The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
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Tuning: , E A D G B E
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)
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1. The Suburbs
==============
Capo 2
[Intro]
x2
In the suburb
s I, I lear
ned to drive
And you told
me we’d never
survive, gra
b your mother’
s keys, we’re
leaving
You always se
emed so sure,
That one day
we’d be fight
ing
In a suburban
war, your p
art of town ag
ainst mine
I saw you sta
nding on the o
pposite shore,
but by the t
ime the first
bombs fell
We were alrea
dy bored, We
were already,
already bored
[Chorus]
Sometimes I c
an’t believe i
t, I’m moving
past the feeli
ng
Sometimes I c
an’t believe i
t, I’m moving
past the feeli
ng again
The kids wann
a be so hard,
but in my d
reams we’re st
ill screaming
And running t
hrough the yar
d, when all
of the walls t
hat they built
in the
Seventies fin
ally fall,
And all of the
houses they b
uilt in the
Seventies fin
ally fall, mea
nt nothing at
all, meant no
thing at all,
it meant nothi
ng
[Chorus]
Sometimes I c
an’t believe i
t, I’m moving
past the feeli
ng
Sometimes I c
an’t believe i
t, I’m moving
past the feeli
ng and into th
e night
So can you un
derstand,
why I want a
daughter while
I’m still you
ng
I want to hol
d her hand, an
d show her som
e beauty
Before all th
is damage is d
one, but if
it’s too much
to ask
If it’s too m
uch to ask,
then send me
a son
Under the ove
rpass, i
n the parking
lot we’re stil
l waiting
It’s already
passed, s
o move your fe
et from hot pa
vement
And into the
grass, caus
e it’s already
past, it’s al
ready, already
past
[Chorus]
Sometimes I c
an’t believe i
t, I’m moving
past the feeli
ng
Sometimes I c
an’t believe i
t, I’m moving
past the feeli
ng again
I’m moving pa
st the feeling
again
I’m moving pa
st the feeling
again
In my dreams
we’re still sc
reaming
We’re still s
creaming
We’re still s
creaming
=================
2. Ready to Start
=================
Capo 2
[Intro]
x2
Businessmen dr
ink my blood
Like the kids
in art school
said they woul
d
And I guess I'
ll just begin
again
You say can we
still be frie
nds
[Chorus]
If I was sca
red, I would
And if I was
bored, you kn
ow I would
And if I was
yours, but I'
m not
All the kids h
ave always kno
wn
That the emper
or wears new c
lothes
But to bow to
down to them a
nyway
Is better than
to be alone
[Chorus]
Now you're kno
cking at my do
or
Saying please
come out again
st the night
But I would ra
ther be alone
Than pretend I
feel alright
If the busines
smen drink my
blood
Like the kids
in art school
said they woul
d
Then I guess I
'll just begin
again
You say can we
still be frie
nds
[Chorus]
If I was sca
red, I would
And if I was
pure, you kno
w I would
And if I was
yours, but I'
m not
Now I'm read
y to start
If I was sca
red, I would
And if I was
pure, you kno
w I would
And if I was
yours, but I'
m not
Now I'm ready
to start
Now I'm ready
to start
I would rather
be wrong
Than live in t
he shadows of
your song
My mind is ope
n wide
And now I'm re
ady to start
And now I'm re
ady to start
My mind is ope
n wide
And now I'm re
ady to start
Your mind sure
ly opened the
door
To step out in
to the dark
Now I'm ready
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3. Modern Man
=============
[Intro]
x2
I'll wait my
turn I'm a mod
ern man
And the peopl
e behind they
don't understa
nd
Makes me feel
like
Makes me feel
like
So I wait in
line I'm a mo
dern man
And the peopl
e behind they
can't understa
nd
Makes me feel
like
Something don
't feel right
Like a record
that's skippin
' I'm a modern
man
And the clock
keeps tickin'
I'm a modern m
an
Makes me feel
light
Makes me feel
right
[Bridge]
In my dream I
was almost th
ere
Then they pul
led me aside a
nd said you're
going nowhere
They say we a
re the chosen
few
But we're was
ted, and that'
s we're still
waitin'
On a number f
rom the modern
man
Maybe when yo
u're older you
will understa
nd
Why you don't
feel right
Why you can't
sleep at nigh
t now
x2
x2
[Chorus]
In a line for
a number but y
ou don't under
stand
Like a modern
man
In a line for
a number but y
ou don't under
stand
Like a modern
man
Oh I had a dr
eam I was drea
min'
And I feel li
ke I'm losing
the feelin'
Makes me feel
like
Something don
't feel right
I waste a num
ber of the mod
ern man
Wanna break t
he mirror of t
he modern man
Makes me feel
like
Makes me feel
like
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
And you feel
so right
But how come
you can't slee
p at night?
