Banquet Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays555

Banquet by Bloc Party is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, C, F, C/B, F/G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Notes: This is the acoustic version of Bloc Partys single, Banquet 
Its easy to play and sounds spot on. put a capo on fret 1, that'll  
make it in tune with the CD and it sounds much better that way. 



CAPO FRET 1 

Intro 

Am   Dm   C   F 

Verse 

Am   Dm       C       F 
   A heart of stone a smoking gun 
Am       Dm       C           F 
   i can give you life, i can take it away 
Am   Dm       C       F 
   A heart of stone a smoking gun 
Am     Dm         C   F          Am   Dm  C   F  Am   Dm  C   F  
   I'm working it out, why'd you feeeeeeeeeel 
           Am   Dm  C   F  
   so underrated? 
             Am   Dm  C   F Am   Dm  C   F  
   why'd you feeeeeeeeeel 
        Am   Dm  C   F  
   so negated 

Chorus 
Am                   C/B C 
   Turning away from the light 
            F  F/G 
   Becoming adult 
Am                 C       F  F/G 
   Turning into my soul 
Am                      C/B  C 
   I wanted to bite not destroy 
               F    F/G 
   To feel her underneath 
Am                 C       F  F/G 
   Turning into my soul 

Verse 2 

N.C          Am            Dm  C   F Am   Dm  C   F  
   She don't think straight 
  
             Am           Dm          C          F 
   She's got such a dirty mind and it never ever stops 
           Am               Dm          C          F 
   And you don't taste like her and you never ever will 
           Am               Dm      C              F 
   And we don't read the papers, we don't read the news 
   Am                Dm           C        F 
   Heaven's never enough, we will never be fooled 

Chorus 

Am                   C/B C 
   Turning away from the light 
            F  F/G 
   Becoming adult 
Am                 C       F  F/G 
   Turning into my soul 
Am                      C/B  C 
   I wanted to bite not destroy 
               F    F/G 
   To feel her underneath 
Am                 C       F  F/G 
   Turning into my soul 
Bridge 
F            Em  Am 
   And if you feel a little left behind 
F         Em             Am  
   I will see you on the other side 

Outro 
              Am    Dm   C   F 
   Cos I'm on fire 
          Am    Dm           C   F 
   I'm on fire when you come 
           Am    Dm   C   F 
   Cos I'm on fire 
          Am    Dm           C   F 
   I'm on fire when you come 
       Am     
I'm on fire 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante