V.A.L.I.S Chords
by Bloc Party
V.A.L.I.S by Bloc Party is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Guitar 1
Intro
E||--------------------------------------...---------------||
B||--------------------------------------...---------------||
G||--------------------------------------...---------------||
D||--------------------------------------...---------------||
A||---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3---etc...-3-3---3-5---7-||
E||--------------------------------------...---------------||
Verse
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------5---5---------------------------------||
A||---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7---------3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-5---7-||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Miss that last note off the second time through then you have some lovely chords before
the chorus
E||----------------||
B||7~~~8~~~7~~~8~5~|| I'm not 100% on that C chord at the end
G||7~~~9~~~7~~~8~5~|| but there are so many delays and things
D||7~~~9~~~7~~~7~5~|| going on that it's a nightmare trying to
A||5~~~7~~~5~~~6~3~|| pick it out. That works-ish
E||----------------||
Chorus
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------9-------------------9------------------9--------------------||
A||10-10---10--12-----10-10---10-10-12----10-10---10--12-----10---10---10---10-||
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Keep pedalling the 10 at the end and then finish on 7 on the A string
Middle Bit
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------9-10-12-12-||
A||-10-10---10-10---10---10-10---10-7---7---5-5---5-5---5---5-5--------------||
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Those last four notes are used over the end of the chorus preceding this middle section.
Guitar 2 - Kele (again guessing)
Intro
E||--------------------------||
B||8-(x64)-12-(x32)-15-(x15)-||
G||--------------------------||
D||--------------------------||
A||--------------------------||
E||--------------------------||
Verse
E||------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-||
D||------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------------------------||
Then in the little pre-chorus bit it sounds like he plays the same chords as Russell but
with different effects.
Chorus
E||--------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------||
G||12-(x34)-9-(x4)-7-(x26)-17-(x6)-16-(x10)-12-(x16)-||
D||--------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------------||
At the end of the last chorus hold that 12 and then slid down to finish.
Middle Bit
E||----------------------------------------||
B||5---------8---------8----------12-------||
G||5-(x16)---7-(x16)---9-(x16)----12-(x16)-||
D||----------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------------||