Bloc Party – We Were Lovers (Bass Tab)
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Tabbed By: Truck89
e-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard (EADG)
This track is one of the b-sides from the Weekend in the City sessions, and
is one of my personal favorites from Bloc Party, extremely underrated.
Bass stays silent for the intro, enters same time as the vocals...
Verse 1 [0:44] (We meet inside the cafe...)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-5~------|---------|-10~-----|-9~------|-5~------|---------|-4~------|-5~------| D|-7~------|---------|-10~-----|-10~-----|-3~------|---------|-5~------|-5~------| A|-0~------|---------|---------|---------|-0~------|---------|---------|---------| (x4) E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Chorus [1:29]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| (x3) E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-1010101010101010-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Interlude [1:50]
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-5~------|---------|-7~------|---------|-5~------|---------|-5~------|-5---7---| D|-7~------|---------|-7~------|---------|-7~------|---------|-3~------|-5---5---| A|-0~------|---------|-0~------|---------|-0~------|---------|-0~------|---------| E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Verse 2 [2:01] (Staring into my coffee...)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-5~------|---------|-10~-----|-9~------|-5~------|---------|-4~------|-5~------| D|-7~------|---------|-10~-----|-10~-----|-3~------|---------|-5~------|-5~------| A|-0~------|---------|---------|---------|-0~------|---------|---------|---------| (x2) E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Chorus [2:23]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| (x3) E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5--| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10101010101010---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bridge [2:45]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\
D|-7~------------5h|-7~----------9h10|-1212121212121212|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| \
A|---0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------| |
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |
| (x2)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 2nd time through
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| | play an
D|-7~------------5h|-7~----------9h10|-----------------|---------------5-| | open A for the
A|---0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-----|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3(0)| / last note
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|/(to lead into
the chorus)Chorus [3:08]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-1010101010101010-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Outro [3:31]
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-5~------|---------|-10~-----|-9~------|-5~------|---------|-4~------|-5~------| D|-7~------|---------|-10~-----|-10~-----|-3~------|---------|-5~------|-5~------| A|-0~------|---------|---------|---------|-0~------|---------|---------|---------| (x2) E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------| G|-5~------| D|-7~------| A|-0~------| (hold until end) E|---------|
And thats it! Cheers for checking out this tab, more to come (at some point)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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