Bloc Party — Waiting For The 7 18 (ver 2) Tab

Bloc Party — Waiting for the 7.18
 tabbed by — Alan Monaghan

Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Effects: [not definately what is used, just what i use] Boss DS1 Distortion, Boss DD6
Delay, Boss DD3 Digital Delay, Zoom 606 Slow attack mode]

Intro

Guitar 1 — russell Using Slow attack mode.

Use slowest attack settings and let the notes ring in and ring out gently.
not sure if these are the right chords...best i got tho.

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G12——10—14—10—————|
D10——12—12—12—————|
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E—————————————————|

Pre chorus with delay and distortion [i use Boss DD3 at 800ms, Feedback pointing roughly
"f" and Delay time roughly at "d" on the labels

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B——15~—x6————|
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D————————————|
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Chorus guitar 1. Trem picking, clean tone with DD3 Delay settings as above.

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B———————————————|
G—10/5/3/2/5/12— trem pick each note in time and repeat as necessary
D———————————————|
A———————————————|
E———————————————|

Chorus Guitar 2 — Kele — Also trem picking with DD3 Delay as above and DS1 Distortion

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G—1410/12/14/17— alter the 17 with a 15 as necessary
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Then "lets drive to brighton on the weekend" section.

Guitar 2 Chorus is played with this rhythm riff on top.

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G————————8—————————————————————————8—————————————————|
D—12—————8—x8———8—————14————12—————8—x8——8—————5—————|
A—12—x8——10—————8—x8——14—x8—12—x8——10————8—x8——5—x8——|
E—10————————————10————12————10———————————10————3—————|


Bridge — There is another higher pitch section in the back but i cant hear it too well.

Also using the delay and trem picking, clean tone. A bit of Wah might help get the
effect if used gently.

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G—2—3—5—3—3—5—7—5—5—7—9—7—10—9—9—10—12—10—12—10—10—12—14——/15——/17————|
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Then Guitar 2 goes back into Chorus riff and guitar 1 again using DD3, trem picking and distortion..plays...

e—17/181713/1715/17——————|
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D———————————————————————————|
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This is played in the background on the record versian. Altho live i think they leave it out?

e—————————————0————|
B———0———0———0——————|
G—0———0———0————————| using pure clean tone and maybe a bit of reverb.
D——————————————————|
A——————————————————|
E——————————————————|

Then back into "Lets drive to brighton on the weekend" bit.

then outro, played on top of guitar 2 chorus. Live kele uses the hold function on Boss
so he can mess around with the delay time nob.

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B—1817/18/20b——————|
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D———————————————————|
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