Where Is Home? Bloc Party

 
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 Russell


 

 
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 Kele


 

 
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 Russell


 

 
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 Kele


 

 
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 Russell


 

 
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 D|-6--------------------------|
 A|-------6-----8--------------|
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 Kele


 

 
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 E|-6--9--8--6--11--9--11--13--| -\

 


 


 Russell


 

 
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 VERSE[2:33]


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 Synth keyboard comes in here. I don't know who'd play it; I guess Gordon on


 bass would as he's not really doing anything in this bit.


 


 

 
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 B|-----18--19---------|-------------14-----|
 G|-15----------18--15-|-15--------------15-|
 D|--------------------|--------------------| x2
 A|--------------------|--------------------|
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 Russell also plays some palm muted delays.


 


 [2:38],[2:45],[2:52] and [2:59]


 


 Russell


 e|-----|


 B|-----|


 G|-x---|


 D|-x---|


 A|-----|


 E|-----|


 | Delay pedals


 


 


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 CHORUS[3:26]


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 Same as the first chorus, except Kele's last bar is:


 


 Kele


 

 
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 E|-6--9--8--6--11-9-11-9-14-13-14-16-|

 


 


 


 


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 BREAK[3:52]


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 I'm pretty sure Russell plays all of the break. He puts a tremelo picked high note


 into a loop, then tremelo picks down the guitar with that still in loop.


 


 Russell


 

 
 e|---/--#21#--|-#21#-(loop)|------------|
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 G|------------|--#18#-#17#-|-#15#-#13#--|
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 A|------------|------------|------------|
 E|------------|------------|------------|

 


 


 


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 CHORUS BREAK[3:59]


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 Repeat the original chorus riff over. There aren't any words over it though. The looped


 delay 21st fret E string note still rings, but it changes slightly to:


 


 [4:09] 


 


 Russell


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 The last bar for Kele is again:


 


 Kele


 

 
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{t:Where Is Home?}
 {st:Bloc Party}
 
 by Bloc Party (from the album "A Weekend In The City", 2007)
 
 There not much guitar in this song, probably to give the vocals full effect;
 a very passionate song about discrimination. Anyway, Russell seems to make
 full use of his work with pedals... Enjoy.
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 INTRO/VERSE[0:00]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 There's no strict guitar in this, but from the beginning a very low Bm note
 rings. I'm not sure if it's played on bass or keyboard though, but as it's
 constant, I'd imagine keyboard.
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 VERSE[1:09]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 The drums come in in place of the Bm chord, and there's some kind of mixed
 vocal pre-recording in there too.
 
 [1:27] and [1:41]
 
 Russell
 e|-----|
 B|-----|
 G|-x---|
 D|-x---|
 A|-----|
 E|-----|
 | Delay pedals (not sure how many :P)
 
 [2:05]
 
 Russell
 e|-----|
 B|-x---|
 G|-x---|
 D|-----|
 A|-----|
 E|-----|
 | Delay pedals again
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 CHORUS[2:06]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 Play this whole section twice.
 
 Kele
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------|
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|
 E|-6--9--8--6--11--9--11--13--| -\
 {eot}
 
 Russell
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------| -/
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|-8--------------------------|
 A|-------8-----9--------------|
 E|----------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 Kele
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------|
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|
 E|-6--9--8--6--11--9--11--13--| -\
 {eot}
 
 Russell
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------| -/
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|
 E|----------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 Kele
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------|
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|
 E|-6--9--8--6--11--9--11--13--| -\
 {eot}
 
 Russell
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------| -/
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|-6--------------------------|
 A|-------6-----8--------------|
 E|----------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 Kele
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------|
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|
 E|-6--9--8--6--11--9--11--13--| -\
 {eot}
 
 Russell
 
 {sot}
 e|----------------------------| -/
 B|----------------------------|
 G|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|
 E|----------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 VERSE[2:33]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 Synth keyboard comes in here. I don't know who'd play it; I guess Gordon on
 bass would as he's not really doing anything in this bit.
 
