Guitar tablature for "This Modern Love" by "Bloc Party"

Artist: Bloc Party
Piece: This Modern Love
Instrument: Guitar
Submitter: unknown
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 / /_/ / / /___  / /_/ / / /___     / /     / / / / / / | |  / /  /_  __/
/_____/ /_____/ /_____/ /_____/    /_/     /_/ /_/ /_/  |_| /_/    / /
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ARTIST: Bloc Party
SONG: This Modern Love
ALBUM: Silent Alarm
TABBED BY: Jonny Kates
DATE: 19th February, 2005
RELATED LINKS: www.blocparty.com, www.blocparty.net (unofficial).
LYRICS: http://www.blocparty.net/sohereweare.html
The author refuses to be held responsible for the content of the above links.

AUTHORS NOTES:
This song, while relitavely simple, is one of the tracks that has leapt out at
me off Silent Alarm to be tabbed. It uses the two guitars to great effect
creating an amazing sound. It's timing is also interesting, so listening to the
song is quite important while following this tab. Unsure whether GUITAR 1 always
relates to Kele's guitar and GUITAR 2 is always Russell's, but am fairly sure.
I am confident this is reasonably accurate; enough to sound good. I feel that I
have tabbed the guitars in the best place on the fretboard for personal preferance,
but am unsure where Bloc Party themselves would play it.

Enjoy and email me feedback at jonnykates@gmail.com,
or PM me at www.alwaysnewdepths.com. [user: Tooth]

GUITAR 1 - MAIN RIFF (0:01-1:24)
E|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------2---2---2---2---3---3---3---2---|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2---0---0---0---0---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

GUITAR 2 - LEAD, OVER MAIN RIFF (0:42-1:24)
E|-8-----8-----7-----8-----|		  E|-8-----8-----|
B|----8-----8-----8-----8--|		  B|----8-----8--|
G|-------------------------| x3, then..              G|-------------|  Repeat sequence
D|-------------------------|		  D|-------------|  through second verse.
A|-------------------------|		  A|-------------|
E|-------------------------|		  E|-------------|

GUITAR 2 - CHORUS (1:24-1:45)
E|-------3--1-0---0----------|		  E|--------1-0-3-|
B|-1-1-1--------3---1--1-1-3-|		  B|-1--1-1-------|
G|---------------------------| x3, then...           G|--------------| Repeat sequence
D|---------------------------|		  D|--------------| through the chorus.
A|---------------------------|		  A|--------------|
E|---------------------------|		  E|--------------|

GUITAR 1 - CHORUS (1:24-1:45)
E|------------------------|
B|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-| Kele almost plays these notes on the cross rhythm.
G|------------------------| It's hard to hear because it merges with Russell,
D|------------------------| and toward the end of the section I think he does
A|------------------------| move and follow similarly but lower. 
E|------------------------|

GUITAR 2 - Returns to 'LEAD, OVER MAIN RIFF' (1:45-2:37), while Kele plays...

GUITAR 1 - ALTERED MAIN RIFF (1:45-2:37)
E|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
B|---------------------------------| Simply repeat this. It only changes to when they
G|---------------------------------| move back to the chorus; "This Modern Love", when both
D|---------------------------------| guitars move back to the tab above labelled 'CHORUS'.
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|---------------------------------|

At 2:58 (Album Version) Russell changes to:
GUITAR 2 - ALTERED CHORUS
E|-------/7--7-7-xx-5-5--3--3-3--------3--1-0---0----8-----|
B|-1-1-1-/8--8-8-xx-6-6--0--0-0--1-1-1--------3---1----8-1-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------/7--7-7-xx-5-5--7--7-7-----------7-|
B|-1-1-1-/8--8-8-xx-6-6--8--8-8--1--1--1----|
G|------------------------------------------| Which then progresses further to...
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

(3:08)
E|-7-----8---8--0-----------|-----------------------------------|
B|---8---5---5----1---3-3-1-|-5-3-3--3-1-1--1---1-1-1-1/3-----|
G|-----5------------0-------|-0-----------------2-------2/4-2-0-|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E|-------3--1-0---0-------------|
B|-1-1-1--------3---1---1---1-3-|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

GUITAR 2 - MIDDLE BREAK, SECTION 1 (3:19-3:43)
E|-7--------5--7--5-|-7--8-------7--5-|
B|----8-------------|-----------------|		Russel uses an echo at around a 1 second  
G|-------7----------|-------7---------| x2	             reverb. Possible light use of a phaser
D|------------------|-----------------|		as well. 
A|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|

E|------------15-------------15---------|
B|-------------------------------15-----|
G|-16h17--17------16h17--17----------17-| x2
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

E|------------20-------------20--15-----|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------15-|-------------------------------------------|
G|-16h17--17------16h17--17-------------|-16h17-17-17-16h17-17-16h17-17-16h17-17-17-|
D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

GUITAR 1 - MIDDLE BREAK (3:19)
E|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|--------^tp-------|  		    
G|------------------| until Russell 
D|------------------| changes then:
A|------------------|		    
E|------------------|		    

(3:30-3:43)
E|~8/10~~~~/12~~~~~~~~/13~~~~12~~~~~~~~/13~~~~/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

GUITAR 1 - CLIMAX (3:43-4:07)
E|---------------------------------|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-| Repeat until return to main riff.
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Kele only plays this; Gordon's bass part does most of
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| the changing you can hear. Unsure whether he plays it
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| this quick, or half time. Hard to hear. Optional top E.
E|---------------------------------|

GUITAR 2 - CLIMAX (3:43)
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-|
B|-1-1-1-0-1-3-|-1---0-1-3-0-|-1-1-1-0-1-3-|-1---0-1-3-0-|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

(3:50)
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

(3:55)
E|-7--8--7--8--7--8--7-8-7-8-|-7--8--7--8--7--8--7-8-7-8-|
B|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-|	
G|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|	I know it looks like a mix of
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|	numbers, but I am pretty sure
					something along these lines is
(4:01)					played here. It doesn't matter
E|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-|	too much; just so long as your
B|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|	strumming builds to the end.
G|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------------|

After the climax, (4:07-end), Guitar 1 returns to the main riff (see right at the start!)

| Jonny | Tooth | 5Fe |