Bass tabs
Radiohead - The Numbers
On this song, Colin uses a few different riffs. Listen for timings. It's all 10s not 1s and 0s to clarify.
Riff A
G|---------------------------------|
D|------1010--10---------8---------|
A|-------------------10-----10-----|
E|-8-------------------------------|
Riff B
G|---------------------------8-----|
D|------1010--10--------8------10--|
A|-------------------10---10-------|
E|-8-------------------------------|
Riff C
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----1010----------1010----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-8---------8-----8---------------|
Riff D
G|------8--------------------------|
D|--------10---------1010----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-8---------8-----8---------------|
Riff E
G|-----------8---------------------|
D|---------8-------8--------8-10---|
A|------10-----------10-10---------|
E|-8-------------------------------|
Riff F
G|-----------8---------------------|
D|---------8--------8----8h10------|
A|------10-------------------------|
E|-8-------------------------------|
Riff G
G|-----------8---------------------|
D|---------8-------------8h10------|
A|------10----------10-------------|
E|-8-------------------------------|
Those are the riffs, and this is when you play them. You'll notice Colin repeats a cycle of 3.
Intro and verse 1 (holds us like a phantom)
NO BASS
Verse 2 (1:34)
A A
Open arm channels
B A
Ready to receive
A B
Cause we're not at the mercy
A A
Of your shimmerers and spells
B A
Your shimmerers and spells
Interlude (2:04)
A B
Mm hmm
A A
Verse 3 (2:17)
B A
We are of the earth
A B
To her we do return
A A
The future is inside us
B A
It's not somewhere else
A B
It's not somewhere else
A
It's not somewhere else
Chorus (one day at a time)
NO BASS
(2:56)
A A
B A
NO BASS (One day at a time)
Verse 4 (3:32)
C C
Call upon people
D C
People have power
C D
The numbers don't decide
C C
This system is a lie
D C
A river running dry
C D
The wings of butterflies
Interlude (4:09)
C C
Verse 5 (4:15)
E F
And you may pour us away like soup
G E
Like we're pretty broken flowers
F G
We'll take back what is ours
E
We'll take back what is ours
Chorus and outro (4:47)
NO BASS
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| x Dead note
| g Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| > Accented note
| t Tapping
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| s Slap
| P Pop
| PM Palm mute
| TR Trill
| N Tremolo