Black Star Bass Tab

The Bends Tabs:

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Band – Radiohead
Song - Black Star
Album – The Bends
Bassist – Colin Greenwood
By – blink1skate2@hotmail.com

I love the bass/drum verse in this song
The intro sorta ‘fades in’ so just come in whenever you feel like

INTRO
      D      A	   D
G|------------------------------
D|------------------------------	repeat until appropriate and
A|----5-5-5----------5---3-2-0--	finish on the A
E|-----------5—5-5-5------------

VERSE 1 X 2 – I get home from work...
    G      C      G/B    D      Em          Em
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3-3-3--2-2-2--5-5-5--7---7-7h9-7---7---7-7h9-7--|
E|--3-3-3-------------------------7---------7---7----------|

PRE-CHORUS – what are we coming to...
    C 		   G/B      D
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--|
E|-------------------------------------|

CHORUS – blame it on the black star...
    Am              C
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|--------------0-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|	X 2

    G
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------5--|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|

VERSE X 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
INTRO X 3
VERSE X 2 (bass solo!!!)
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
INTRO to fade out

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/r/radiohead/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture josh Average	#1 by josh 73h 1337 pw3nr at Oct 5, 1972 at 5:08 AM EST
	Oh my god. The emotion in this song... My favorite line ever, in any song, is "now that I don't think of you" .... oh man. And "The troubled words of a troubled mind.." To me, it seems to be about his girlfriend being depressed. I mean "still standing in your dressing gown" - haven't you ever been so depressed that you cannot get dressed, you cannot function? So depressed and you cannot even pinpoint why? That is the girl in this song. She is depressed and even she cannot tell why, so how is he to help? But that last stanza... oh yes, I agree... The best ever... So true. I think everyone has had someone in their life that they should not think about, for one reason or another, but cannot help it. You just love them so much...

No Picture Cody Rhythm Player	#2 by Cody Stone at May 27, 1977 at 10:57 PM EST
	"I know all the things around your head and what they do to you. ?" This makes me think of a couple where maybe the girl feels with an intensity he does not understand or take seriously.. The line I quoted in perticular makes me think he is an arrogant piece of pompousness that says charming things, but truly was not ready to deal with her and her emotions..But that could be a heartbruise or two speaking...

No Picture ME Rhythm Player	#3 by ME at Nov 14, 1978 at 2:51 AM EST
	This song was actually written about me and my girlfriend. The periods of ennui that consume the relationship. I don't know, this song gives me a feeling of comfort and empathy.

No Picture brandon Wanna Be	#4 by brandon christ at Apr 7, 1982 at 1:32 AM EST
	i think this song is about breaking up coz the relationship obviously isnt working out. its not that theyre not in love, its that she has her own probs, and he doesnt wana deal with them anymore. he thinks hes over her but hes not coz when he sees someone that looks like her he wants her all over again. i agree with vertigo - the black star is something they cant see but is there. the falling sky tho i think may be representative of her paranoia maybe

No Picture Felix Average	#5 by Felix at Nov 24, 1983 at 2:55 AM EST
	underestimated song

No Picture Julz Average	#6 by Julz xx. at Nov 22, 1997 at 6:39 PM EST
	possibly it is yorke talking about how his girlfriend is either an alcoholic or drug addict in the first verse, the second has it seemingly waiting at hospital trying to stay awake with her and then the final verse has her already dead and him trying to cope with the pain that he is going through and he is starting to lose it himself and he is throughout the chorus just trying to figure out why it is happening to him and he can't find a rational reason for it so he blames it on a black star.

No Picture london calling Average	#7 by london calling at Feb 1, 2003 at 2:12 AM EST
	I believe it's about the problems people have connecting. Obviously the example is his relationship with a girl, and he can't understand her or really be close to her. And he really can't find out what's wrong. Science, knowledge technology, the satellite, the apocalypse (falling sky) some people would blame... what are we coming to? but the sad realization is that of the separation between people, that it is final and that's all there is..... and Thom's saying that it's futile to blame technology but still is sad for the death of that illusion..

No Picture ZENacheived Average	#8 by ZENacheived at Apr 17, 2006 at 6:40 PM EST
	thom has said that this song is about sex int he morning, the best time to have it. haha. i think its about not knowing or having a reason -- not being able to define your problems. in the end he knows that the relationship is not going to lat, although he wishes it would. its hanging by a thread at this point.