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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