Arcade Fire – The Suburbs chords ver. 2
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Artist: Arcade Fire Album: The Suburbs 1. The Suburbs 2. Ready to Start 3. Modern Man 4. Rococo 5. Empty Room 6. City with No Children 7. Half Light I 8. Half Light II (No Celebration) 9. Suburban War 10. Month of May 11. Wasted Hours 12. Deep Blue 13. We Used to Wait 14. Sprawl I (Flatland) 15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 16. The Suburbs (Continued) ============== 1. The Suburbs ============== Capo 2 Intro: C Am E G x2C Am E G In the suburbs I, I learned to driveC Am E G And you told me weÂ’d never survive, grab your motherÂ’s keys, weÂ’re leavingC Am E GC Am E G You always seemed so sure, That one day weÂ’d be fightingC Am E G In a suburban war, your part of town against mineC Am E G I saw you standing on the opposite shore, but by the time the first bombs fellC Am E G We were already bored, We were already, already boredChorus:C Am E D Sometimes I canÂ’t believe it, IÂ’m moving past the feelingC Am E D C Am E G Sometimes I canÂ’t believe it, IÂ’m moving past the feeling againC Am E G The kids wanna be so hard, but in my dreams weÂ’re still screamingC Am E G And running through the yard, when all of the walls that they built in theC Am E G Seventies finally fall, And all of the houses they built in theC Am E G Seventies finally fall, meant nothing at all, meant nothing at all, it meant nothingChorus:C Am E D Sometimes I canÂ’t believe it, IÂ’m moving past the feelingC Am E D C Am E G Sometimes I canÂ’t believe it, IÂ’m moving past the feeling and into the nightC Am E GC Am E G C Am So can you understand, why I want a daughter while IÂ’m still youngE G I want to hold her hand, and show her some beautyC Am E G Before all this damage is done, but if itÂ’s too much to askC Am E G If itÂ’s too much to ask, then send me a sonC Am E G Under the overpass, in the parking lot weÂ’re still waitingC Am E G ItÂ’s already passed, so move your feet from hot pavementC Am E G And into the grass, cause itÂ’s already past, itÂ’s already, already pastChorus:C Am E D Sometimes I canÂ’t believe it, IÂ’m moving past the feelingC Am E D C Am Sometimes I canÂ’t believe it, IÂ’m moving past the feeling againE D C Am IÂ’m moving past the feeling againE D C Am IÂ’m moving past the feeling againC Am E G C Am EG C Am E In my dreams weÂ’re still screamingG C Am E WeÂ’re still screamingG C Am E G WeÂ’re still screamingC Am E G C ================= 2. Ready to Start ================= Capo 2 Intro: B5 C G Em Am x2C G D/F#Businessmen drink my bloodEm AmLike the kids in art school said they wouldC G D/F#And I guess I'll just begin againEm AmYou say can we still be friendsChorus:C D C/B If I was scared, I wouldC D G D/F# And if I was bored, you know I wouldC D Em D And if I was yours, but I'm notC G D/F#All the kids have always knownEm AmThat the emperor wears new clothesC G D/F#But to bow to down to them anywayEm AmIs better than to be aloneChorusC G D/F#Now you're knocking at my doorEm AmSaying please come out against the nightC G D/F#But I would rather be aloneEm AmThan pretend I feel alrightC G D/F#If the businessmen drink my bloodEm AmLike the kids in art school said they wouldC G D/F#Then I guess I'll just begin againEm AmYou say can we still be friendsChorus:C D C/B If I was scared, I wouldC D G D/F# And if I was pure, you know I wouldC D Em And if I was yours, but I'm notD/F# C Now I'm ready to startC D If I was scared, I wouldC D G D/F# And if I was pure, you know I wouldC D Em And if I was yours, but I'm notD/F# C Em Now I'm ready to startD/F# C EmNow I'm ready to startD/F# C EmI would rather be wrongD/F# CThan live in the shadows of your songEmMy mind is open wideD/F# C Em And now I'm ready to startD/F# CAnd now I'm ready to startEmMy mind is open wideD/F# CAnd now I'm ready to startEmYour mind surely opened the doorD/F# C EmTo step out into the darkD/F#Now I'm ready============= 3. Modern Man ============= Intro: A F#m E x2A F#m E A I'll wait my turn I'm a modern manF#m E A And the people behind they don't understandF#m E Makes me feel likeA F#m E Makes me feel likeA F#m E A So I wait in line I'm a modern manF#m E A And the people behind they can't understandF#m E Makes me feel likeA F#m E Something don't feel rightA F#m E A F#m E AF#m E ALike a record that's skippin' I'm a modern manF#m E AAnd the clock keeps tickin' I'm a modern manF#m E Makes me feel lightA F#m E Makes me feel rightBridge:D In my dream I was almost thereA Then they pulled me aside and said