 
 {sot}
 e|--------------------|-----14--16---------|
 B|-----18--19---------|-------------14-----|
 G|-15----------18--15-|-15--------------15-|
 D|--------------------|--------------------| x2
 A|--------------------|--------------------|
 E|--------------------|--------------------|
 {eot}
 
 Russell also plays some palm muted delays.
 
 [2:38],[2:45],[2:52] and [2:59]
 
 Russell
 e|-----|
 B|-----|
 G|-x---|
 D|-x---|
 A|-----|
 E|-----|
 | Delay pedals
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 CHORUS[3:26]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 Same as the first chorus, except Kele's last bar is:
 
 Kele
 
 {sot}
 e|-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------|
 A|-----------------------------------|
 E|-6--9--8--6--11-9-11-9-14-13-14-16-|
 {eot}
 
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 BREAK[3:52]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 I'm pretty sure Russell plays all of the break. He puts a tremelo picked high note
 into a loop, then tremelo picks down the guitar with that still in loop.
 
 Russell
 
 {sot}
 e|---/--#21#--|-#21#-(loop)|------------|
 B|------------|------------|------------|
 G|------------|--#18#-#17#-|-#15#-#13#--|
 D|------------|------------|------------|
 A|------------|------------|------------|
 E|------------|------------|------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 CHORUS BREAK[3:59]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 Repeat the original chorus riff over. There aren't any words over it though. The looped
 delay 21st fret E string note still rings, but it changes slightly to:
 
 [4:09]
 
 Russell
 e|-\-#20#--|
 
 {sot}
 B|---------|
 G|---------|
 D|---------|
 A|---------|
 E|---------|
 {eot}
 
 The last bar for Kele is again:
 
 Kele
 
 {sot}
 e|-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------|
 A|-----------------------------------|
 E|-6--9--8--6--11-9-11-9-14-13-14-16-|
 {eot}
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 OUTRO VERSE[4:26]
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 There's no guitar but Russell's loop, which ends at around [4:39]. I'm not sure,
 but it sounds like he's set the delay so that it loops a combined 20th fret and 21st
 fret... It sounds like both of them to me.
 
 And the song's over after Kele's vocals and the drum beat.
 
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 LYRICS
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 VERSE
 
 After the funeral breaking cola nuts
 We sit and reminisce about the past
 And in her voice only sadness
 Her only son taken from her
 In every headline we are reminded
 That this is not home for us
 In every headline we are reminded
 That this is not home for us
 
 Second generation blues
 Our points of view not listened to
 Different worlds and different rules
 A question of allegiance
 Clinging to her bible and her scapula
 And memory of the way things were
 I don't see hope
 I cannot smile
 I burn with anger all the time
 We all read
 What they did
 To the black
 Boy
 In every headline we are reminded
 That this is not home for us
 
 CHORUS
 
 Where is it?
 Where is home?
 Where is it?
 Where is home?
 
 VERSE
 
 I walk this modern tight rope
 Of humility and belligerence
 This tommy-rot and flag waving
 Is just getting me down
 I want to stamp on the face of every young policeman
 To break the fingers of every old judge
 To cut off the feet of every ballerina
 But I can't
 So I just sigh
 And I just sigh
 And I pretend
 That there's nothing wrong
 The teeth of this world
 Tear me in half
 And everyday I must ask myself
 Where, where, where?
 
 CHORUS
 
 Where is it?
 Where is home?
 Where is it?
 Where is home?
 
 VERSE
 
 In every headline we are reminded
 That this is not home for us
 In every headline we are reminded
 That this is not home for us
 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
 Key:
 / - Slide up
 \ - Slide down
 b - Bend
 r - Return
 x - Mute
 PM - Palm mute
 ~ - Let ring/vibrato
 h - Hammer-on
 p - Pull-off
 - Harmonic
 #n# - Tremelo pick
 -\ - Parts played together
 
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