No Surprises Bass

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No Surprises - Radiohead
Bass Tab
 
Tabbed by Conan Thorogood (errolschmidt@powerup.com.au)
 
[Intro]
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|:------------------------------------3---3----2--:|
D|:3-----------3--3--------3-----------------------:|
A|:------------------------------------------------:|
E|:------------------------------------------------:|      x4
 
 
[Verse]
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------3--3--------3-----------3--3--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------0--0--------0-----------0--2--3--5--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|(5)---------------5---5-------7\----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------3----3----------3----3-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------3---3----2--|
D|-3-----------3--3--------3--3--------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
This is repeated, but with some variations:
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------3--3--------3-----------3--3--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------0--0--------0-----------0--0--2--3--|
A|----------------------0--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5----------------5---5-------7\-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------3----3----------3/5\3-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------3---3----2--|
D|-3-----------3--3--------3--3--------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
then,
"I'll take a quiet life..."
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------5--------3--------2------|
D|-3-----------3--3-----3---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------0--0--------0-----------0--0---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
 
(Chorus) "No alarms and no surprises..."
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------1-----3---------------------------|
E|-3--------------------------------------0--1------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------1-----3---------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------------12\----|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------1-----3---------------------------|
E|-3------------------------------------------------|
 
"Silent..."
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-3------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[2nd Chorus] (different from 1st...)
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------1-----3--------------1-----0------|
E|-3------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------1-----3--------------1-----0------|
E|-3------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------0-----2------|
A|----------------1-----3---------------------------|
E|-3------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------3--3--------3-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------1--0--1--2--|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-----------3--3--------1-----------1--1--0--1---|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-----------3--3-----3--1-----------1-----0--1---|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------1------|
A|----------------------0--1-----3-----4------------|
E|-3-----------3--3---------------------------------|
 
 
[Last Verse]
 
(This bit i'm extremely uncertain about, any suggestions would be highly welcome...)
"Such a pretty house..."
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1/--|
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-13\----|
 
 
[Last Chorus]
 
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|:-------------------------------------------------:|
D|:-------------------------------------------------:|
A|:---------------1--1--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--0--0---:|
E|:3--3--3--3--3------------------------------------:|         x3
 
   1
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-1-----|
 
 
[Last Bit]
 
(rit.)
   1     2     3     4     1     2     3     4
G|-------------6--3--------------------------------||
D|-------------------------3-----------------------||
A|-------------------6--4--------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
 
Bloody great song, this, one of their best, and the bass part has some great moments,
particularly towards the end of the first verse.
Please enjoy, i hope at least most of it's right... :-)
Any comments or whatever, please email me at errolschmidt@powerup.com.au.
 
 
 
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| (n)  Ghost note
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
 
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To reply to why the tuning sounds off - It's because when recording this song for the album, they played and recorded it, and then slowed the tape down (they said because they "can't play that slow") which made everything a little flat.

on the end I like to play G|------6---------------|| D|--------8-------------|| A|----------6---8-------|| E|------------8---------|| which is... the same, actually. but easier! you know, playing this song, my bass always sounds extremely sharp. maybe the tuning is different? don't gimme that look; i'm not tonedeaf.

it sounds of with the cd i think its a halfstep out or summat but its a good tab except for the last note which sounds better as a slide down to f sharp on the a string i think