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Suburban War

The Arcade Fire
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|---5---5---5-----------------6-8---6-8--------8-5----|
B|-----6-------6------8-6---------------------------6--|
G|---------------5--------5----------------------------|
D|-0-------0----------------------------------0--------|
A|------------------7--------8-----8------8-7----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 x2
 Let's go for a drive,  see the town  tonight
 There's nothing  to do  but I don't mind when I'm  with you
 This town's  so strange  they built  it to change
 And while  we sleep  we know its streets were rearranged
My  old friends,  can't remember  when
 Before  your war  against the suburbs  began
 Before  it began
 Now the music divides  us into tribes
Grew  your hair  so I'll grew mine
 So the past  won't rest  , Till you  jump the fence  and leave it behind
My  old friends,  I can remember  when
 You cut  your hair,  I never saw  you again
 Now the cities  we live  in could be distant stars
 And I searched  for you  in every passing car
 It was so  long
 Yeah it was so  long
 I've been living  in the shadows  of  your song
 Living  in the shadows of  your  song
 x2
 In the suburbs I,  I learned  to drive
 You told  me we  would never survive,
 So grab  your mother's keys  we leave tonight
 But we started  a war  that we  can't win
 We keep erasing  all the streets  we grew  up in
 And now the music  divides  us into  tribes
 Choose your side,  I'll choose  my side
 But my old  friends they  don't know  me now
 But my old  friends are staring  through  me  now
 But my old  friends they  don't know  me now
 But my old  friends they  don't know  me now
They  don't know  me now
 But my old friends, they

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Readable chord sheet for Suburban War by The Arcade Fire

e|---5---5---5-----------------6-8---6-8--------8-5----|
B|-----6-------6------8-6---------------------------6--|
G|---------------5--------5----------------------------|
D|-0-------0----------------------------------0--------|
A|------------------7--------8-----8------8-7----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

[Dm] [C/E] [F] [C/E] x2

Let's go for a [Dm]drive, see the [C/E]town to[F]night
There's [C/E]nothing to [Dm]do but I don't mind when [C/E]I'm with you [F]

[C/E] [Dm] [C/E] [F]

This [C/E]town's so [Dm]strange they [C/E]built it to [F]change
And [C/E]while we [Dm]sleep we know its streets were re[C/E]arranged  [F]
[C/E]My old [Dm]friends, can't re[C/E]member when [F]
Be[C/E]fore your [Dm]war against the [C/E]suburbs be[F]gan
Be[C/E]fore it b[Dm]egan  [C/E]        [F]

Now the [C/E]music [F]divide[C/E]s us into [Dm]tribes
[C/E]Grew your [F]hair so I'll grew mine  [C/E]        [Dm]
So the [C/E]past won't [F]rest , Till [C/E]you jump the [Dm]fence and leave it behind  [C/E]      [F]

[C/E]My old [Dm]friends, I can re[C/E]member when   [F]
You [C/E]cut your [Dm]hair, I never [C/E]saw you again  [F]
Now the [C/E]cities we [Dm]live in could be [C/E]distant [F]stars
And I [C/E]searched for [Dm]you in every [C/E]passing [F]car

[F]  It was [G]so l[Am]ong [C]   [G]

[F]  Yeah it was so[G] lon[Am]g   [C]     [G]
I've been [F]living in the shadow[G]s of[Am] your song [C]   [G]
Li[F]ving in the shadows [G]of y[Am]our song   [C]     [G]

[Dm] [C/E] [F] [C/E] x2

In the [C/E]suburbs [Dm]I, I [C/E]learned to [F]drive
You [C/E]told me [Dm]we would never survive, [C/E]            [F]
So [C/E]grab your mother's [Dm]keys we leave tonight  [C/E]             [F]

But we [C/E]started a [Dm]war that [C/E]we can't [F]win
We keep [C/E]erasing all the [Dm]streets we grew[C/E] up in     [F]
And now the [C/E]music di[Dm]vides us [C/E]into tribes  [F]
Choose [C/E]your [Dm]side, I'll [C/E]choose my [F]side

[Dm] [C/E] [F]

But my [Bb]old friends [Am]they don't kno[Bb]w me no[Dm]w    [C/E]        [F]
But my [Bb]old friends are [Am]staring t[Bb]hrough me[Dm] now[C/E]    [F]
But my [Bb]old friends [Am]they don't [Bb]know me n[Dm]ow  [C/E]      [F]
But my [Bb]old friends [Am]they don't [Bb]know me [Dm]now [C/E]     [F]
[Am]They don't [Bb]know me now[Dm]    [C/E]        [F]
But my old [Bb]friends, [Am]they

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