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Paranoid Android Bass Tab

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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

Paranoid Android Bass Tab

Send "Paranoid Android" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/r/radiohead/111048.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture storm Average	#1 by storm at Oct 3, 1971 at 9:44 AM EST
	This song is amazing. When I listen to it, every time I hear it, I have a certain feeling inside which i can describe. The song has got so much felling and emotion, which i can't describe! When it gets to the slower part... WOW!! I can't explain!! But this is AMAZING!! nO OTHER SONG COME EVEN CLOSE

No Picture fukt Average	#2 by fukt at Aug 29, 1972 at 9:45 PM EST
	nor a better video.

No Picture Sally Average	#3 by Sally Gray at Jul 9, 1977 at 7:13 PM EST
	I love this song. One of the best off the album. Maybe the best. Very good live, too. Awesome video. One of the coolest songs I have ever heard.

No Picture Charley Rhythm Player	#4 by Charley Hockin at May 10, 1988 at 11:50 AM EST
	when i am king you will be first against the wall my favorite line, lol

No Picture aaron Wanna Be	#5 by aaron dyke at May 20, 1991 at 8:59 AM EST
	Jove had a death dream waking up at impact of atomic bombs, with "from a great geight" playing in dream when looking upright missiles downing, and this prior to 9/11, which seemed to the NE, so hmm.. http://hometown.aol.com/jupiterlordjovei/ I would pay that dude or for his science if I was you first, W/$ ANd one of the missiles was NASA itself, hmm own ship itself, and Jove worote that to the the press then, so somewhere in the records that is provable

No Picture girl. Average	#6 by girl. at Nov 8, 1995 at 9:07 AM EST
	I've been thinking of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in relation to this song actually. Not only does the book have a character MArvinthe Paranoid Android, but there is also a line where the Guide descibe's a company whose opinion is not at all acurate, saying they will be "first against the wall when the revolution comes" anyone know if they are douglas adam's fans, or am I just reading too far into this?