you're going nowhereD They say we are the chosen fewE A But we're wasted, and that's we're still waitin'F#m E A On a number from the modern manF#m E A Maybe when you're older you will understandF#m E Why you don't feel rightA F#m E Why you can't sleep at night nowA F#m E A x2 F#m E A x2 Chorus:A/C# E E/G# F#mIn a line for a number but you don't understandE E/G# ALike a modern manA/C# E E/G# F#mIn a line for a number but you don't understandE E/G# ALike a modern manA F#m E A Oh I had a dream I was dreamin'F#m E A And I feel like I'm losing the feelin'F#m E Makes me feel likeA F#m E Something don't feel rightA F#m E A I waste a number of the modern manF#m E A Wanna break the mirror of the modern manF#m E Makes me feel likeA F#m E Makes me feel likeBridge ChorusA A/C# E E/G# F#m And you feel so rightE E/G# A But how come you can't sleep at night?A/C# E Fdim F#m In line for a number but you don't understandE E/G# A F#m Like a modern manE A F#mI'm a modern manE A F#mI'm a modern manE A F#mI'm a modern manE A F#mI'm a modern manA F#m E x8 ========= 4. Rococo ========= Intro: C G E Am G C x2C G E Am G C Let's go downtown and watch the modern kidsC G E Am G C Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kidsC G E Am G C They will eat right out of your handC G E Am G C Using great big words that they don't understand, they're singin'Chorus:C G E Am G C Rococo Rococo Rococo RococoC G E Am G C Rococo Rococo Rococo RococoC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C They build it up, just to burn it back downC G E Am G C They build it up, just to burn it back downC G E Am G C The wind is blowing all the ashes aroundC G E Am G C Oh my dear god, what is that horrible song, they're singin'Chorus:C G E Am G C Rococo Rococo Rococo RococoC G E Am G C Rococo Rococo Rococo RococoC G E Am G C Rococo Rococo Rococo RococoC G E Am G C Rococo Rococo Rococo Rococo, RococoC RococoC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C They seem wild, but they're also tameC G E Am G C They seem wild, but they're also tameC G E Am G C They'll moving towards you with their colors all the sameC G E Am G C They want to own you but they don't know a game, they're playin'Solo: C G E Am G C x2 C G E DC G E Am G CRococoC G E Am G CRococoC G E DRococoC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E Am G C Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC G E D Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ahC Am E Am G CRococoC Am E Am G C x2 ============= 5. Empty Room ============= Capo 2 Intro: C Em C Em Dm FC EmSearching in, in an empty roomC EmSearching in, in an empty roomDm FSomething I, would never doC EmSearching in, in an empty roomC EmSearching in, in an empty roomDm FSomething I, would never doCI'm alone againChorus:GWhen I'm by myself, I can be myselfF C EmWhen my life is calm but I don't know whenC Em Dm FC EmYou're burning out, you're black and grayC EmYou're burning out, you're black and grayDm FSomething I would never sayCI'm alone againChorusC GToute ma vie, est avec toiC GToute ma vie, est avec toiAm EmMoi j'attends, toi tu parsC GToute ma vie, est avec toiC GToute ma vie, est avec toiAm EmMoi j'attends, toi tu parsC GOoh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh oohC GOoh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh oohC EOoh======================== 6. City with No Children ======================== Capo 2 Intro: E A E A A E A x4E A EThe summer that I broke my armB B/A B/C# F#mI waited for your letterE A EI have no feeling for you nowB B/A B/C# F#mNow that I know you betterE A E A A E A x2E A EI wish that I could have loved you thenB B/A B/C# F#mBefore our age was throughE A EAnd before a world war does with usB B/A B/C# F#mWhatever it will doE A E A A E A x2E A EDreamed I drove home to HoustonB B/A B/C# F#mOn a highway that was undergroundE A EThere was no light that we could seeB B/A B/C# F#m EAs we listened to the sound of the engine failingE A E A A E A x2 Chorus:E A EI feel like I've been living inA EA city with no children in itA EA garden left for ruin byB B/A B/C# F#m EA millionaire inside of a private prisonE A E A A E A x2E A EYou never trust a millionaireB B/A B/C# F#mQuoting the sermon on the mountE A EI used to think I was not like themB B/A B/C# F#m EBut I'm beginning to have my doubts, my doubts about itE A E A A E AE A EWhen you're hiding undergroundB B/A B/C# F#mThe rain can't get you wetE A EBut do you think your righteousnessB B/A B/C# F#m ECould pay the interest on your debt, I have my doubts