V.A.L.I.S chords

Bloc Party

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Simplify chords 

  			
Guitar 1

Intro 

E||--------------------------------------...---------------|| 
B||--------------------------------------...---------------|| 
G||--------------------------------------...---------------|| 
D||--------------------------------------...---------------|| 
A||---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3---etc...-3-3---3-5---7-|| 
E||--------------------------------------...---------------|| 



Verse 

E||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| 
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| 
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| 
D||---------------------------5---5---------------------------------|| 
A||---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7---------3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-5---7-|| 
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------|| 

Miss that last note off the second time through then you have some lovely chords before  
the chorus 


E||----------------|| 
B||7~~~8~~~7~~~8~5~||   I'm not 100% on that C chord at the end 
G||7~~~9~~~7~~~8~5~||   but there are so many delays and things 
D||7~~~9~~~7~~~7~5~||   going on that it's a nightmare trying to 
A||5~~~7~~~5~~~6~3~||   pick it out. That works-ish 
E||----------------|| 



Chorus 

E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
G||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
D||----------------9-------------------9------------------9--------------------|| 
A||10-10---10--12-----10-10---10-10-12----10-10---10--12-----10---10---10---10-|| 
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 

Keep pedalling the 10 at the end and then finish on 7 on the A string 




Middle Bit 

E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 
D||---------------------------------------------------------------9-10-12-12-|| 
A||-10-10---10-10---10---10-10---10-7---7---5-5---5-5---5---5-5--------------|| 
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 

Those last four notes are used over the end of the chorus preceding this middle section. 




Guitar 2 - Kele (again guessing) 

Intro 

E||--------------------------|| 
B||8-(x64)-12-(x32)-15-(x15)-|| 
G||--------------------------|| 
D||--------------------------|| 
A||--------------------------|| 
E||--------------------------|| 



Verse 

E||------------------------------------------------------------|| 
B||------------------------------------------------------------|| 
G||7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-|| 
D||------------------------------------------------------------|| 
A||------------------------------------------------------------|| 
E||------------------------------------------------------------|| 

Then in the little pre-chorus bit it sounds like he plays the same chords as Russell but  
with different effects. 

Chorus 

E||--------------------------------------------------|| 
B||--------------------------------------------------|| 
G||12-(x34)-9-(x4)-7-(x26)-17-(x6)-16-(x10)-12-(x16)-|| 
D||--------------------------------------------------|| 
A||--------------------------------------------------|| 
E||--------------------------------------------------|| 

At the end of the last chorus hold that 12 and then slid down to finish. 


Middle Bit 

E||----------------------------------------|| 
B||5---------8---------8----------12-------|| 
G||5-(x16)---7-(x16)---9-(x16)----12-(x16)-|| 
D||----------------------------------------|| 
A||----------------------------------------|| 
E||----------------------------------------||