Like Eating Glass bass tab by Bloc Party

Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
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Tabbed By : imessyou
e-mail: theblochead@hotmail.co.uk

Tuning: standard

The song starts with tremelo picking of the high E like this
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Until the verse kicks in at 0:55. Then its just a slide like this
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-14-14 /---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then there is this riff
"And I know that you're busy too..."
G|--------6---|--------4---|--------6---|-----------------------------------|
D|------6---6-|------4---4-|------6---6-|4-6-7-6-4--------------------------|
A|-----4------|-----4------|----4-------|-----------------------------------|
E|-4-7--------|-4-7--------|4-7---------|-----------------------------------|

Fourth time through this verse riff
"It's so cold in this house..."
G|--------6---|--------4---|--------6---|-----------------------------------|
D|------6---6-|------4---4-|------6---6-|4-6-7-6-4--------------------------|
A|-----4------|-----4------|----4-------|----------7-4----------------------|
E|-4-7--------|-4-7--------|4-7---------|-----------------------------------|

Bit in between verses
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4---4-----2-4-----2-4-----2-4---4---4-4----------------------------------|
E|-------2-4-----2-4-----2-4------------------------------------------------|

Verse
"I can't eat, I can't sleep..."
G|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
A|---2-4-2-4-4-|--2-4-2-4-4-|--4-4--4-4-4--|4-4-4--4--4-4-------------------|
E|-4-----------|4-----------|4-------------|--------------------------------|

Last time through verse before chorus
"Got a fear of the ocean..."
G|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
A|---2-4-2-4-4-|--2-4-2-4-4-|--4-4--4-4-4--|4-4-4--6-6-6--------------------|
E|-4-----------|4-----------|4-------------|--------------------------------|

Chorus
"Like drinking poison..."
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|----------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-------|

Verse
"It's so cold in this house..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-4-2-4---2-2-2---2-4-2-4----------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------------4------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
"Like drinking poison..."
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|----------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-------|

Ending and Outro
G|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
A|---2-4-2-4-4-|--2-4-2-4-4-|--4-4--4-4----|-4-4---4-4----------------------|
E|-4-----------|4-----------|4-------------|--------------------------------|

Cheers, please rate
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic