Bloc Party – Mean tab

tabbed by Adam Carrington (Glasgow)


Kele's guitar:

opening chord

e--0---b--3--g--0--d--2--a-----e-----
Verse chords (these are just the chords, listen for the strumming pattern) first riff
e------------------|b------------------|g--9---12----------|d--9---12---12-----|a--7---10---12-----|e------------10----|
second riff
e------------------|b------------------|g--5-------7-------|d--5---5---7-------|a--3---5---5-------|e------3-----------|
Chorus chords
e------------------------|b------------------------|g------------------------|d--2---2---0---7---9-----|a--2---0---2---7---9-----|e--0---2---3---5---7-----|
Last chord:
e------|b------|g--9---|d--9---|a--7---|e------|
Russell's guitar: Opening chord:
e--------|b--5-----|g--7-----|d--5-----|a--7-----|e--------|
Pre-Verse riff (^ means bend the note up 1 step, v means vibrato)
e------14-------------------|b--12-----14^v--------------|g---------------------------|d---------------------------|a---------------------------|e------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------|b--12-----15--13--12-----12------15--13--12--13--12----------|g------12----------------------12----------------------------|d------------------------------------------------------------|a------------------------------------------------------------|e------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (listen for Russell playing these three chords in the background, vibrato them as you see fit.)
e--10----14---10------|b--7-----15----11-----|g--7-----16----12-----|d--7------------------|a---------------------|e---------------------|
Chorus (play twice)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|b-0-1-0--------3-1-0-----0-1-0-------3-1-0------0-1-0------3-1-0-------------|g-------2-2-0--------2-0--------2-0---------2-0-------2--0-------------------|d----------------------------------------------------------------------------|a----------------------------------------------------------------------------|e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------|b----------------------------------------------|g----------------------------------------------|d------------7-------------4-------------------|a--4-4-4-5-5-----4-4-4-5-5---------------------|e----------------------------------------------|
Last chord (vibrato!/shake it!):
e--0---|b--0---|g--0---|d--2---|a--2---|e------|
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