The story behind
Bones is a song by Radiohead, which appears on the album *The Bends*. The song was recorded in London, in studios such as RAK and Abbey Road, around 1994. The band was working under pressure to match the success of «Creep», their first single. The music combines guitars and ballads, with more careful arrangements than in their first album. The lyrics are ambiguous, as always with Radiohead. The song lasts just over three minutes, and has over a million listeners on Last.fm. ↓ Skip to chordsIntro 1
A7sus4 A7sus4 A7sus4 A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4 A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4 A7sus4
Verse 1
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2
D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
Chorus 1
Em G/F# G A
Em G/F# G A
Verse 2
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
Chorus 2
Em G/F# G A
Em G/F# G A
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2
D/F# A7sus4
Em G/F# G A
Em G/F# G A
Outro 1
Em G/F# G A A
Em G/F# G A A
Em G/F# G A A
Intro 1
A7sus4 A7sus4 A7sus4 A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
E|----------------------------------|-------------0----| B|-3--------------------------------|-------------5----| G|-2--------------------------------|------------------| D|-0--------------------------------|------------------| A|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)------------------|------------------| E|-----------------(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)--|-(2)-(0)-(2)-(5)--| 1 2 3 4 1 2
A7sus4
E|---------0-------0-------0--------|-0-------0-------0-------0--------| B|---------5-------5-------5--------|-5-------5-------5-------5--------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
E|----------------------------------|-------------0----| B|----------------------------------|-------------5----| G|----------------------------------|------------------| D|----------------------------------|------------------| A|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)------------------|------------------| E|-----------------(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)--|-(2)-(0)-(2)-(5)--| 1 2 3 4 1 2
A7sus4
E|---------0-------0-------0--------|-0-------0-------0-------0--------| B|---------5-------5-------5--------|-5-------5-------5-------5--------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 1
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2
D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
E|-0-------0-------0----------------| B|-5-------5-------5----------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-------------------------3---2----| 1 2 3 4
Chorus 1
Em G/F# G A
E|---------0---0-----------0---0----|------------------| B|---------8---0-----------7---0----|------------------| G|----------------------------------|-----0------------| D|----------------------------------|-------------2----| A|----------------------------------|---------0---0----| E|-0--0------------2---2------------|-3----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
Em G/F# G A
Verse 2
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
Chorus 2
Em G/F# G A
Em G/F# G A
D Gsus2 D/F# A7sus4
D Gsus2
D/F# A7sus4
Em G/F# G A
Em G/F# G A
Outro 1
Em G/F# G A
E|----------------------------------|------------------| B|-5-------5-------3----------------|-2----------------| G|-7-------7-------5----------------|-4-------4---2----| D|----------------------------------|------------------| A|----------------------------------|------------------| E|----------------------------------|------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-----2---4---2---2---2---4---2----|-2---2---4---2---2---2------------| A|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|-0---0---0---0---0---0------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em G/F# G A
E|----------------------------------|------------------| B|-8---------------10---------------|-12---------------| G|-10--------------12---------------|-14---------------| D|----------------------------------|-------------2----| A|----------------------------------|-------------0----| E|----------------------------------|------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-----2---4---2---2---2---4---2----|-2---2---4---2---2---2------------| A|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|-0---0---0---0---0---0------------| E|----------------------------------|-------------------------3---2----| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em G/F# G A
E|----------------------------------|------------------| B|----------------------------------|------------------| G|----------------------------------|------------------| D|----------------------------------|-------------2----| A|----------------------------------|-------------0----| E|-0---------------2----------------|-3----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-----4---4---4-------4---2--------| D|-----2---4-------2---2---4--------|-2--------------------------------| A|-----0-----------0---0------------|-0--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em G/F# G A7sus4
E|-0---------------0----------------|-0-----------0----| B|-0---------------0----------------|-0-----------3----| G|-0---------------0----------------|-0-----------0----| D|-2--------------------------------|-------------2----| A|-2--------------------------------|-------------0----| E|-0---------------2----------------|-3----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
From the album
The Bends
Radiohead · 1995 · Track 5