Breezeblocks - Alt-J
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Breezeblocks - Alt-J (∆)
Tabbed by: Andrew Schembri

It's a really cool song to play.
X means you should hit the strings with your thumb and make the pickup pop.

[Verse 1]

She may contain
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10------13--------15--------15--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-8--X--8/12--X--12-----X--12-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------12--------12------0-0-0-0-------------------|
Fmaj Amin Dmin Dmin


[Verse 2]

Muscle to muscle
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------[Last time ie before verse]------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-(8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8)-----[-8-----8-]-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|


[Last Verse]

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10------13--------15------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-8--X--8/12--X--12------------17--/--15------------------------|
D|-------------------12---------17--/--15------------------------|

Outro: please dont go

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------8-12-12-12-8-12-12-12-12----------------|
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------------------|
Dm Fmaj

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-101010101010101-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----------------------------|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Fmaj Fsus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Fmaj Amaj

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Dmin Fmaj



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| / Slide up

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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Breezeblocks - Alt-J
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Tabbed by: jgeis9 (javigeis@gmail.com)
Hope you enjoy it, it's my first tab. Comment for any corrections. Rate and enjoy it!

So basically all the song goes through three chords: F, Am & Dm. I play them this way:

*This one is the same as Dm, but sounds better in certain parts.
F Am Dm Dm*
e|----1-------------5---------------10--------------5------------|
B|----1-------------5---------------10--------------6------------|
G|----2-------------5---------------10--------------7------------|
D|----3-------------7---------------12--------------7------------|
A|----3-------------7---------------12--------------5------------|
E|----1-------------5---------------10--------------5------------|

The first part of the song goes around playing the three first chords only with
the 1st, 3rd and 6th string.
So it goes like this:

Riff 1:

She may contain the urge to run away
e|----1----------------------5-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2----------------------5-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----1----------------------5-----------------------------------------|

But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
e|---------------10--------------------------10------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------10--------------------------10------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------10--------------------------10-----------(10-10-10-10)|

Cetirizine, your fever's gripped me again
e|----1----------------------5-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2----------------------5-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----1----------------------5-----------------------------------------|

Never kisses, all you ever send are fullstops. (Na-Na-Na-Na)
e|---------------10--------------------------10------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------10--------------------------10------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-|
E|---------------10--------------------------10------------10-10-10-10-|

(keep doing this)
Do you know where the wild things go
They go along to take your honey
Break down, now weep, build up, breakfast
Now let's eat, my love, my love love love

Chorus: (using the chords I say up there)
F Am
Muscle to muscle and toe to toe
Dm* F
The fear has gripped me, but here I go
F Am
My heart sinks as I jump up
Dm* F
Your hand grips hand as my eyes shut
F Am Dm* F F Am Dm* F F
& ah, ah, ah, a-huh. Ah, ah, ah, a-huh (huh).

Riff 2:

Just do it with the chords I say up there.
F Am
Do you know where the wild things go
Dm Dm
They go along to take your honey
F Am
Break down, now sleep, build up, breakfast
Dm Dm
Now let's eat, my love, my love love love
F Am
She bruises, coughs, she splutters
Dm Dm
Pistol shots hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
F Am Dm Dm
She’s morphine, queen of my vaccine, my love, my love love love

Chorus: (using the chords I say up there)
F Am
Muscle to muscle and toe to toe
Dm* F
The fear has gripped me, but here I go
F Am
My heart sinks as I jump up
Dm* F
Your hand grips hand as my eyes shut
F Am Dm* F F Am Dm* F F
& ah, ah, ah, a-huh. Ah, ah, ah, a-huh (huh).
F Am Dm* F F Am Dm* F F
& ah, ah, ah, a-huh. Ah, ah, ah, a-huh (huh).

Bridge: Do the same as Riff 1
F Am
She may contain the urge to runaway
Dm Dm
But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
F Am Dm
Germoline disinfect the scene, my love, my love love love
Dm* F
But please don't go, I love you so... My lovely

Outro: Do this during all the outro.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-------|
A|---------------------8-12-12-12-8-12-12-12--8-8-8-8------------------------|
E|--10-10-10-10-10-10--------------------------------------------------------|

Please don't go, Please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, Please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please break my heart

Please don't go, Please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, Please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please break my heart

Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so

F Am Dm
& ah, ah, ah...
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
***This is the way they actually play it***

This is my first tab. I used the audio files they put up on soundcloud, as well as
some of their live performances, and trust me I took my time.

Be sure to listen to the song to get the timing down.

This is a work in progress, I still have some more to do when I get more time so hang in there!

Hope you guys like it! And please rate!



This is Joe's (the singer) guitar part

Slap the strings where you see an "x"

Both E strings tuned down to D


(let it ring)
D |---------7x-------10-x---12x--12-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------| x4
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------3x--3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-7-0---0000------------------------|


[Chorus]

**IMPORTANT: he kind of bars this part so he will occasionally strum and hit the
D AND A string on the same fret(so for example 3 on D AND A but the A is very soft).
The times he does hit the A string it seems to be on accident so I won't make a point of
when it happens in the recording, just do what he does and let it happen when it happens!
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------(x3)-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3333333377777777000000223--3-|


D|---------7x-------10-x---12x--12-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| x3
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x--3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-7-0---0000------------------------|

D|---------7x------10-x---12x-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x-3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-------0000------------------------|


[Chorus]

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------(x3)-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3333333377777777000000223--3-|


D|---------7x-------10-x---12x--12-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x--3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-7-0---0000------------------------|

D|---------7x------10-x---12-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x-3-3/7-7-x--7-0-----------5\3-----------------------|


(build up as you go through each time on these)
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
A|----------------------12-12-12----12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-15----------15-------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------12-12-12----12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-15----------15-------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------12-12-12----12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-15----------15-------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------12-12-12----12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-15----------15-------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|


[Outro]

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------(x7)---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3-3/7-----7\0------|

****I added the last slide, it's not how it actually is when Joe plays it I just
like playing it to match the last note.



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| x Dead note
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
ORiginally contributed by Seva5307. changed the tuning on the high e back to e.
Slap the strings where you see an "x"

Low E string tuned down to D.


(let it ring)
e |---------5x-------8--x---10x--10-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------| x4
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------3x--3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-7-0---0000------------------------|

A sting light on the chorus:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------(x3)-------------------------------|
A|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3333333377777777000000223--3-|
D|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3333333377777777000000223--3-|

e|---------5x-------8--x---10x--10-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| x3
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x--3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-7-0---0000------------------------|

D|---------7x------10-x---12x-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x-3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-------0000------------------------|


[Chorus]

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------(x3)-------------------------------|
A|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3333333377777777000000223--3-|
D|-33333333777777770000000233333333-------3333333377777777000000223--3-|

e|---------5x-------8--x---10x--10-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x--3-3/7-7-x--7-0x-7-0---0000------------------------|

e|---------5x------8--x---10-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3x-3-3/7-7-x--7-0-----------5\3-----------------------|



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| x Slap
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down

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Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Alt-J Breezeblocks
Drop D
Joe Newman part as played here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtVu4KD8K-I

Verses

E|-5-----8-----10----10----------
B|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
D|-3---3-7---7-0---7-0----0-0-0-0

Chorus

E|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Breakdown

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12
D|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-19-19-19-15-19-19-19------------------------------------------------

Then goes back to chorus during the 'please don't go, I eat you whole' part
Song info
Breezeblocks
Alt-J
2001
  • Electronic
  • Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Art Rock
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