• Song:

    Helicopter

  • Artist:

    Bloc Party

  • Album:

    Live at Reading

Tuning:Standard

This is my first tab, and i did it becouse I was tired of mediocre tabs of this great song
and a great band as well
To get this i was helped by watching bloc party live videos, and some other tabs, but mostly by ear

Im 99% sure about this, it sounds pretty cool

Guitar 1  - Kele Okereke
Guitar 2  - Russell Lissack 

Russell Lissack Plays mostly downstrokes and this is exactly the position on the freetboard were bloc party plays it


Guitar 1 Intro - Light Distorcion

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---77-55--44---44/11-1111-9-0----------------------------------------------|   x8
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-77---------55-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Intro - Light Distorcion

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---77-55--44---------------------------------------------------------------|   x8
A|-------------77-55-77-99-5-------------------------------------------------|
E|-77------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Verse

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9999-9999---121212---141414---------------------------------------------|   x4
A|---9999-9999---121212---141414---------------------------------------------|
E|---7777-7777---101010---121212---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Verse - Light Distorcion

e|----------------------------------------------------10---------------------|
B|---------7-------10-7-----------------7-------8-7------7-------------------|
G|-----7-----7---7------7-9-7-------7-----7---7-----7------7-----------------|
D|---9---9-----9--------------9---9---9-----9--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7-------10-7-----------------7-------8-7--------------------------|
G|-----7-----7---9------7-9-7-------7-----7---9-----7-9----------------------|
D|---9---9-----9--------------9---9---9-----9--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Pre-chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-----9-----4-----9-9---4-----9-----12-----------------------------------|   x2
A|--4-----9-----4-----9-9---4-----9-----12-----------------------------------|
E|--2-x8--7-x8--2-x8--7-7---2-x8--7-x8--10-x16-------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Pre-chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7----9----7----12----7----9----------------DOWNSTROKES-------------------|
D|--9----7----7----12----9----7----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------2-3-5----------------------------|
G|--7----9----7----12----7----7----7----7---------------DOWNSTROKES----------|   x2
D|--9----7----7----12----5----5----5----5------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-----14-----12-----11-----7-----9--------------------------------------|   x3
D|--x------x------x------x------x-----x--------------------------------------|
A|--14-x8--12-x8--10-x8--9--x4--5-x2--7-x2-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-----14-----12---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------x------x----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--14-x8--12-x8--10-x16-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7b9-------3b5------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9b11-x3---5b7------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|   x4
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-----18-----19-----12-----11-----7-----9-------------------------------|
D|--x------x------x------x------x------x-----x-------------------------------|
A|--14-x8--16-x8--17-x8--10-x2--9--x2--5-x2--7-x2----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-----14-12-11-9-9/11-7-------11-14-9-----------------------------------|
D|--x------x--x--x--x-x-x--x-------x--x--x-----------------------------------|
A|--14-x8--12-10-9--7-7/9--5-------9--12-7-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Intro x4

Verse


Guitar 2 - Light Distorcion 

Verse variation

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7-------10-7-----------------7-------8-7-7b9--9b11----------------|
G|-----7-----7---7------7-9-7-------7-----7---9-----9b11-11b13---------------|
D|---9---9-----9--------------9---9---9-----9--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7-------10-7-----------------7-------8-7--------------------------|
G|-----7-----7---7------7-9-7-------7-----7---7-----7-9----------------------|
D|---9---9-----9--------------9---9---9-----9--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Pre-chorus
 

Chorus



Guitar 1 Bridge - Light Distorcion   (fast picking)  <  > natural harmonics

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-x13----<15>-x5-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

here, keep picking fast 
and then slide without stoping picking 
until your finger is at the end of the string  
to get that rare sound sound that Kele's does

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12--/////////////////---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Bridge       < > natural harmonics

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-<12>----------------------------------------------------------------------| natural harmonics 
G|--------<7>---------<7>---------<7>---<12>---<7>---------------------------| NO EFFECT just light distorcion
D|--------------<9>---------<7>----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


GUITAR 1 Final Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-----14-----12-----11-----7-----9--------------------------------------|
D|--x------x------x------x------x-----x--------------------------------------|
A|--14-x8--12-x8--10-x8--9--x4--5-x2--7-x2-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-----14-----12---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------x------x----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--14-x8--12-x8--10-x16-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Guitar 2 Final Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-<5>---------<7>-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------<9>-----------------------------------------------------------------|   x10
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-<5>-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------<9>-----------------------------------------------------------------|   
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



END

Cool Song.
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