So He Begins To Lie

Bloc Party

Intro/Verse E||--------------------------------|----------------------------(4)---| B||--------------------------------|----------------------------(4)---| G||----------------------5-5---5---|----------------------------(4)---| D||----2-2---------------5-5---5---|----2-2-------------2-2-----------| A||--------3---3---0-0-3-----------|--------3---3---0-0-----3---------| E||1-1-----------------------------|1-1-------------------------------| E||--------------------------------|------------------------------|| B||--------------------------------|------------------------------|| G||----------------------5-5---5---|------------------------------|| D||----2-2---------------5-5---5---|----2-2-----------------------|| A||--------3---3---0-0-3-----------|--------3---3---5-4---3-2-----|| E||1-1-----------------------------|1-1-----------5-----4-----2-3-|| Chorus (All tremolo picking) E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| B||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| G||10-------14-----13-9-----------7/9|10-------14-----16-13-----------|| D||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| A||8--------12-----11-7-----------5/7|8--------12-----14-11-----------|| E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 2nd Verse Goes through once the same as the first verse the changes to this...I think. E||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|| B||--------------------8-8-6---5---|----------------------------------|| G||----4-4-5---5-------5-5-5---5---|----4-4-5---5---5-7----7-9----12--|| D||3-3-------------7-7-------------|3-3-----------7-----10-----12-----|| A||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|| E||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|| E||--------------------------------|------------------------------|| B||----------------------8-5---5---|------------------------------|| G||----4-4-5---5-------5---5---5---|----4-4-5---5-----------------|| D||3-3-------------7-7-------------|3-3---------------------------|| A||--------------------------------|----------------5-4---3-2-----|| E||--------------------------------|--------------5-----4-----2-3-|| Bit before the breakdown E||------------------------xx-|------------------------------------------------xx-|| B||------------------------xx-|------------------------------------------------xx-|| G||------------------------xx-|------------------------------------------------xx-|| D||7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-xx-|<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-xx-|| A||------------------------xx-|------------------------------------------------xx-|| E||------------------------xx-|------------------------------------------------xx-|| Breakdown (Tremolo picking) E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| G||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| D||7-------10-------12-------14---9---|7-------10-------12-------14---15---| A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| E||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| B||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| G||12-------17-------19-------21---16---|12-------b^^^^^^14r12-------\\\\\\\\|| D||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| A||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| The slide down at the end is actually done with the warp function on a Boss Space Echo. If you don't have one you can try diving for yr delay pedal and modulating by hand or just slide down the strings as shown Kele Nothing for the verses so that's nice and easy Chorus E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| D||15\\\------------|15\\\------------|15\\\------------|15\\\15\\\15\\\3///|| A||15\\\------------|15\\\------------|15\\\------------|15\\\15\\\15\\\3///|| E||13\\\------------|13\\\------------|13\\\------------|13\\\13\\\13\\\1///|| I think he sort of tremolo picks these slides a bit but it might just be the sustain of whatever distortion he's using Breakdown (Tremolo picking) E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D||3-------7-------3-------5-------|3-------7-------3-------5-------| A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E||1-------5-------1-------3-------|1-------5-------1-------3-------| E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| D||3-------7-------3-------10---5---|3-------7-------10------10-------|| A||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| E||1-------5-------1-------8----3---|1-------5-------8-------12-------||

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