Bloc Party - American Kids Chords & Tabs

 

American Kids Chords & Tabs

Bloc Party Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

American Kids Tab

   
Intro
Russell - Let note on higher string ring out

e|------------------------|
B|--8~~---8~~---8~~---8~~-|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|888-7-888-7-888-7-888-7-|
E|------------------------|However many times

Instrumental Break

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

Russell
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|----5-----5-|
D|7h8---7h8---|
A|------------|
E|------------|

Verse 1

Russell
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------8-----------8------------8-----------10-8--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10--10-8h10-10---10-8h10-10--10-8h10-10-10-10-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Changes to
e|-----------------|
B|-----10-8--------|
G|--------------10-|
D|8h10-----8h10----|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Break

Russell
e|--------------------------|
B|-8-----8-----8------8-----|
G|--9--9--9-9---9--9---9--9-|
D|7---7-7--7--8---8-8---8---|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bloc_party/american_kids_tab_ver_2.html ]
And then near the end Russell plays Kele's second end riff with Kele, and then cahnge to this riff
e|5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-3-3-33-3-3-3-33-3-0-0-00-0-0-0-00-0-|
B|5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-3-3-33-3-3-3-33-3-1-1-11-1-1-1-11-1-|
G|5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-2-|
D|7-7-77-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-7-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-2-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Kele
Softly
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|55555555555555555555555555555555|
D|77777777777777775555555555555555|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Then
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5-5-5-55-5|
D|7-7-77-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-7|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Thats all, sorry if there's mistakes cos the sond quality on the video is 
poor...hopefully the tab isnt!!