Children Of The Future Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

Children Of The Future by Bloc Party is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, B and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			 

Tuning: D A D G B E 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--14--------6-6-6--7-7-7---------14-------12--11--9--11-11--11-------------| 
D|--x---------x-x-x--x-x-x---------x----(0)-x---x---x--x--x---x--(0)---------| 
A|--12--------4-4-4--5-5-5---------12---(0)-10--9---7--9--9---9--(0)---------| 
D|--0---------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0----(0)-0---0---0--0--0---0--(0)---------| 

    x7                             x7 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--14--------6-6-6--7-7-7--------11--------7--------------------------------| 
D|--x---------x-x-x--x-x-x-(0)----11--(0)---7--------------------------------| 
A|--12--------4-4-4--5-5-5-(0)----9---(0)---5--------------------------------| 
D|--0---------0-0-0--0-0-0-(0)----9---(0)---5--------------------------------| 

    x7                            x6        x8 

Repeat above until Chorus. 

"Yes, the children are the future.." 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--2-----3-----2------7-----2-----3-----2------5----------------------------| 
G|--2-----4-----2------7-----2-----4-----2------6----------------------------| 
D|--4-----5-----4------9-----4-----5-----4------7----------------------------| 
A|--4-----5-----4------9-----4-----5-----4------7----------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Those are the chords, strum pattern is up to you. 
I end up strumming each chord 15 times and letting the 8th strum ring a bit. 

After 2nd Chorus.. 

e|----------------------------------10---------------------------------------| 
B|--7~~~----5---10~~~------12~~~----10---10~~~-------------------------------| 
G|--7~~~----6---11~~~------12~~~----11---11~~~-------------------------------| 
D|--9~~~----7---12~~~------14~~~----12---12~~~-------------------------------| 
A|--9~~~----7---12~~~------14~~~---------12~~~-------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

"Be all that you can be.." 

e|-------------------3~~~----------------------------------------------------| 
B|---7~~~----5~~~----3~~~----------------------------------------------------| 
G|---7~~~----6~~~----4~~~----------------------------------------------------| 
D|---9~~~----7~~~----5~~~-----5----------------------------------------------| 
A|---9~~~----7~~~----5~~~-----5----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------5----------------------------------------------| 

                             P.M.  

Palm mute the final chord before going back into the main riff and that's it! 


And that's my first tab! 
Pretty easy song, riffs are sort of repetitive. This is one of the few Bloc Party songs where 
Kele and Russell pretty much play the same thing together on both guitars.  
Wish there was a solo in this song, but they decided to keep it simple. 
Email me if you think there should be any changes. x 


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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 

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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