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Bloc Party.Mercury
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Alrigh! The song has a synthesiser in it so I tabbed it as if you were using just guitars.
I based it on a live vid on the net at Lollapalooza so Russells guitar is almost right.
/= slide up
\= slide down
Intro: Singing and Drums
Verse 1:
Synth
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| repeated x4
D|----11---------11-11-11-----|
A|----------7-----------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|-------------------9--9-----|
B|-------------------9--9-----|
G|-------------------9--9-----| repeated x4
D|----11---------11-11-11-----|
A|----------7-----------------|
E|----------------------------|
Pre Chorus 1:
Synth
e|----9-----------------------|
B|----9-----------------------|
G|----9-----------------------| x2
D|------------hold------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Chorus 1:
Russell and synth(or bass)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------tremolo picking throughout--------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-9----/12\-4----/12\-5----/12\-2----/15----------|
Verse 2:
Synth
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| repeated x4
D|----11---------11-11-11-----|
A|----------7-----------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|-------------------9--9-----|
B|-------------------9--9-----|
G|-------------------9--9-----| repeated x4
D|----11---------11-11-11-----|
A|----------7-----------------|
E|----------------------------|
Russell
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| x4
D|-----5----------------------|
A|--7-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| x4
D|-----5----6-6-5-------------|
A|--7-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Pre Chorus 2:
Synth
e|----9-----------------------|
B|----9-----------------------|
G|----9-----------------------| x2
D|------------hold------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Russell
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| x2
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| down strokes
E|-----------------------------------|
Chorus 2:
The same as before
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bloc-party/171431.html ]
Pre Chorus 3:
Synth
e|----9-----------------------|
B|----9-----------------------|
G|----9-----------------------| x2
D|------------hold------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Russell
e|--18bend---------------- ----21bend----------------|
B|----------15/bend/17---- ------------15/bend/21----|
G|------------------------ --------------------------|
D|------------------------ --------------------------|
A|------------------------ --------------------------|
E|------------------------ --------------------------|
Cool Drum Part:
Russell
(...that this could be the start of...)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--9-11-10-9-11-10-9---------| until chorus
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Chorus 3:
Synth(or bass)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------tremolo picking throughout--------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-9----/12\-4----/12\-5----/12\-2----/15----------|
Russell
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--14-13-12-11-10-9--14-13-12-11-10-9--14-13-12-11--|
G|---------------------------------------------------| x4
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
....And then something like this....
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11------|
D|--3/--11--11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11------|
A|--3/--11---------------11----------------11--------------------|
E|--1/---9----------------9-----------------9--------------------|
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---------------------------------------------------------------|
-11-10-9-8------11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11--|
------------11--11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11--|
------------11---------------11---------------11---------------|
-------------9----------------9----------------9---------------|
--|keep---|----------------------------------------------------|
--|bending|----------------------------------------------------|
--11/-/16\---\13-------11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11------11----|
-------------------11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11--11----|
-------------------11---------------11---------------11--------|
--------------------9----------------9----------------9--------|
--------------5/--------/18-----------------------------------|
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--11-11-11----------------------------------------------------|
--11-11-11----------------------------------------------------|
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....this my first tab.