In line for a
number but yo
u don't unders
#
tand
Like a modern
man
I'm a modern m
an
I'm a modern m
an
I'm a modern m
an
I'm a modern m
an
x8
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4. Rococo
=========
[Intro]
x2
Let's go down
town and watch
the modern ki
ds
Let's go down
town and talk
to the modern
kids
They will eat
right out of
your hand
Using great
big words that
they don't un
derstand, they
're singin'
[Chorus]
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah
ah ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah
ah ah ah
They build it
up, just to b
urn it back do
wn
They build it
up, just to b
urn it back do
wn
The wind is b
lowing all the
ashes around
Oh my dear go
d, what is tha
t horrible son
g, they're sin
gin'
[Chorus]
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
Rococo Rococo
, Rococo
Rococo
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
They seem wil
d, but they're
also tame
They seem wil
d, but they're
also tame
They'll movin
g towards you
with their col
ors all the sa
me
They want to
own you but th
ey don't know
a game, they'r
e playin'
[Solo]
x2
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Ooh ah ah,
ah ah ah a
h ah ah
Rococo
x2
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5. Empty Room
=============
Capo 2
[Intro]
Said your name
in an empty r
oom
Said your name
in an empty r
oom
Something I, w
ould never do
Said your name
in an empty r
oom
Said your name
in an empty r
oom
Something I, w
ould never do
I'm alone agai
n
[Chorus]
When I'm by my
self, I can be
myself
When my life i
s coming but I
don't know wh
en
You were burni
ng, now you're
black and gra
y
You were burni
ng, now you're
black and gra
y
Something I wo
uld never say
I'm alone agai
n
[Chorus]
Toute ma vie,
est avec toi
Toute ma vie,
est avec toi
Moi j'attends,
toi tu pars
Toute ma vie,
est avec toi
Toute ma vie,
est avec toi
Moi j'attends,
toi tu pars
Ooh ooh ooh oo
h, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh oo
h, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh
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6. City with No Children
========================
Capo 2
[Intro]
x4
The summer tha
t I broke my a
rm
I waited for y
our letter
I have no feel
ing for you no
w
Now that I kno
w you better
x2
I wish that I
could have lov
ed you then
Before our age
was through
And before a w
orld war does
with us
Whatever it wi
ll do
x2
Dreamed I drov
e home to Hous
ton
On a highway t
hat was underg
round
There was no l
ight that we c
ould see
As we listened
to the sound
of the engine
failing
x2
[Chorus]
I feel like I'
ve been living
in
A city with no
children in i
t
A garden left
for ruin by
A millionaire
inside of a pr
ivate prison
x2
You never trus
t a millionair
e
Quoting the se
rmon on the mo
unt
I used to thin
k I was not li
ke them
But I'm beginn
ing to have my
doubts, my do
ubts about it
When you're hi
ding undergrou
nd
The rain can't
get you wet
But do you thi
nk your righte
ousness
Could pay the
interest on yo
ur debt, I hav
e my doubts ab
out it
[Chorus]
I feel like I'
ve been living
in
A city with no
children in i
t
A garden left
for ruin by
And by as I hi
de inside of m
y private pris
on
x3
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7. Half Light I
===============
[Intro]
You told us t
hat
We were too y
oung
Now that, ni
ght's closing
in
And in the ha
lf light, we r
un
Lock us up sa
fe
