish i was

Verse: C majorC B minorBm G+G D MajorD

Chorus: G+G D MajorD C majorC

bullet ..

so ..
lead-..
i ..
all ..
bullet ..

bullet ..

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Its in 3 BTW

D MajorD
You ..
D MajorD
The ..
D MajorD
You ..
C majorC   G+G
sulk
          D MajorD
Sit ..

(pre-chorus and chorus)

D MajorD
G+G        C majorC
  Sometime ..
        D MajorD
sometime ..
G+G        C majorC
  God ..

For the end of the song (last chorus) we go up a tone to A-D-E for the
chorus.

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            street spirit [fade out]

This just has three really easy picking patterns in it, plus a few bits
over the top which I can't be bothered to work out...

FIG A:

  A minorAm       Asus4Asus4      A minorAm       Asus2Asus2
E-|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3---------------1---------------0---------------|
G-|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------|
A-|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


FIG E:-

  E minorEm       E minor 7Em7       Em6Em6       E minorEm
E-|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3---------------1---------------0---------------|
G-|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|


FIG C:-

  C majorC        Cadd9Cadd9      C majorC        Cmaj7Cmaj7
E-|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------------|
B-|-----------------3---------------1---------------0---------------|
G-|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------|
A-|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Intro: A augmentedA
Verses: A augmentedA E MajorE
Chorus: C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA


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               SPECIAL CHORDS

    F#m7(11) 2022000

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