(idea) by erikbjo Wed Apr 10 2002 at 21:56:01
Bones
From The Bends by Radiohead

Here's guitar tab for this song. It's actually fairly easy to play, very repetitive. There are some rakes and other stylistic stuff in there, but those are best learned by listening to the song I think.


Figure a is played twice for the intro, and then three times on the first verse: 

  ---------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
  -7--7-7---------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
a -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-4-2
  -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
  --------3--3-3--2-0-2------------------------------

The fourth time on the verse (going from "Crawling on all fours" to the chorus), it's slightly modified into figure b:


  --------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----
  -7--7-7---------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----
b -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-----
  -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
  --------3--3-3--2-0-2--------------------------3-2

The chorus is roughly as shown below. There are some harmonics in there that I don't have down, but otherwise it's pretty accurate. Figures c and d are played once each:


  -------------------------------------------------------
  ---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----
  ---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----
c -2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5-5-5-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-----
  -2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
  -0--0-0-0--2--2-2-2--3-3-3--------------------------3-2

  --------------------------------------------------------
  ---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
  ---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
d -2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5-5-5-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-
  -2--2-2-2--4--4-4-4--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
  -0--0-0-0--2--2-2-2--3-3-3-------------------------------

The next verse is very similar to the first, but in the places where the A chord had the suspension (the 2nd fret going to 4th), they palm mute. This first figure is also only repeated twice, versus 3 times on the first verse. It looks like this: 

  -----------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------2-2-m-2-2-2-m-2-2-2-m-2-2-2-2-2
  -7--7-7---------------2-2-u-2-2-2-u-2-2-2-u-2-2-2-2-2
e -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-2-2-t-2-2-2-t-2-2-2-t-2-2-2-2-2
  -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-0-0-e-0-0-0-e-0-0-0-e-0-0-0-0-0
  --------3--3-3--2-0-2--------------------------------

Again, the last time through the verse is slightly modified:

  ----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------2-2-m-2-2-2-m-2-2-2-m-2-2-2-2-2-----
  -7--7-7---------------2-2-u-2-2-2-u-2-2-2-u-2-2-2-2-2-----
f -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-2-2-t-2-2-2-t-2-2-2-t-2-2-2-2-2-----
  -5--5-5-5--5-5--4-4-4-0-0-e-0-0-0-e-0-0-0-e-0-0-0-0-0-0---
  --------3--3-3--2-0-2----------------------------------3-2

The second time through the chorus is the same as shown above in figures c and d.

The third verse (starting with "I used to fly like Peter Pan") follows the same format as the first verse, with figures a and b only being played once each.

From here, the chorus figures (c and d) repeat, while slowing down a bit.

If you have any questions, please feel free to /msg me. If you have questions on how to read this, take a look at tablature.
I like it!