And hide the
key
But the, ni
ght tears us l
oose
And in the hal
f light, we're
free
Strange how t
he half light
Can make a pl
ace new
You can't r
ecognize me
And I can't
recognize yo
u
We run throug
h the streets
That we know
so well
And the hou
ses hide so mu
ch
We're in the
half light
None of us ca
n tell
They hide the
ocean in a sh
ell
The ocean in
a shell
Our heads are
just houses
Without enoug
h windows
They say you
hear human vo
ices
But they o
nly echo
They only ech
o
They only ech
o
Only echo
We are not li
stening, we ar
e on the stree
ts
We are not li
stening, we ar
e on the stree
ts
We are not li
stening, we ar
e on the stree
ts
We are not li
stening, we ar
e on the stree
ts
=================================
8. Half Light II (No Celebration)
=================================
A436 Hz
[Intro]
x2
Now that San F
rancisco's gon
e, I guess I'l
l just pack it
in
Wanna wash awa
y my sins, in
the presence o
f my friends
You and I we h
ead back east,
to find a tow
n where we can
live
Even in the ha
lf light, we c
an see that so
mething's gott
a give
x2
When we watche
d the markets
crash, the pro
mises we made
were torn
Then my parent
s sent for me,
from out west
where I was b
orn
Some people s
ay, they've al
ready lost
But they're a
fraid to pay t
he cost
For what we've
lost
Pay the cost f
or what we've
lost
Now that you h
ave left me he
re, I will nev
#
er raise my vo
ice
All the diamon
ds you have he
re, in this mo
ment which has
no life
Oh, this city'
s changed so m
uch, since I w
as a little ch
ild
Pray to god I
won't live to
see, the death
of everything
that's wild,
wooh
x2
Though we knew
this day woul
d come, still
it took us by
surprise
In this town w
here I was bor
n, I now see t
/
hrough a dead
man's eyes
One day they,
will see it
's long gone
One day they,
will see it
's long gone
One day they,
will see it
's long gone
One day they,
will see it
's long gone
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9. Suburban War
===============
[Intro]
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Let's go for a
drive, see th
e town tonight
There's nothin
g to do but I
don't mind whe
n I'm with you
This town's so
strange they
built it to ch
ange
And while we s
leep we know i
ts streets wer
e rearranged
My old friends
, can't rememb
er when
Before your wa
r against the
suburbs began
Before it bega
n
Now the music
divides us int
o tribes
Grew your hair
so I'll grew
mine
So the past wo
n't rest , til
l you jump the
fence and lea
ve it behind
My old friends
, I can rememb
er when
You cut your h
air, I never s
/
aw you again
Now the cities
we live in co
uld be distant
stars
And I searched
for you in ev
ery passing ca
r
The nights ar
e warm
Yeah, the nig
hts are warm,
I've been
Living in the
shadows of you
r song
Living in the
shadows of you
r, song
x2
In the suburbs
I, I learned
to drive
You told me we
would never s
urvive,
So grab your m
other's keys w
e leave tonigh
t
But we started
a war that we
can't win
We keep erasin
g all the stre
ets we grew up
in
And now the mu
sic divides us
into tribes
Choose your si
de, I'll choos
e my side
All my old fri
ends, they don
't know me now
, oh-oh
All my old fri
ends are stari
ng through me
now, oh-oh
All my old fri
ends they don'
t know me now
All my old fri
ends they don'
t know me now,
oh-oh
They don't kno
w me now
But my old fri
ends, wait
================
10. Month of May
================
One two three four!
