The Bends Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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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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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

This song is the greatest song ever written. It's just... mind blowing. Excellent tab too, thanks!
+11

for the correct tuning to play to the record. tune your guitar using 448hz as a reference pitch :)
+6

for recording tuning, put a capo on one in current tuning, or transpose up 1
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