Bloc Party

Artist : Bloc Party
Song : Positive Tension
Album : Silent Alarm
Guitar 1 : Kele
Guitar 2 : Russ

 *NOTE* The lyrics refer to the tab above them *NOTE*

Intro (0:35)

Guitar 1

E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|--5----------------------------   These chords are played with a Wah pedal (and a tremolo bar I think)
D|--5----5-----------------------   so just mess around to get the exact sound
A|--3----5-----------------------
E|-------3-----------------------

Verse 1  
He said you're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan
And you squeal and you squelch
He said you're just as boring as everyone else
Nothing ever happens

Guitar 2 (0:58) 

E|---------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------11-----11-----
G|--8------8------8------8---7------7------7---------
D|-----10-----10-----10---------10-------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------- 

E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--8------8------8------8---7------7----------------
D|-----10-----10-----10---------10------8------8-----
A|------------------------------------------10-------
E|--------------------------------------------------- X2


Things replace things
Days replaces days
Things replace things

She said I'm going to use my teeth and my claws
She said I'm going to use my teeth and my claws
She said I'm going to use my teeth and my breasts
I'm gonna make it happen
She said

Chorus 

Guitar 1 (1:22)

E|-------------
B|-------------
G|--5----------
D|--5------5---
A|--3------5---
E|---------3--- X4

Run run run run run run
And you cannot run or ever, ever escape
You cannot run or ever hide it away
Something glorious is about to happen
The reckoning

Verse 2

Guitar 2 (1:47)

E|-----------------8------------------
B|--11---11---11-------11--------------
G|-----8----8----8---8----8----8-------
D|--------------------------10---------
A|-------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------- X4

They go you're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan
And you squeal and you squelch
They go you're just as boring as everyone else
Stuck past timing

Guitar 2 (1:58)

E|---------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------11-----11-----
G|--8------8------8------8---7------7------7---------
D|-----10-----10-----10---------10-------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------- 

E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--8------8------8------8---7------7----------------
D|-----10-----10-----10---------10------8------8-----
A|------------------------------------------10-------
E|--------------------------------------------------- X2

The fear and the yearning
The fear and the consumption
The fear and the yearning
It's gonna to eat you alive
They go...

Chorus 2 

Guitar 1 (2:10)

E|-------------
B|-------------
G|--5----------
D|--5------5---
A|--3------5---
E|---------3--- X4

Guitar 2 (2:10)

E|---------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------11-----11-----
G|--8------8------8------8---7------7------7---------
D|-----10-----10-----10---------10-------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------- 

E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--8------8------8------8---7------7----------------
D|-----10-----10-----10---------10------8------8-----
A|------------------------------------------10-------
E|--------------------------------------------------- X4

Run run run run run run
And you cannot run or ever, ever escape
You cannot run or ever hide it away
Something glorious is about to happen
The reckoning


Break 

Guitar 1 (2:34)

E|------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------
G|--5--5------------------------7--7--7--7--
D|--5--5---5--5---6--6---3--3---7--7--7--7--
A|--3--3---5--5---6--6---3--3---5--5--5--5--
E|---------3--3---4--4---1--1---------------  X16

Guitar 2 (2:46)

E|--3--3--3--3--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--
B|--4--4--4--4--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--
G|--5--5--5--5--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--  The chords are played very fast ( two to a 
D|--5--5--5--5--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--  semi-quaver) whereas the scratching is one
A|--------------X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--            on every semi-quaver.
E|--------------X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--  X4

Guitar 2 (2:58)
                                     (     X7    )
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--6--3--6--3--
B|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--3--6--3--6--3--
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------
D|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------  X8 

Why'd you have to get so hysterical
Why'd you have to get so hysterical
Why'd you have to get so hysterical
Why'd you have to get so hysterical

Why'd you have to get so hysterical
(Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical
(Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical
(Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical
(Success, success, success is over)

Why'd you have to get
So ***ing useless


Solo

Guitar 1 (3:22)

E|------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------
G|--5--5------------------------7--7--7--7--
D|--5--5---5--5---6--6---3--3---7--7--7--7--
A|--3--3---5--5---6--6---3--3---5--5--5--5--
E|---------3--3---4--4---1--1---------------


Guitar 2 (3:22)

E|-----------------------------------------------------11------13------11-----------------------------
B|------------11------------------------11-----------------13------13------13---11--------------------
G|--8------8------8------8---8------8-------8------8---------------------------------12---10-----10---
D|-----10------------10---------10-------------10---------------------------------------------13------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------9--11--8--9---------------8---------------------------
G|--8------10--------------------------10--8--10--8----8------------------------
D|-----10------10---8-------------------------------------12--10----------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------10------------------------------10------------------
G|--10--10--10--10--10--10--12--10------10--12--10--10--10--12--10------10--10--10--10--
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--13-----
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro

Guitar 2 (3:40)

E|--8--8--8--8--10--10--10--11-----------------------8-8-8-8--13--13--13---------------------
B|-----------------------------11--11--11--11--11------------------------11--11--11--11--11--
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|--6--6--------------
B|--------8--8--6-----
G|-----------------5--
D|--------------------
A|--------------------
E|--------------------

Play it cool boy
Play it cool

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