[Intro]
Gonna make a r
ecord in the m
onth of May
In the month of May, in the month of May
Gonna make a r
ecord in the m
onth of May
When the viole
nt wind blows
the wires away
Month of May, it's a violent thing
In the city their hearts start to sing
Well, some peo
ple singing so
unds like scre
aming
Used to doubt
it but now I
believe it
Month of May, everybody sing love
In the city, watch it from above
And just when
I knew what I
wanted to say
The violent w
ind blew the w
ires away
We 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 tight
Well, some thi
ngs are pure a
nd some things
are right
But the kids a
re still stand
ing with their
arms folded t
ight
I said some th
ings are pure
and some thing
s are right
But the kids a
re still with
their arms fol
ded tight
So young, so young
So much pain for someone so young, well
I know it's h
eavy, I know i
t ain't light
But how you go
nna lift it wi
th your arms f
olded tight
First of the town
That's why we're still driving around
And around and
around and ar
ound and aroun
d
And around and
around and ar
ound and aroun
d (And around
and around and
around and ar
ound)
Two-thousand nine, two-thousand ten
Wanna make a record how I felt then
When I stood o
utside in the
month of May
And watched th
e violent wind
blow the wire
s away
If I died in the month of May
Let the wind take my body away, then
Wish I may or
I wish I migh
t
You can meet m
e down there w
ith my arms fo
lded tight
Start 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]
All those wast
ed hours we us
ed to know
Spent the summ
er staring out
the window
The wind it ta
kes you where
it wants to go
First they built the road, then they built the town
That's why we'
re still drivi
ng round and r
ound
And all we see
, are kids in
buses longing
to be free
[Chorus]
Wasted hours,
before we knew
Where to go, a
nd what to do
Wasted hours,
that you made
new
And turned int
o, a life that
we can live
Some cities ma
ke you lose yo
ur head
Endless suburb
s stretched ou
t thin and dea
d
And what was t
hat line you s
aid
Wishing you were anywhere but here
You watch the
life you're li
ving disappear
And now I see
we're still ki
ds in buses lo
nging to be fr
ee
[Chorus]
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12. Deep Blue
=============
Capo 3
Here, are my p
lace and time
And here in my
own skin, I c
an finally beg
in
Let the centur
y pass me by
Standing under
night sky, to
morrow means n
othing
I, was only a
child then
Feeling barely
alive when I
heard a song f
rom the speake
r of a passing
car
And prayed to
a dying star
The memory's f
ading I can al
most remember
singing
[Chorus]
la, la la, la
la la la
La la, la la,
la la la
Ooh ooh ooh
We watched the
end of the ce
ntury
Compressed on
a tiny screen,
a dead star c
ollapsing and
we could see
That something
was ending
Are you throug
h pretending,
we saw its sig
ns in the subu
rbs
You could neve
r have predict
ed
That he could
see through yo
u, Kasparov, D
eep Blue, nine
teen-ninety si
x
Your mind's pu
lling tricks n
ow
The show is ov
er so take a b
ow, we're livi
ng in the shad
ows
[Chorus]
la, la la, la
la la la
La la, la la,
la la la
Ooh ooh ooh
x4
Hey, put the c
ellphone down
for a while
In the night t
here is someth
ing wild
Can you hear i
t breathing?