about itE A E A A E A ChorusE A EI feel like I've been living inA EA city with no children in itA EA garden left for ruin byB B/A B/C# F#m EAnd by as I hide inside of my private prisonE A E A A E A x3 E =============== 7. Half Light I =============== Intro: C Em F DmC You told us thatEm We were too youngF Now that, night's closing inDm And in the half light, we runC Lock us up safeEm And hide the keyF But the, night tears us looseDmAnd in the half light, we're freeC Em F DmC Strange how the half lightEm Can make a place newF You can't recognize meDm And I can't recognize youC We run through the streetsEm That we know so wellF And the houses hide so muchDm We're in the half lightG None of us can tellC They hide the ocean in a shellG C G The ocean in a shellF Our heads are just housesDm Without enough windowsF They say you hear human voicesG C But they only echoG C They only echoG C They only echoG C G Only echoC G We are not listening, we are on the streetsC G We are not listening, we are on the streetsC G We are not listening, we are on the streetsC G We are not listening, we are on the streets================================= 8. Half Light II (No Celebration) ================================= A436 Hz Intro: E B A A/G# E x2E B A ENow that San Francisco's gone, I guess I'll just pack it inE B A A/G# EWanna wash away my sins, in the presence of my friendsE B A A/G# EE B A EYou and I we head back east, to find a town where we can liveE B A A/G# EEven in the half light, we can see that something's gotta giveE B A A/G# E x2E B A EWhen we watched the markets crash, the promises we made were tornE B A A/G# EThen my parents sent for me, from out west where I was bornE B A A/G# EG#m B Some people say, they've already lostG#m F# E B But they're afraid to pay the costA EFor what we've lostB A A/G# EPay the cost for what we've lostE B A A/G# ENow that you have left me here, I will never raise my voiceE B A A/G# EAll the diamonds you have here, in this moment which has no lifeE B A A/G# EE B A EAll the seas have changed so much, since I was a little childE B A A/G# EPray to god I won't live to see, the death of everything that's wild, woohE B A A/G# E x2E B A A/G# EThough we knew this day would come, still it took us by surpriseE B A A/G# EIn this town where I was born, I now see through a dead man's eyesE B A A/G# E One day they, will see it's long goneE B A A/G# E One day they, will see it's long goneE B A A/G# E One day they, will see it's long goneE B A A/G# E One day they, will see it's long gone=============== 9. Suburban War ===============Intro: Dm C/E F C/EE|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|G|-----------------------0----|-----0-----0----------------|--0-------------------------| x4D|-----7-----7-----7----------|--------------------10------|-----10----------10---------|A|--------8-----------8-------|--------8--------12---------|--------------------12------|E|--10----------10------------|--12----------13-------13---|--------13-12-12-------13---|C/E Dm C/E FLet's go for a drive, see the town tonightC/E Dm C/E FThere's nothing to do but I don't mind when I'm with youC/E Dm C/E FC/E Dm C/E FThis town's so strange they built it to changeC/E Dm C/E FAnd while we sleep we know its streets were rearrangedC/E Dm C/E FMy old friends, can't remember whenC/E Dm C/E FBefore your war against the suburbs beganC/E Dm C/E FBefore it beganC/E F C/E DmNow the music divides us into tribesC/E F C/E DmGrew your hair so I'll grew mineC/E F C/E Dm C/E FSo the past won't rest , till you jump the fence and leave it behindC/E Dm C/E FMy old friends, I can remember whenC/E Dm C/E FYou cut your hair, I never saw you againC/E Dm C/E FNow the cities we live in could be distant starsC/E Dm C/E FAnd I searched for you in every passing carF G Am G The nights are warmF G Am G Yeah, the nights are warm, I've beenF G Am GLiving in the shadows of your songF G AmLiving in the shadows of your, songDm C/E F C/E x2C/E Dm C/E FIn the suburbs I, I learned to driveC/E Dm C/E FYou told me we would never survive,C/E Dm C/E FSo grab your mother's keys we leave tonightC/E Dm C/E FBut we started a war that we can't winC/E Dm C/E FWe keep erasing all the streets we grew up inC/E Dm C/E FAnd now the music divides us into tribesC/E Dm C/E FChoose your side, I'll choose my sideDm C/E FC Bb Am Dm C/E F All my old friends, they don't know me now, oh-ohC Bb Am Dm C/E F All my old friends are staring through me now, oh-ohC Bb Am Dm C/E FAll my old friends they don't know me nowC Bb Am Dm