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Uniform Bass

(ver. 1)
Bloc Party
Bass starts in the chorus after Kele sings "We're so bored"
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|2-3-5-8~--------8~--------8~--------2-3-5-0~------2~------3~------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|2-3-5-8~-------8~-------8~-------2-3-5-0~----|
E|---------------------------------------------|

2nd Verse
Start playing when Kele sings "The TV taught me how....."
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|0---3------------0---3-----------0---3---8-------0---3-----------|
E|--------1----------------1-------------------------------1-------|

Chorus - Dont hold the open A at the end, go straight into the break

Break
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|0000000000000000|
E|----------------|Play until verse comes in

3rd Verse
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|00000000000000000000000000000000----------------0000000000000000|
E|--------------------------------1111111111111111----------------|

Play that part until Kele sings "When you gonna realise..", then you
switch and play this
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|00000000222222223333333355555555----------------0000000000000000|
E|--------------------------------1111111111111111----------------|

Heavy Bit
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|00-33------------00-33--|
E|------11-11-1-33-------1|

When Kele starts singing again, Gordy plays this
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|77777777888888882222222233333333|
E|--------------------------------|x3

G|----------------12-12-12-12-77777777|
D|------------------------------------|
A|7777777777777777--------------------|
E|------------------------------------|x1

After that part has been played through, you play the Heavy Bit without the last bit 
the outro starts.

Heavy Bit
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|00-33-----------|
E|------11-11-1-33|

The outro starts after Kele stops playing the heavy bit and plays his outro, while 
is playing the solo. Gordy plays this on bass until it goes back to the 1st verse to finish
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|000-333----------|
E|-------1111111111|
            
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