And hey, put t
he laptop down
for a while
In the night t
here is someth
ing wild
I feel it, it'
s leaving me
La la, la la,
la la la la
La la, la la,
la la la la
La la, la la,
la la la la
La la, la la,
la la la la
===================
13. We Used to Wait
===================
Capo 3
C/G: 332010
[Intro]
I used to writ
e
I used to writ
e letters I us
ed to sign my
name
I used to slee
p at night
Before the fla
shing lights s
ettled deep in
my brain
But by the tim
e we met
By the time we
met the times
had already c
hanged
So I never wro
te a letter
I never took m
y true heart I
never wrote i
t down
So when the li
ghts cut out
I was lost sta
nding in the w
ilderness down
town
[Bridge]
Now our lives
are changing f
ast
Now our lives
are changing f
ast
Hope that some
thing pure can
last
Hope that some
thing pure can
last
But it seems s
trange
How we used to
wait for lett
ers to arrive
But what's str
anger still
Is how somethi
ng so small ca
n keep you ali
ve
We used to wai
t
We used to was
te hours just
walking around
We used to wai
t
All those wast
ed lives in th
e wilderness d
owntown
[Chorus]
Ooh we use
d to wait
Ooh we use
d to wait
Ooh we use
d to wait (Som
etimes it neve
r came)
Ooh we use
d to wait (Som
etimes it neve
r came)
Ooh we use
d to wait (Sti
ll moving thro
ugh the pain)
Ooh
I'm gonna writ
e
A letter to my
true love I'm
gonna sign my
name
Like a patient
on a table
I wanna walk a
gain gonna mov
e through the
pain
[Bridge]
Now our lives
are changing f
ast
Now our lives
are changing f
ast
Hope that some
thing pure can
last
Hope that some
thing pure can
last
[Chorus]
We used to
wait
We used to
wait
We used to
wait
We used to w
ait for it,
We used to wai
t for it
Now we're sc
reaming, sing
the chorus ag
ain
We used to w
ait for it,
We used to wai
t for it
Now we're sc
reaming, sing
the chorus ag
ain
I used to wait
for it, I
used to wait
for it
Hear my voic
e screaming, s
ing the chorus
again
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
=======================
14. Sprawl I (Flatland)
=======================
Capo 3
Fdim: 1231xx
[Intro]
Took a drive i
nto the sprawl
To find the ho
use where we u
sed to stay in
Couldn't read
the number in
the dark
You said let's
save it for a
nother day
Took a drive i
nto the sprawl
To find the pl
aces we used t
o play
It was the lo
neliest day of
my life
You're talking
at me but I'm
still far awa
y
Let's take a d
rive, through
the sprawl
Through these
towns they bui
lt to change
Then you said
, the emotions
are dead
It's no wonder
that you feel
so strange
Cops showing t
heir lights, o
n the reflecto
rs of our bike
s
Said, do you k
ids know what
time it is?
Well sir, it's
the first tim
e I've felt li
ke something i
s mine
Like I have so
mething to giv
e
The last defe
nder of the sp
rawl
Said, well whe
re do you kids
live?
Well sir, if y
ou only knew,
what the answe
r is worth
Been searching
every corner
of the earth
==========================================
15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
==========================================
Capo 3
[Intro]
They heard me
singing and th
ey told me to
stop
Quit these pre
tentious thing
s and just pun
ch the clock
These days my
life, I feel i
t has no purpo
se
But late at ni
ght the feelin
gs swim to the
surface
'Cause on the
surface the ci
ty lights shin
e
They're callin
g at me, come
and find your
kind
Sometimes I wo
nder if the Wo
rld's so small
That we can ne
ver get away f
rom the sprawl
[Chorus]
Living in the
sprawl
Dead shopping
malls rise lik
e mountains be
yond mountains
And there's no
end in sight
I need the dar
kness, someone
please cut th
e lights
We rode our bi
kes to the nea
rest park
Sat under the
swings and kis
sed in the dar
k
We shield our
eyes from the
police lights
We run away, b
ut we don't kn
ow why
On the black r
iver, the city
lights shine
They're scream
ing at us, we
don't need you
r kind
Sometimes I wo
nder if the wo
rld's so small
That we can ne
ver get away f
rom the sprawl
[Chorus]
They heard me
singing and th
ey told me to
stop
Quit these pre
tentious thing
s and just pun
ch the clock
Sometimes I wo
nder if the wo
rld's so small
Can we ever ge
t away from th
e sprawl?
[Chorus]
I need the dar
kness, someone
please cut th
e lights
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16. The Suburbs (Continued)
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Capo 2
x3
If I could ha
ve it back
All the time
that we wasted
I'd only wast
e it again
If I could ha
ve it back
You know I'd
love to waste
it again
Waste it agai
n and again an
d again
I've got to a
sk
Sometimes I c
an't believe i
t
I'm moving pa
st the feeling
again
Sometimes I c
an't believe i
t
I'm moving pa
st the feeling
again
Sometimes I can't believe it