The Suburbs

The Arcade Fire

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In the suburbs I, I learned to drive

And you told me wed never survive, grab your mothers keys, were leaving

You always seemed so sure, That one day wed be fighting

In a suburban war, your part of town against mine

I saw you standing on the opposite shore, but by the time the first bombs fell

We were already bored, We were already, already bored

Sometimes I cant believe it, Im moving past the feeling

Sometimes I cant believe it, Im moving past the feeling again

The kids wanna be so hard, but in my dreams were still screaming

And running through the yard, when all of the walls that they built in the

Seventies finally fall, And all of the houses they built in the

Seventies finally fall, meant nothing at all, meant nothing at all, it meant nothing

Sometimes I cant believe it, Im moving past the feeling

Sometimes I cant believe it, Im moving past the feeling and into the night

So can you understand, why I want a daughter while Im still young

I want to hold her hand, and show her some beauty

Before all this damage is done, but if its too much to ask

If its too much to ask, then send me a son

Under the overpass, in the parking lot were still waiting

Its already passed, so move your feet from hot pavement

And into the grass, cause its already past, its already, already past

Sometimes I cant believe it, Im moving past the feeling

Sometimes I cant believe it, Im moving past the feeling again

Im moving past the feeling again

In my dreams were still screaming

Were still screaming

2. Ready to Start

Businessmen drink my blood

Like the kids in art school said they would

And I guess I'll just begin again

You say can we still be friends

If I was scared, I would

And if I was bored, you know I would

And if I was yours, but I'm not

All the kids have always known

That the emperor wears new clothes

But to bow to down to them anyway

Is better than to be alone

Now you're knocking at my door

Saying please come out against the night

But I would rather be alone

Than pretend I feel alright

If the businessmen drink my blood

Like the kids in art school said they would

Then I guess I'll just begin again

You say can we still be friends

If I was scared, I would

And if I was pure, you know I would

And if I was yours, but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

If I was scared, I would

And if I was pure, you know I would

And if I was yours, but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

I would rather be wrong

Than live in the shadows of your song

My mind is open wide

And now I'm ready to start

My mind is open wide

And now I'm ready to start

Your mind surely opened the door

To step out into the dark

Now I'm ready

3. Modern Man

I'll wait my turn I'm a modern man

And the people behind they don't understand

Makes me feel like

So I wait in line I'm a modern man

And the people behind they can't understand

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 man

Makes me feel light

Makes me feel right

In my dream I was almost there

Then they pulled me aside and said you're going nowhere

They say we are the chosen few

But we're wasted, and that's we're still waitin'

On a number from the modern man

Maybe when you're older you will understand

Why you don't feel right

Why you can't sleep at night now

In a line for a number but you don't understand

Like a modern man

In a line for a number but you don't understand

Like a modern man

Oh I had a dream I was dreamin'

And I feel like I'm losing the feelin'

Makes me feel like

Something don't feel right

I waste a number of the modern man

Wanna break the mirror of the modern man

Makes me feel like

And you feel so right

But how come you can't sleep at night?

In line for a number but you don't understand

Like a modern man

I'm a modern man

4. Rococo

Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids

Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids

They will eat right out of your hand

Using great big words that they don't understand, they're singin'

Rococo Rococo Rococo Rococo

Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah

They build it up, just to burn it back down

The wind is blowing all the ashes around

Oh my dear god, what is that horrible song, they're singin'

Rococo Rococo Rococo Rococo

Rococo Rococo Rococo Rococo, Rococo

Rococo

Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah

They seem wild, but they're also tame

They'll moving towards you with their colors all the same

They want to own you but they don't know a game, they're playin'

