Radiohead - Planet Telex bass tab
Artist - Radiohead
Song - Planet Telex
Album - The Bends
Tabbed by - Alec MacDonald
Awesome song...
(0:25) Intro
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 4
A|5---5---5h7------------7-------|
E|--7---7-----0-0--0-0-----7-7-7-|
Rest (0:39) Singing Begins "You can force it..."
(0:45) Verse "You can taste it..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------4h5p4h5-\----------------------4h5p4h5-\----|
E|5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------|
(0:51) Verse
G|-------------------------------------------------- -- --------|
D|------------------6-7-m-7-\----------------------- -- --------|
A|-------------------------------------------------- -- --------|
E|4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5--------------4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5/17-17--\\----|
(0:58) Verse "You can crush it..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------4h5p4h5-\--------------------------------5--|
E|5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7-7-0-7-0------|
(1:04) Verse "You can crush it..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------5------------------------------4--|
E|5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7-7-0-7-0------5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7-7-0-7-0------|
(1:10) "Chasing you home..."
G|------------------------------------------------ -- -- -- -- -- --|
D|------------------6-7-m-7-\--------------------- -- -- -- -- -- --| x 2
A|------------------------------------------------ -- -- -- -- -- --|
E|4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5--------------4h5-5p4h5--4h5/-17-17-17-17-17-17\-|
(1:23) Chorus "Everything is broken..."
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 8
A|--------5h7r-----5---5h7-------|
E|0-0-0-0-----0------7-----------|
Rest (1:49) "You can force it..."
(1:56) Verse "You can crush it..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------4h5p4h5-\----------------------4h5p4h5-\----|
E|5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------|
(2:02) Verse
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5-4h5p4h5-\----4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5-4h5p4h5-\----|
(2:08) Verse "You can walk it..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------| x 2
A|------------------4h5p4h5-\----------------------4h5p4h5-\----|
E|5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------5h7-7p5h7--5h7--7--------------|
(2:14) Verse
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------7------------------------------7-7-7--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5-4h5p4---7----4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5-4h5p4-------7|
(2:21) Verse
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------7-----------------------------------------| x 2
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|4h5-5p4h5--4h5--5-4h5p4---7----4h5-5p4h5--4h5/-17-17-17-17-17-17\-|
(2:34) Chorus "Everything is broken"
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 8
A|--------5h7r-----5---5h7-------|
E|0-0-0-0-----0------7-----------|
(3:00) Chorus
G|------------------ -- ---------|
D|------------------ -- ---------|
A|--------5h7r--7//12-10-7-------|
E|0-0-0-0-----0----- -- ---------|
(3:03) Chorus
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 6
A|--------5h7r-----5---5h7-------|
E|0-0-0-0-----0------7-----------|
(3:19) Chorus "Bro-ken"
G|-------------------------- --- --|
D|-------------------------- --- --|
A|--------5h7r-----5---5h7/12--10--|
E|0-0-0-0-----0------7------ --- --|
^ ^
Play these two notes in time with the singing of "broken"
Rest (3:26) "Why can't you forget?"
(3:38) Outro "Why can't you forget?"
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 3
A|5---5---5h7------------7-------|
E|--7---7-----0-0--0-0-----------|
(3:48) Outro
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 1
A|5---5---5h7------------7-------|
E|--7---7-----0-0--0-0-----7-7-7-|
(3:52) Outro
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 3
A|5---5---5h7------------7-------|
E|--7---7-----0-0--0-0-----------|
Start fade out during last repetition of the above riff
(4:01) Outro
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 1
A|5---5---5h7------------7-------|
E|--7---7-----0-0--0-0-----7-7-7-|
(4:04) Outro
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------| x 3
A|5---5---5h7------------7-------|
E|--7---7-----0-0--0-0-----------|
Be completely faded out by now...with the volume really high you can barely hear the last 7.