Bones

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                             BONES - Radiohead

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Tabbed by: bobbycdm

"Bones" by Radiohead, off the album 
"The Bends"
There were a couple of tabs for this
 song, but they only listed the 
chords and didn't have it fully 
tabbed
out. Here's my shot at a tab, based 
off of their chords, live footage of
 the band, and playing along to the
song.

EDIT 12/5/2014: Fixed the verse riff
 for gtr 2, I thought it was an A 
note but it's actually an E.

Gtr. 1: Johnny Greenwood- distorted,
 tremolo (during intro and verses)
Gtr. 2: Ed O'Brien- clean for verse 
1, then distorted

Tuning: EADGBE (Standard) (both 
guitars)

INTRO
Gtr 1: Strum the A5 chord with 
tremolo, slowly increasing in 
volume/strumming force until the 
verse.

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|2-2-2-2-------------------------
D|2-2-2-2-------------------------
A|0-0-0-0-------------------------
E|--------------------------------


Gtr. 2: Hit the D chord once right
E|2-------------------------------
B|3-------------------------------
G|2-------------------------------
D|0-------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------


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VERSE 1
Gtr. 1: Hit A5 once (listen for the 
timing- right at the end of each of 
Thom's lines), again
with tremolo; start with a very fast
 tremolo and turn the "rate" or 
"speed" knob down as the chord
rings out.

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|2-------------------------------
D|2-------------------------------
A|0-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|---------|    
B|---------|    
G|---------|    
D|---------| x5 
A|---------|    
E|---------|    

Then, the last time before the 
chorus, strum the chord 
progressively harder, just like the 
intro.

Gtr. 2: At the same time that Gtr.
E|--------------------------------
B|5-------5---5---5---5---5---5---
G|x-------x---x---x---x---x---x---
D|2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
   1 comes in during the verse, play
E|----------------------------------
B|5---------------------------------
G|x---------------------------------
D|2---------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------
   this (let the notes ring out)
E|---------|    
B|---------|    
G|---------|    
D|---------| x6 
A|---------|    
E|---------|    


In case you want to know, the bassline goes something like this:

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|5-5-5-5---------------0---0---0-
E|--------3-3-3-3-2-0-2-------3---

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|0-0-2-0-0-0---0-0-0-2-------------
E|------------3---------------------

CHORUS

Gtr.s 1 and 2: it sounds like Johnny
 (Gtr. 1) plays a bit of a lead 
here, but both guitars basically 
follow
this progression:

  Em         F#m      G     A5    
E|--------------------------------
B|--------0-------2---------------
G|--------0-------2---4-----2---2-
D|----2-2-2---4-4-4---5-5---2---2-
A|----2-2-2---4-4-4---5-5---0---0-
E|3-2-0-0-0---2-2-2---3-3---------
  B5  A5  B5  A5  B5  A5  B5
E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|4---2-2-4---2-2-4---2-2-4---------
D|4---2-2-4---2-2-4---2-2-4---------
A|2---0-0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2---------
E|----------------------------------

E|---------|    
B|---------|    
G|---------|    
D|---------| x2 
A|---------|    
E|---------|    

Note: I might be wrong about the 
B5's, it could also be this chord:

e|--
B|--
G|2-
D|4-
A|0-
E|--
I'm not sure, so I'd just say to use
 whichever sounds best to you.

VERSE 2:
On the album version, a third guitar
 enters here and plays the power 
chords tabbed out below while Gtr. 1
plays the same part from VERSE 1 and
 Gtr. 2 plays arpeggios, but in live
 performances Ed (Gtr. 2) plays this
part. I've given it to Gtr. 2 to 
stay consistent with the live 
versions.

Gtr. 2- same timing as before, but n
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|2---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---
D|2---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---
A|0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---
E|--------------------------------
  ow play this (with distortion)
E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|2-2-2-2-2-------------------------
D|2-4-2-4-2-------------------------
A|0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
E|----------------------------------

E|---------|    
B|---------|    
G|---------|    
D|---------| x3 
A|---------|    
E|---------|    

CHORUS 2:
Same as CHORUS 1.

VERSE 3:
It's hard to differentiate the two 
guitars here; play these chords with
 distortion; also, Johnny has a few
guitar licks in there but I'm not 
sure what they are.

E|2---2-------3-------------------
B|3---3(0)3---3-------------------
G|2---2(0)0---0---------2---2-4-2-
D|0---0(0)0---0---------2---2-4-2-
A|--------2---2---------0---0-2-0-
E|--------3---3---2-0-2-----------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-------------
D|2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-------------
A|0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-------------
E|----------------------------------

E|---------|    
B|---------|    
G|---------| x2 
D|---------|    
A|---------|    
E|---------|    

Note: The notes in parentheses are 
optional, just some guitar noise 
between chords.
Also, the second time you play this,
 make sure to end with the E|3-2-0- 
at the beginning of the chorus.