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From: "Dale S." 
Subject: radiohead - paranoid android

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
tabbed out by Dale Stromberg 

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

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