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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----------3/53-------------
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.
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Paul Wanna Be |
#1 by Paul at Oct 19, 1975 at 4:34 AM EST |
| this song represents suicidal thoughts...he's thinking of fianlly ending it. No alarms no suprises...he doesn't have to deal with the shit that's been going on no more panic attacks from all the bad things that keep going off in his life. The part where he sings about the pretty house and pretty garden....everything LOOKS perfect...but it'll finally be perfect when he gets rid of the "alarms and suprises" and he can only think of one solution. i think this song is so sad...the music is floaty in a way...kind of like you're drifting away to you're death.... or i could just be out of my mind...but it's how i see it. | |
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Dan Average |
#2 by Dan T at Apr 6, 1976 at 6:14 AM EST |
| it's about a man who has become fed up with the way things are working out for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. has anyone heard the original? it's called no surpirses please (note the please on the end) check it out, the tunes not quite as good but some lyrics are different, which makes it interesting "he was sick of her excuses, to not take off her dress when bleeding in the bathroom" | |
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No Picture
Kevin Wanna Be |
#3 by Kevin Alarcon at Feb 14, 1977 at 10:43 AM EST |
| Sick of routine, sick of being normal, rebelling, going against everything you've ever known and found true, hating how you feel now, after thinking everything was great, self-disappointment in what you've discovered in you, the last time you ever care. Despair bringing you down, dying of a broken heart because you let you think about things you never resolved or lived when you were younger or when you should've. Regret all you have to show is a house and garden, but they're so lovely- you just wish you had more emotions, more loves, more sex, but you're too old for that sort of frivolous activity, so no more fun, no more risks, no alarms, and no suprises. | |
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No Picture
Pat Lead Player |
#4 by Pat O'Shea at Jul 11, 1978 at 6:23 PM EST |
| o...k | |
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No Picture
krutch-bass-man Wanna Be |
#5 by krutch-bass-man at Jul 28, 1978 at 5:40 AM EST |
| i think killgore has a good interpritation for this song. thom is upset with the world as it is. | |
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No Picture
SpookydOOm!!1 Wanna Be |
#6 by SpookydOOm!!1 at Nov 29, 1979 at 6:24 AM EST |
| Wow...nice job Imani110! | |
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No Picture
₣oozie Wanna Be |
#7 by ₣oozie at Jul 5, 1982 at 8:15 AM EST |
| I compare the feeling in this song to that of a person right before they die in a car accident, although, I suppose it could be anything that kills. Seriously, I also see a suicide connection. When I hear this song, I somehow feel like doing it, and I can't explain why. It just makes me feel suicidal for some odd reason that really, really perplexes me. Think about it. The beginning is the reason. The middle is the action. The end is death. The song, when it slows down in the end, is like emotional death. God, I'm pitiful. | |
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No Picture
Jebus Wanna Be |
#8 by Jebus ------ at May 27, 1987 at 2:32 AM EST |
| whenever i hear this song. i picture the ending of a movie. with a girl who either just took a whole bunch of pills and is lying on a bed with a canary yellow bedspread and the opening of this song plays as the camera spirals away from her up out of the shot (if that makes sense). or all of the above except instead of taking the pills she's just realizing her life. | |
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No Picture
123 Wanna Be |
#9 by 123 123 at Jan 6, 1989 at 10:21 AM EST |
| It seems as if it's about suicide to me, someone ' taking a quite life' and the reference to carbon monoxide. Stick the hose on the exhaust and the games up... | |
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No Picture
John Lead Player |
#10 by John Bombara at Mar 15, 1994 at 7:14 AM EST |
| There are a number of possible meanings for this song, all depending on your perspective. My current favourite theory is that the song is about a man on the brink, under pressure, high-stress job, etc, who is close to nervous breakdown. His mind is turmoil, until he finally tips over the edge, into madness. 'This is my final fit' could refer to a strait-jacket. 'Such a pretty house.......garden' may well be the response of a mind so overloaded it's reverted to a childlike state in order to defend itself. Alternatively, it's a suicide note, but I doubt it somehow. That's too simple for old TW. | |
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No Picture
Matt Average |
#11 by Matt Wirta at Sep 2, 1995 at 8:00 PM EST |
| Grrrreat song. | |
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No Picture
David Average |
#12 by David White at Feb 2, 1996 at 3:52 PM EST |
| "A heart that's full up like a landfill," A heart that is filled up with all of the rubbish that this world has to offer; with television characters who aren't real, with being able to afford the next-greatest BMW you've always wanted. So full up and concerned with these things that there's no room left for any real love... | |
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No Picture
aLLaN Rhythm Player |
#13 by aLLaN at Jun 16, 1997 at 7:18 PM EST |
| This song represents how you feel when you just don't give a shit and you've had a terrible day. Imagine a sleep deprived middle aged tired looking man walking down a street, watching calamity after calamity befall him and he walks and stares on indifferently. | |
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Samantha Average |
#14 by Samantha Waters at Dec 29, 2000 at 1:36 PM EST |
| This song is a representation of mankind's longing to escape the responsibilities of a competitive society. The individual Thom croons about is most likely a corporate cog with regrets about his job. He is driven to suicidal intentions and feels that his paradise can only be reached in heaven. | |
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