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.