We Were Lovers bass

We Were Lovers

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	                 BLOC PARTY - We Were Lovers
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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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