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This Modern Love - Bloc Party
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Tabbed By : imessyou
e-mail: theblochead@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: standard
This is one of Bloc Party's best songs and one of the best love songs this year. And
is how to play on ON BASS
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Bass doesn't come in til the second verse
"And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness..."
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-------|----------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|----------0-1-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-0-1-0-------|
Verse cont
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-------|----------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|----------0-1-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
Chorus (1st and 2nd time through)
"This modern love..."
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Chorus cont
G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
A|------------------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-|
E|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus cont
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (3rd and 4th times through)
"This modern love"
G|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
A|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12----------|--------------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|------------------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-|
E|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
G|-------|--------|-------|--------|---------|------------|-----------|-----|
D|3-2----|3-2-----|3-2----|3-2-----|3-2------|3-2---------|3-2--------|3-2--|
A|----0-3|-----0-3|----0-3|---0-3-3|----0-3-3|----0-3-3--3|---0-3-3--3|---0-|
E|-------|--------|-------|--------|---------|------------|-----------|-----|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------3-2--|---------------|----------3-2---|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-----3|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-2-----2-|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15|
E|---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------|----------3-2--|----------------|
A|17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-----3|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
D|----------3-2--|---------------|-----------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-----2|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note