8 Chords used in the song: D, Cadd9, G/B, Em, G, C, A, Bb
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INTRO:| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
Oh____
| D | Cadd9 G/B | Cadd9 |
Oh____
Em G
VERSE 1: where do we go from here? the words are coming out all weird
C Cadd9 C
where are you now when I need you?
Em G C
alone on an aeroplane, falling asleep against the window pane
Cadd9 C
my blood will thick - en
LINK:| A | A | C | Bb |
Em G
VERSE 2: I need to watch myself again to hide all the dirt and pain
C Cadd9 C
'Cos I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath
Em G
and who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends?
C Caddd9 C
Am I really sinking this low
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
COURUS 1: my baby's got the bends, oh no
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
We don't have any real friends, no, no, no
A
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
C
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
A
I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy
C Cadd9
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
Em G
VERSE 3: where do i go from here? The planet is again numb
C Cadd9 C
In a sea of fear and where are you?
Em G
They bought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines
C Cadd9 C
To blow me away, to blow me sky high
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
COURUS 2: my baby's got the be________________nds
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
We don't have any real frie__________nds
A
I'm just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
C
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
A
I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy
C Cadd9
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
SOLO:| G Cadd9| G Cadd9| C | C |
| G Cadd9| G Cadd9| C | C |
(C) G Cadd9
OUTRO:I wanna live and breathe
G C Cadd9
I wanna be part of the human race
G Cadd9
I wanna live and breathe
G C Cadd9
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race
Em G
where do we go from here? the words are coming out all weird
C Cadd9 C(1)
where are you now when I need you?
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About this song: The Bends
This track was intially introduced as being about "knowing who your real friends are and when they're going to come to your gigs." Thom soon simplified this to "knowing who your friends are." The song reflects Radiohead sense of humor; it contains many ridiculous lines about the CIA and the Marines. Of the opening, Thom says, "The sound at the beginning comes from this caterwauling mayhem outside this hotel in the States.