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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 RussellÂ’s guitar is almost right.
/= slide up
\= slide down
Intro: Singing and Drums
Verse 1:Synthe|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|----------------------------| repeated x4D|----11---------11-11-11-----|A|----------7-----------------|E|----------------------------|
e|-------------------9--9-----|B|-------------------9--9-----|G|-------------------9--9-----| repeated x4D|----11---------11-11-11-----|A|----------7-----------------|E|----------------------------|
Pre Chorus 1:Synthe|----9-----------------------|B|----9-----------------------|G|----9-----------------------| x2D|------------hold------------|A|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|
Chorus 1:Russell and synth(or bass)e|-------------------------------------------------|B|---------tremolo picking throughout--------------|G|-------------------------------------------------| x2D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|E|-9----/12\-4----/12\-5----/12\-2----/15----------|
Verse 2:Synthe|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|----------------------------| repeated x4D|----11---------11-11-11-----|A|----------7-----------------|E|----------------------------|
e|-------------------9--9-----|B|-------------------9--9-----|G|-------------------9--9-----| repeated x4D|----11---------11-11-11-----|A|----------7-----------------|E|----------------------------|
Russelle|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|----------------------------| x4D|-----5----------------------|A|--7-------------------------|E|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|----------------------------| x4D|-----5----6-6-5-------------|A|--7-------------------------|E|----------------------------|
Pre Chorus 2:Synthe|----9-----------------------|B|----9-----------------------|G|----9-----------------------| x2D|------------hold------------|A|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|
Russelle|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| x2D|--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 strokesE|-----------------------------------|
Chorus 2:
The same as before
Pre Chorus 3:Synthe|----9-----------------------|B|----9-----------------------|G|----9-----------------------| x2D|------------hold------------|A|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|
Russelle|--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 chorusD|----------------------------|A|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|
Chorus 3:Synth(or bass)e|-------------------------------------------------|B|---------tremolo picking throughout--------------|G|-------------------------------------------------| x2D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|E|-9----/12\-4----/12\-5----/12\-2----/15----------|
Russelle|---------------------------------------------------|B|--14-13-12-11-10-9--14-13-12-11-10-9--14-13-12-11--|G|---------------------------------------------------| x4D|---------------------------------------------------|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--------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------| -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-----------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------| --11-11-11----------------------------------------------------| --11-11-11----------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------|
....this my first tab.