C/E FAll my old friends they don't know me now, oh-ohAm Dm FThey don't know me nowBb AmBut my old friends, wait================ 10. Month of May ================ One two three four! Intro: B5B5Gonna make a record in the month of MayIn the month of May, in the month of MayE5 G5Gonna make a record in the month of MayA5 B5When the violent wind blows the wires awayMonth of May, it's a violent thing In the city their hearts start to singE5 G5Well, some people singing sounds like screamingA5 B5 Used to doubt it but now I believe itMonth of May, everybody sing love In the city, watch it from aboveE5 G5And just when I knew what I wanted to sayA5 B5 The violent wind blew the wires awayWe were shocked in the suburbs Now the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight The kids are all standing with their arms folded tightE5 G5Well, some things are pure and some things are rightA5 B5But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tightE5 G5I said some things are pure and some things are rightA5 B5But the kids are still with their arms folded tightSo young, so young So much pain for someone so young, wellE5 G5 I know it's heavy, I know it ain't lightA5 B5But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tightFirst of the town That's why we're still driving aroundE5 G5And around and around and around and aroundA5 B5And around and around and around and around (And around and around and around and around)Two-thousand nine, two-thousand ten Wanna make a record how I felt thenE5 G5When I stood outside in the month of MayA5 B5And watched the violent wind blow the wires awayIf I died in the month of May Let the wind take my body away, thenE5 G5 Wish I may or I wish I mightA5 B5You can meet me down there with my arms folded tightB5Start again in the month of May || Start again in the month of May | | x3 Come on and blow the wires away | | Come on and blow the wires away | Wires away ================ 11. Wasted Hours ================ Artist: Arcade Fire Song: Wasted Hours Album: The Suburbs Capo 4 Intro: GGAll those wasted hours we used to knowBm Em CSpent the summer staring out the windowGThe wind it takes you where it wants to goFirst they built the road, then they built the townBm Em CThat's why we're still driving round and roundGAnd all we see, are kids in buses longing to be freeChorus:G G/BWasted hours, before we knewAm Em G G/BWhere to go, and what to doAm Em G Csus2Wasted hours, that you made newEm Bm GAnd turned into, a life that we can liveGSome cities make you lose your headBm Em CEndless suburbs stretched out thin and deadGAnd what was that line you saidWishing you were anywhere but hereBm Em CYou watch the life you're living disappearGAnd now I see we're still kids in buses longing to be freeChorus ============= 12. Deep Blue ============= Capo 3Em Dsus4 DHere, are my place and timeG C B7 EmAnd here in my own skin, I can finally beginDsus4 DLet the century pass me byG C B7 EmStanding under night sky, tomorrow means nothingD G C B7Em Dsus4 DI, was only a child thenG C B7 EmFeeling barely alive when I heard a song from the speaker of a passing carDsus4 DAnd prayed to a dying starG C B7The memory's fading I can almost remember singingChorus:Em D G Cla, la la, la la la laEm D G B7La la, la la, la la laEmOoh ooh oohDsus4 D G C B7Em Dsus4 DWe watched the end of the centuryG C B7 EmCompressed on a tiny screen, a dead star collapsing and we could seeDsus4 DThat something was endingG C B7 EmAre you through pretending, we saw its signs in the suburbsD G C B7Em Dsus4 DYou could never have predictedG C B7 EmThat he could see through you, Kasparov, Deep Blue, nineteen-ninety sixDsus4 DYour mind's pulling tricks nowG C B7The show is over so take a bow, we're living in the shadowsChorus:Em D G Cla, la la, la la la laEm D G B7La la, la la, la la laEmOoh ooh oohD G C B7 Em D G C B7 x4Em DHey, put the cellphone down for a whileGIn the night there is something wildC B7Can you hear it breathing?Em DAnd hey, put the laptop down for a whileGIn the night there is something wildC B7 EmI feel it, it's leaving meD La la, la la, la la la laG C B7 Em La la, la la, la la la laD La la, la la, la la la laG C B7 Em La la, la la, la la la la=================== 13. We Used to Wait =================== Capo 3 C/G: 332010 Intro: AmAmI used to writeC/G F CI used to write letters I used to sign my nameAmI used to sleep at nightC/G F CBefore the flashing lights settled deep in my brainAmBut by the time we metC/G F CBy the time we met the times had already changedAm C/G F