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Talons Tab

by Bloc Party
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author Shadowgorath [a] 36. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
I used the live version from this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWKijFN6hO8&feature=related)
video to tab it out. So it might sound a bit different than the studio version.
Oh and lots of credit to patch17 for several parts of this. He really nailed most of it.
Any problems or suggestions, just comment.
 
 
Guitar 1 -     Kele
Guitar 2 -     Russel
Glockenspiel - Gordon
Guitar 3-      Russel (Overdub/Looped)
 
 
INTRO
 
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-14---|
A|------------------------------------------15|   X3
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------rapidly-slide-up|
G|---------------------17-15-14-12-10/----------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|77777-17-17-17-1414141414-------17-17-17-1414141414|
D|xxxxx-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx-88888-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx|  X4
A|55555-15-15-15-1212121212-xxxxx-15-15-15-1212121212|
E|--------------------------66666--------------------|
 
 
 
 
VERSE
 
Guitar 1
      Dm               C        A#
e|-5----------5--------3--------1---------------------|
B|-6----------6--------5--------3---------------------|
G|-7----------7--------5--------3---------------------|
D|-7----------7--------5--------3---------------------|  x6
A|-5----------5--------3--------1---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Glockenspiel (Comes in after Guitar 1 goes through that twice)
e|8------------------------------------------------|
B|-10---8-10-11-10-8----8-10-----------------------|
G|---10--------------10------10-7-10-7-9-7---------|
D|----------------------------------------10-8--7--|  x4
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2 (Comes in After Glockenspiel/Guitar 1 is played twice more)[FX]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|7#--------7#8#--------5#7#--------3#----|   x2
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
#: Palm Mute/Wah(?)/Phaser(?)/Tremolo-Pick
 
 
 
PRE-CHORUS
 
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-7----7-----3---------7----7----3-------|
D|-7----7-----3----5----7----7----3----3--|
A|-5----5-----1----5----5----5----1----3--|
E|-----------------3-------------------1--|
 
Guitar 2
e|--8---------8---------------------------|
B|----10--------11-10-11-10-----------10--|
G|7------10-9---------------10-7-5-10----9|
D|----------------------------------------| X2
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
CHORUS 1 (Same as intro)
 
 
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-14---|
A|------------------------------------------15|   X3
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------rapidly-slide-up|
G|---------------------17-15-14-12-10/----------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12--------------------------------| X1
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|77777-17-17-17-1414141414-------17-17-17-1414141414|
D|xxxxx-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx-88888-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx|  X4
A|55555-15-15-15-1212121212-xxxxx-15-15-15-1212121212|
E|--------------------------66666--------------------|
 
 
 
 
VERSE 2
      Dm               C        A#
e|-5----------5--------3--------1---------------------|
B|-6----------6--------5--------3---------------------|
G|-7----------7--------5--------3---------------------|
D|-7----------7--------5--------3---------------------|  x6
A|-5----------5--------3--------1---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|0#----10#----0#----8#-----0#---10#--0#5#---0#7#---|   X1
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Glockenspiel (After Guitar 2 Plays that, it comes in)
e|8---------------------------------------------------|
B|-10---8-10-11-10-8----8-10--------------------------|
G|---10--------------10------10-7-10---7-9-7----------|
D|-------------------------------------------10-8--7--|  x2
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2 (Plays this after Playing the original riff once)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------| X2
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------7#-9#-7#-----------|
D|10#-7#---------7#-8#-7#-----------10#-7#------------------10#-8#-7#-|
A|--------8#-10#----------10#-8#-7#--------8#--10#--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Plays with the same rhythym as Glockenspiel
 
 
PRE-CHORUS
 
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-7----7-----3---------7----7----3-------|
D|-7----7-----3----5----7----7----3----3--|
A|-5----5-----1----5----5----5----1----3--|
E|-----------------3-------------------1--|
 
Guitar 2
e|--8---------8---------------------------|
B|----10--------11-10-11-10-----------10--|
G|7------10-9---------------10-7-5-10----9|
D|----------------------------------------| X2
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
 
CHORUS 2 (Same as Chorus 1)
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-14---|
A|------------------------------------------15|   X3
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------rapidly-slide-up|
G|---------------------17-15-14-12-10/----------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12--------------------------------| X1
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|77777-17-17-17-1414141414-------17-17-17-1414141414|
D|xxxxx-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx-88888-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx|  X4
A|55555-15-15-15-1212121212-xxxxx-15-15-15-1212121212|
E|--------------------------66666--------------------|
 
 
 
 
BRIDGE
 
Guitar 1 (Trilling/Tremolo Picking) [Trilling]
e|---------------------------after the 17t18 just keep sliding up-----------|
B|-2(t3)#/////5(t6)#////8(t9)#/////12(t13)#////15(t16)#////19(t20)#/////----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2 (Comes in once G1 gets to the 15t16#)
e|1##########################################################---------------|
B|--------just keep picking it fast-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
PRE-CHORUS
 
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-7----7-----3---------7----7----3-------|
D|-7----7-----3----5----7----7----3----3--|      X2
A|-5----5-----1----5----5----5----1----3--|
E|-----------------3-------------------1--|
 
Guitar 2
e|--8---------8---------------------------|
B|----10--------11-10-11-10-----------10--|
G|7------10-9---------------10-7-5-10----9|
D|----------------------------------------| X4
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
FINAL CHORUS
 
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-14---|
A|------------------------------------------15|   X7
E|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------rapidly-slide-up|
G|---------------------17-15-14-12-10/----------------|
D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12--------------------------------| x1
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|77777-17-17-17-1414141414-------17-17-17-1414141414|
D|xxxxx-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx-88888-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx|  X8
A|55555-15-15-15-1212121212-xxxxx-15-15-15-1212121212|
E|--------------------------66666--------------------|
 
 
Guitar 3 (Comes in after G1/G2 have each played their riffs 4 times
e|10#######################################-13#############-15#####-|
B|-------just rapid picking/fx--------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------| x1
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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gavindavis
nice tab but first off Guitar 2 e|--8---------8---------------------------| B|----10--------11-10-11-10-----------10--| G|7------10-9---------------10-7-5-10----9| D|----------------------------------------| X4 A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| near the end is wrong as russell plays a different riff to the usual also if you watched the video you would notice guitar 1 mainly using the high strings and russell going to the first fret on the A string instead of the 6th Guitar 1 e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-14---| A|------------------------------------------15| X3 E|--------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------rapidly-slide-up| G|---------------------17-15-14-12-10/----------------| D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12--------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|77777-17-17-17-1414141414-------17-17-17-1414141414| D|xxxxx-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx-88888-xx-xx-xx-xxxxxxxxxx| X4 A|55555-15-15-15-1212121212-xxxxx-15-15-15-1212121212| E|--------------------------66666--------------------|
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mj2007
man i wish someone could nail the solo part at the end, it sounds like a slight alteration of the chorus - and yes, i'm too shit to work it otu for myself!
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mj2007
is it me but when does the part below come in? at 3:12?? e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12-10-12-14-12-10-12-14---| A|------------------------------------------15| X3 E|--------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------rapidly-slide-up| G|---------------------17-15-14-12-10/----------------| D|12-14-15-17-15-14-12--------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
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