Answer Bass

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			     The Answer - Bloc Party
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Tabbed By : imessyou
e-mail: theblochead@hotmail.co.uk
 
Tuning: standard
 
Bass doesn't kick in till looooong i think it's something like 0:32
"So tired of standing up..."
G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|   
 
Bit between verses
(chords)
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
Verse
"Pretty pretty boys sucking on cola..."
G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|   
 
"The magazine says it's ok..."
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
Chorus
"Grown into a parental fugue..."
G|---------------|--------------|------------|----------|
D|---------------|--------------|------------|----------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-------|------8--8-8|8-8-8-8-8-|
E|---------------|-------7-7-7-7|7-7-7-6--6-6|6-6-6-6-6-|
 
Bit after chorus
"You could talk a little less..."
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-(basically play whenever he says "you")|
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
Verse
"Feeding the five thousand..."
G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|   
 
Next bit of verse
"So tired of standing up..."
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
Chorus
"Grown into a parental fugue..."
G|---------------|--------------|------------|----------|
D|---------------|--------------|------------|----------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-------|------8--8-8|8-8-8-8-8-|
E|---------------|-------7-7-7-7|7-7-7-6--6-6|6-6-6-6-6-|
 
After this there is a bass rest for the bridge but it comes back again at 3:02
 
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
 
 |---------------|---------------|
 |---------------|---------------|
 |---------------|---------------|
 |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
 
G|----------|--------|------------|-----------|
D|7---7---7-|-7---7-7|--9---9---9-|-----------|
A|5---5---5-|-5---5-5|--7---7---7-|-7---7---7-|
E|----------|--------|------------|-5---5---5-| X4
 
G|------|------|----------|---------|
D|------|------|----------|---------|
A|---5--|----5-|--7------7|---------|
E|------|------|----------|5-------5| X2
 
End on D (5th fret A string)
 
Tabbed by your faithful imessyou for all your indie needs.
If you think this tab is wrong, THEN TELL ME! email me or add my msn or something
('nuff people seem to have done that)
 
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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