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Exes - Bloc Party
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Tabbed by: Finn Jain
E-mail: finnjain@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Standard
Hey guys, I haven't properly tabbed the rhythms, but it's quite easy to work out when you start playing :)
I have mainly just tabbed the figures within the song. Enjoy, and feel free to leave a correction if you feel
there needs to be one :)
Verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------2---------2--------5----5---5---2---5--------------------------------|
G|------2---------2--------6----7---6---2---7--------------------------------|
D|---4--4------0--0-----7--7----7---7---4---7--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
OR
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------2---------2--------5----5---5---5---5--------------------------------|
G|------2---------2--------6----7---6---6---7--------------------------------|
D|---4--4------0--0-----7--7----7---7---7---7--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus ("There was a time, for about two weeks..."):
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---2--2----5--5----5--5----2--2----2--2--2-2-2-2---------------------------|
G|---2--2----6--6----7--7----2--2----4--4--4-4-2-4---------------------------|
D|---4--4----7--7----7--7----4--4----4--4--4-4-4-4---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
OR
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---2--2----5--5----5--5----5--5----2--2--2-2-2-2---------------------------|
G|---2--2----6--6----7--7----6--6----4--4--4-4-2-4---------------------------|
D|---4--4----7--7----7--7----7--7----4--4--4-4-4-4---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus ("To all the exes.."):
e|---------------------------|
B|---5h7--7----7-7-5--5------|
G|---6h7--7----7-7-6--6------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---2--2----5--5----5h7--7----7-7-5--5------|
G|---2--2----6--6----6h7--7----7-7-6--6------| (3x)
D|---4--4----7--7----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---2--2----5--5----2----0-0-0-0h2--2h3-----|
G|---2--2----6--6----2----2-2-2-2-2--2-2-----|
D|---4--4----7--7----0----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-----|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Bridge ("But I must try..."):
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--------------2-----2--4--------|
E|--------------------------2--0--2--5-----5--------------|
End (I think. From what I can hear anyway):
e|---------------------------|
B|---5--5----5--5----2--2----|
G|---7--7----6--6----2--2----| Repeat how many times
D|---7--7----7--7----4--4----|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
"But I must try"
e|-----|
B|--2--|
G|--2--|
D|--0--|
A|-----|
E|-----|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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