CAmSo I never wrote a letterC/G F CI never took my true heart I never wrote it downAmSo when the lights cut outC/G F CI was lost standing in the wilderness downtownBridge:D5 C AmNow our lives are changing fastD5 C AmNow our lives are changing fastG Em D5Hope that something pure can lastG Em A5Hope that something pure can lastAmBut it seems strangeC/G F CHow we used to wait for letters to arriveAmBut what's stranger stillC/G F CIs how something so small can keep you aliveAmWe used to waitC/G F CWe used to waste hours just walking aroundAmWe used to waitC/G F CAll those wasted lives in the wilderness downtownChorus:Am C C/G Am Ooh we used to waitC C/G F Ooh we used to waitG C C/G Am Ooh we used to wait (Sometimes it never came)C C/G Am Ooh we used to wait (Sometimes it never came)C C/G F G C Ooh we used to wait (Still moving through the pain)OohAmI'm gonna writeC/G F CA letter to my true love I'm gonna sign my nameAmLike a patient on a tableC/G F CI wanna walk again gonna move through the painBridge:D5 C AmNow our lives are changing fastD5 C AmNow our lives are changing fastG Em D5Hope that something pure can lastG Em AmHope that something pure can lastChorus:Am C We used to waitAm C We used to waitF G C We used to waitAm C Am C F C D5 AmAm C Am C We used to wait for it, We used to wait for itF C D5 Am Now we're screaming, sing the chorus againAm C Am C We used to wait for it, We used to wait for itF C D5 Am Now we're screaming, sing the chorus againAm C Am CI used to wait for it, I used to wait for itF C D5 Am Hear my voice screaming, sing the chorus againAm C Am C F C D5 Am Wait for itAm C Am C F C D5 Am Wait for itAm C Am C F C D5 Am Wait for it======================= 14. Sprawl I (Flatland) ======================= Capo 3 Fdim: 1231xx Intro: AmAm DmTook a drive into the sprawlC FTo find the house where we used to stay inEm Am G F Couldn't read the number in the darkG Fdim EmYou said let's save it for another dayAm DmTook a drive into the sprawlC FTo find the places we used to playEm Am G F It was the loneliest day of my lifeG Fdim EmYou're talking at me but I'm still far awayAm DmLet's take a drive, through the sprawlC FThrough these towns they built to changeEm Am G F Then you said, the emotions are deadG Fdim EmIt's no wonder that you feel so strangeAm DmCops showing their lights, on the reflectors of our bikesC FSaid, do you kids know what time it is?Em Am G FWell sir, it's the first time I've felt like something is mineG Fdim EmLike I have something to giveAm Dm The last defender of the sprawlC FSaid, well where do you kids live?Em Am G FWell sir, if you only knew, what the answer is worthG Fdim EmBeen searching every corner of the earth========================================== 15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) ========================================== Capo 3 Intro: CC AmThey heard me singing and they told me to stopF CQuit these pretentious things and just punch the clockAmThese days my life, I feel it has no purposeF CBut late at night the feelings swim to the surfaceAm'Cause on the surface the city lights shineF CThey're calling at me, come and find your kindAmSometimes I wonder if the World's so smallF CThat we can never get away from the sprawlChorus:F CLiving in the sprawlF C F C C/BDead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountainsAmAnd there's no end in sightF CI need the darkness, someone please cut the lightsC AmWe rode our bikes to the nearest parkF CSat under the swings and kissed in the darkAmWe shield our eyes from the police lightsF CWe run away, but we don't know whyAmOn the black river, the city lights shineF CThey're screaming at us, we don't need your kindAmSometimes I wonder if the world's so smallF CThat we can never get away from the sprawlChorus D# Cm D# GC AmThey heard me singing and they told me to stopF CQuit these pretentious things and just punch the clockAmSometimes I wonder if the world's so smallF CCan we ever get away from the sprawl?Chorus C AmF CI need the darkness, someone please cut the lights=========================== 16. The Suburbs (Continued) =========================== Capo 2 C Am E G x3C Am If I could have it backE G All the time that we wastedC Am I'd only waste it againE G If I could have it backC Am You know I'd love to waste it againE G Waste it again and again and againC AmE G I've got to askC Am Sometimes I can't believe itE D C I'm moving past the feeling againAm Sometimes I can't believe itE D C I'm moving past the feeling againSometimes I can't believe it