The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

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[Intro] 
   

[Verse 1] 
             
In the suburbs

          
, I.....I lear

         
ned to drive,
             
And you told m

              
e we’d never s

          
urvive,...grab

              
 your mother’s

             
 keys, we’re l

         
eaving

[Verse 2] 
             
You always see

            
med so sure,..

          
.that one day 

we’d be fighti

ng
             
In a suburban 

          
war,...your pa

         
rt of town aga

inst mine
             
I saw you stan

              
ding on the op

            
posite shore,.

             
..but by the t

#       
ime the first 

bombs fell
             
We were alread

          
y bored,...we 

              
were already, 

   
already bored

[Chorus 1]
            
Sometimes I ca

             
n’t believe it

           
, I’m moving p

ast the feelin

g
            
Sometimes I ca

             
n’t believe it

           
, I’m moving p

              
ast the feelin

          
g again

[Verse 3]
             
The kids wanna

            
 be so hard,..

           
.but in my dre

ams we’re stil

l screaming
             
And running th

            
rough the yard

            
,...when all o

        
f the walls th

at they built 

in the 
             
Seventies fina

          
lly fall,...an

              
d all of the h

  
ouses they bui

lt in the
             
Seventies fina

            
lly fall,...me

              
ant nothing at

            
 all, meant no

          
thing at all, 

it meant nothi

ng

[Chorus 2]
            
Sometimes I ca

             
n’t believe it

            
, I’m moving p

 
ast the feelin

g
            
Sometimes I ca

             
n’t believe it

            
, I’m moving p

             
ast the feelin

             
g and into the

         
 night

[Verse 4]
             
So can you und

          
erstand,w....w

              
hy I want a da

             
ughter while I

             
’m still young

   
?
            
I want to hold

              
 her hand, and

  
 show her some

 beauty
             
Before all thi

            
s damage is do

            
ne,...but if i

       
t’s too much t

o ask
             
If it’s too mu

              
ch to ask,....

            
then send me a

        
 son....

[Verse 5]
             
Under the over

          
pass.....in th

            
e parking lot 

we’re still wa

iting
             
It’s already p

          
assed,.....so 

           
move your feet

 from hot pave

ment
             
And into the g

            
rass,....cause

             
 it’s already 

#             
past, it’s alr

      
eady, already 

past

[Chorus 3]
            
Sometimes I ca

             
n’t believe it

            
, I’m moving p

 
ast the feelin

g
            
Sometimes I ca

             
n’t believe it

            
, I’m moving p

             
ast the feelin

         
g again
           
I’m moving pas

              
t the feeling 

       
again
           
I’m moving pas

              
t the feeling 

        
again

[Coda]
        
     In my dre

              
ams we’re stil

              
l screaming
             
We’re still sc

            
reaming
             
We’re still sc

            
reaming

   




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