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The Bends

Radiohead
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Chords in this song9

Intro

      

Verse

Where do we go from here
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now, when I need you
Alone on an aeroplane
Falling asleep against the window pane
My blood will thicken
  
I need to wash myself again
to hide all the dirt and pain
Cus I’ve been scared that there’s nothing underneath
Who are my real friends
Have they all got the bends
Am I really sinking this low

Refrain

baby’s got the bends, oh no
We don’t have any real friends, whoa, no, no

Chorus

Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen 

Verse

Where do we go from here
The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
And where are you
They brought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines
To blow me away, to blow me sky high

Refrain

baby’s got the bends  
We don’t have any real friends  

Chorus

Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
    
I wanna live, breathe
I wanna be part of the human race
I wanna live, breathe
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race

Verse

Where do we go from here
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now, when I need you
Note: Radiohead's recording is not in concert tuning. That's why it won't sound
right if you play along.

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