The Bends Chords

by Radiohead
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: no capo
Author Carazycool [a] 585.
5 contributors total, last edit on Jun 2, 2025
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Chords

D
Cadd9
G6
Em
G
C
C7
Asus2
Eadd#11

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Radiohead - The Bends
 
Transcribed by Rob
robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (dot) com
 
Cadd9:    x32030
C7:       x32310
Asus2:    x02200
G6:       320030
Eadd#11:  022300 (no 3)
 
 
[Intro]
D         Cadd9 G6 Cadd9    G6    Cadd9
 
[Verse]
 Em
Where do we go from here
     G
The words are coming out all weird
               C           C7
Where are you now, when I need you
 Em
Alone on an aeroplane
 G                                 C
Falling asleep against the window pane
               C7
My blood will thicken
 
Asus2 C7
 
   Em
I need to wash myself again
    G
to hide all the dirt and pain
               C                   C7
Cus I’ve been scared that there’s nothing underneath
 Em
Who are my real friends
 G
Have they all got the bends
             C       C7
Am I really sinking this low
 
[Refrain]
D     Cadd9 G6 Cadd9   G6  Cadd9
baby’s got the bends,     oh no
D              Cadd9 G6 Cadd9  G6           Cadd9
We don’t have any real friends,    whoa, no, no
 
[Chorus]
      Asus2
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
                                                    Em
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
  Asus2
I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
                                             Em   Eadd#11
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
 
[Verse]
 Em
Where do we go from here
     G                               C
The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
          C7
And where are you
      Em                      G
They brought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines
            C               C7
To blow me away, to blow me sky high
 
[Refrain]
D     Cadd9 G6 Cadd9  G6   Cadd9
baby’s got the bends
D              Cadd9 G6 Cadd9  G6   Cadd9
We don’t have any real friends
 
[Chorus]
      Asus2
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
                                                    Em
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
  Asus2
I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
                                             C
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
 
G C G C
 
         G
I wanna live, breathe
                              C
I wanna be part of the human race
         G
I wanna live, breathe
                              C
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race
 
[Verse]
Em
Where do we go from here
     G
The words are coming out all weird
               C           C7
Where are you now, when I need you
 
 
 
Note: Radiohead's recording is not in concert tuning.  That's why it won't sound
right if you play along.
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11 comments
angrysshark
This song is the greatest song ever written. It's just... mind blowing. Excellent tab too, thanks!
+11
joetallent7891
for the correct tuning to play to the record. tune your guitar using 448hz as a reference pitch :)
+6
sammyboiy123
for recording tuning, put a capo on one in current tuning, or transpose up 1
+5