WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Radiohead - Paranoid Android Bass | Ver. 3
here's the bass tab to the song paranoid android by radiohead, from the
album ok computer.
Radiohead OParanoid AndroidO bassline from the album OK Computer
Intro / First Verse:
|----------8----------------9---9------------9---9---|
|-10---8-------7-8------7-8--------------7-8---------|
|------------------10---------------10---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------8----------------9---9------------9---9---|
|-10---8-------7-8------7-8--------------7-8---------|
|------------------10---------------10---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
please can you...
|----------8----------------9---9------|
|-10---8-------7-8------7-8------------|
|------------------10--------------0-1-|
|--------------------------------------|
from all the...
Chorus (strumming is only approximate):
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0-1---------------0-1-------------1-0-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-2-|
What's that?
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0-1---------------0-1-----------1-0--------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----0-0-0-0-0-----3-1-0-0-10-9-|
What's...(play these notes many times ^ ^)
2nd verse:
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------7---7-------------7---7---------|
|--8---6-8s1---5-6-3---5-6---0---0---3---5-6---0---0--10-9-|
When I am king...
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------7---7----0-1-|
|--8---6-8s1---5-6-3---5-6---0---0------|
With your...
Chorus again (strumming is only approximate):
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0-1---------------0-1-------------1-0-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----0-0-0-0-0-0-----1-2-3-|
What's that?
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0-1---------------0-1-----------1-0-----------7s\|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----0-0-0-0-0-----3-1-0-0-0----|
What's that...
Riff:
|-------------------------------| play
|-------------------------------| this
|-0---0-0-3-0-----------3---5---| three
|---------------4--4--4---------| times
|-----------------------9-10-----|
|----------------------------8-9-|
|-0---0-0-3-0--------------------|
|---------------4--4--4----------|
7/8 part (plusses are the 16 notes)
|---------------------------8-9-10---|
|-10---10-10-----------------------9-|
|------------8-10---11---11----------|
|------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +
|----------------------10-8-7--------|
|-10---10-10------------------10-8-9-|
|------------8-10---11---------------|
|------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +
|---------------------------9---10---|
|-10---10-10-------------------------|
|------------8-10---11---11----------|
|------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +
|--------------------------------------|
|-10---10-10----------10-9---8s\-------|
|------------8-10----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 +
riff again, this time 4 times without the different ending, then the 7/8 part again, then it gets loud.
fill/riff
|------------|-----------------------------| play
|------------|-----------------------------| this
|-9s\-----9s\|-0---0-0-3-0---------3---5---| twice
|------------|-------------4--4--4---------|
loud 7/8 part
|-----------------------------| play
|---------------------2---3---| this
|-3---3-3---------------------| three
|---------1-3---4---4---------| times
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3---3-3---------3-2---1---0-----|
|---------1-3---------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 +
the long chord (A minor)
|---|
|---|
|-0-|
|---|
moaning part
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---2---1---0---5---0---5---3---1---0-------------------0---0--|
|-----------------------------------------3---1---0---0----------|
play the above three times, then play this:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---2---1---0---5---0---5---3---1---0--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3---1---0---0---0---0--|
and the last note is:
|---|
|---|
|-0-|
|---|
as the guitar goes back into the riff.
riff part 3 times, 7/8 part four, riff four, 7/8 four. the end.
all through these heavy sections he skips certain notes (rests) for different effects. There doesnOt seem to be any sort of pattern, so I didnOt bother to figure it out.
If you find any mistakes ... good for you!
Dale