A Wolf At The Door Bass Tab

Hail To The Thief Tabs:

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Title: a wolf at the door 
Artist: Radiohead
Album: Hail To The Thief

Instrument: 4 String Bass

Tabbed by: Sonny (stupidsonny@yahoo.com)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

I tabbed this off the live tokyo video it is pretty decent for the live I am not sure how 
it compares with the album. Please send corrections my way they are always welcome. 
Cheers : - )

Intro:
G|----------------------------------||
D|----------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------1/5||
E|--3~---5~--7~--7----5~-----3~-----||

Verse:
 D                                  G
G|----------------|----------------|--------|----------------||
D|----------------|-------------x7-|-------5|----------------||
A|-5~---5--0h5----|-5~---5---0h5--5|--------|----------------||
E|----------------|----------------|-3~-----|x3~-----1~------||

A
G|----------------||
D|---9--7-6/5-7/5~||
A|-0--------------||
E|----------------||
 
D                                  G
G|----------------|----------------|---------|-------------||
D|----------------|------------5-7-|------5--|-------7-----||
A|-5~---5--0h5----|-5~---5--0h5----|-------5-|---3-5-------||
E|----------------|----------------|-3~------|3------------||

A
G|----------------||
D|---7~----7/5----||
A|----------------||
E|-5~---------5-5-||

Chorus:
D                                   B
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----8h9-8h9--9-9|-9-9-8h9-8h9----||
A|----------------|---------------7|----------------|----------------||
E|-10----10---10--|-10----10---10--|5-7-------------|------------5-7-||
 A                                 C#               D
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A|-----5h7--------|------5h7-------|-4---4---6---7--|--5---5--5---5-5||
E|5--------5--5---|--5--------7-5--|----------------|----------------||

Interlude:
G|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
A|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
E|10-10-x10--10-10|-8--8--x8--10-8-|-6-6--6--6-6--|-5-5--5--5-3-5--||


G|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
D|------------12--|-----------10---|--------------|----------------||
A|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
E|-10-10-x10----10|-8--8--x8---10-8|-6-6--6--6-6--|-5-5--5--5-3-5--||

G|------------------||
D|-------7~-----7---||
A|----------------5-||
E|-5--5-----5--5----||

G|----------------|--------------------|--------------|----------------||
D|----------------|------10---10-12-10-|-----x8~------|----------------||
A|----------------|--------------------|--------------|----------------||
E|10-10-x10--8--10|-8--8----8----------|-6-6------4--6|-5-5--5--5-3-5--||

Verse 2:
 D                                  G
G|----------------|----------------|--------|----------------||
D|----------------|-5--7--8--10--12|---5~---|----------5~--5~||
A|----------------|----------------|--------|----------------||
E|----------------|----------------|-3~--3-5|3/83---3-------||

A
G|-----------||
D|---6/5-7/5~||
A|0~---------||
E|-----------||
 
D                                  G
G|----------------|----------------|---------|-------------||
D|----------------|------------5--7|-9-10----|---5~-----5~-||
A|-5~-5--0h5-5-0h5|-5-0h5-5--7-----|---------|-------------||
E|----------------|----------------|---------|3~---53-----||

A
G|----------------||
D|---7~----7/5----||
A|----------------||
E|-5~---------7-5-||

Outro: D-B-G
G|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|--------12----12|----------------|----------------||
A|----------------|----------------|----------------||
E|-10--10-----10--|------7~--------|------3~-------||

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

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/r/radiohead/119317.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Jesse Average	#1 by Jesse Neafsey at Nov 19, 1978 at 6:31 PM EST
	This is one of my favorite songs on the album. This song, like most of the songs on the album, is about totalitarianism and heirarchy, and the relationships that come from that. walking like giant cranes is another reference to being above everybody (see track 6, 2 for more) X-ray eyes stripping you naked refer to machines now in airports: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/08/heathrow_scanner_pilot/ "are you on the list?" refers to terrorist watch lists at airports. The chorus, taken from fairy tales, sets the general feeling of fear and intimidation that defines the totalitarian state...Fear of talking, etc.

No Picture Fuzz Musical Genius	#2 by Fuzz at Sep 7, 1984 at 8:02 PM EST
	I think this is very clearly about some gangster threatening a person to kidnap all his/her children if that person doesnt pay him any money. It's about crime. Very straightforward. I dont know why you guys are doing such complex interpretations on a song with a straightforward meaning......

No Picture Adam Wanna Be	#3 by Adam Clarke at May 27, 1993 at 8:19 AM EST
	If you've ever been in a real traumatic and desperate situation, your mind kind of starts going crazy and all these things pop into your head as it's happening. I think that's what this song is. The chorus kind of indicates something terrible is happening, and the verses are all the random things that are popping in the character's head.

No Picture Eric Wanna Be	#4 by Eric Falter at Dec 30, 1996 at 10:52 AM EST
	I really like this song, It's one of my favorites from Hail to the Thief. I don't really understand the lyrics though.

No Picture chris Average	#5 by chris - at Jun 21, 2001 at 8:20 PM EST
	I like this song the vocal delivery gives the impression of paranoia and intense fear which I think is what theetire album is about on some level.

No Picture Mitch Badass	#6 by Mitch Schooler at Nov 8, 2002 at 9:19 PM EST
	this song is about CAPITALISM! its not arrogant for the song to have a more intellectual meaning. not every song has to be simple. "just know someone else is gonna come and clean it up born and raised for the job someone always does" that makes it pretty obvious to me.