Rococo

Ooh ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah

Rococo

5. Empty Room

Searching in, in an empty room

Something I, would never do

Searching in, in an empty room

Something I, would never do

I'm alone again

When I'm by myself, I can be myself

When my life is calm but I don't know when

You're burning out, you're black and gray

Something I would never say

I'm alone again

Toute ma vie, est avec toi

Moi j'attends, toi tu pars

Toute ma vie, est avec toi

Moi j'attends, toi tu pars

Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh

Ooh

6. City with No Children

The summer that I broke my arm

I waited for your letter

I have no feeling for you now

Now that I know you better

I wish that I could have loved you then

Before our age was through

And before a world war does with us

Whatever it will do

Dreamed I drove home to Houston

On a highway that was underground

There was no light that we could see

As we listened to the sound of the engine failing

I feel like I've been living in

A city with no children in it

A garden left for ruin by

A millionaire inside of a private prison

You never trust a millionaire

Quoting the sermon on the mount

I used to think I was not like them

But I'm beginning to have my doubts, my doubts about it

When you're hiding underground

The rain can't get you wet

But do you think your righteousness

Could pay the interest on your debt, I have my doubts about it

I feel like I've been living in

A city with no children in it

A garden left for ruin by

And by as I hide inside of my private prison

7. Half Light I

You told us that

We were too young

Now that, night's closing in

And in the half light, we run

Lock us up safe

And hide the key

But the, night tears us loose

And in the half light, we're free

Strange how the half light

Can make a place new

You can't recognize me

And I can't recognize you

We run through the streets

That we know so well

And the houses hide so much

We're in the half light

None of us can tell

They hide the ocean in a shell

The ocean in a shell

Our heads are just houses

Without enough windows

They say you hear human voices

But they only echo

They only echo

Only echo

We are not listening, we are on the streets

8. Half Light II (No Celebration)

A436 Hz

Now that San Francisco's gone, I guess I'll just pack it in

Wanna wash away my sins, in the presence of my friends

You and I we head back east, to find a town where we can live

Even in the half light, we can see that something's gotta give

When we watched the markets crash, the promises we made were torn

Then my parents sent for me, from out west where I was born

Some people say, they've already lost

But they're afraid to pay the cost

For what we've lost

Pay the cost for what we've lost

Now that you have left me here, I will never raise my voice

All the diamonds you have here, in this moment which has no life

All the seas have changed so much, since I was a little child

Pray to god I won't live to see, the death of everything that's wild, wooh

Though we knew this day would come, still it took us by surprise

In this town where I was born, I now see through a dead man's eyes

One day they, will see it's long gone

9. Suburban War

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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

The nights are warm

Yeah, the nights are warm, I've been

Living in the shadows of your song

Living in the shadows of your, song

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

All my old friends, they don't know me now, oh-oh

All my old friends are staring through me now, oh-oh

All my old friends they don't know me now

All my old friends they don't know me now, oh-oh

They don't know me now

But my old friends, wait

10. Month of May

One two three four!

Gonna make a record in the month of May

In the month of May, in the month of May

Gonna make a record in the month of May

When the violent wind blows the wires away

Month of May, it's a violent thing

In the city their hearts start to sing

Well, some people singing sounds like screaming

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 wind blew the wires 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 things are pure and some things are right

But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight

I said some things are pure and some things are right

But the kids are still with their arms folded tight

So young, so young

So much pain for someone so young, well

I know it's heavy, I know it ain't light

But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight

First of the town

That's why we're still driving around

And around and around and around and around

And 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 then

When I stood outside in the month of May

And watched the violent wind blow the wires away

If I died in the month of May

Let the wind take my body away, then

Wish I may or I wish I might

You can meet me down there with my arms folded tight

Start again in the month of May |

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Come on and blow the wires away |

Wires away

11. Wasted Hours

Artist: Arcade Fire

Song: Wasted Hours

Album: The Suburbs

All those wasted hours we used to know

Spent the summer staring out the window

The wind it takes you where it wants to go

First they built the road, then they built the town

That's why we're still driving round and round

And all we see, are kids in buses longing to be free

Wasted hours, before we knew

Where to go, and what to do

Wasted hours, that you made new

And turned into, a life that we can live

Some cities make you lose your head

Endless suburbs stretched out thin and dead

And what was that line you said

Wishing you were anywhere but here

You watch the life you're living disappear

And now I see we're still kids in buses longing to be free

12. Deep Blue

Here, are my place and time

And here in my own skin, I can finally begin

Let the century pass me by

Standing under night sky, tomorrow means nothing

I, was only a child then

Feeling barely alive when I heard a song from the speaker of a passing car

And prayed to a dying star

The memory's fading I can almost remember singing

la, la la, la la la la

La la, la la, la la la

Ooh ooh ooh

We watched the end of the century

Compressed on a tiny screen, a dead star collapsing and we could see

That something was ending

Are you through pretending, we saw its signs in the suburbs

You could never have predicted

That he could see through you, Kasparov, Deep Blue, nineteen-ninety six

Your mind's pulling tricks now

The show is over so take a bow, we're living in the shadows

la, la la, la la la la

La la, la la, la la la

Ooh ooh ooh

Hey, put the cellphone down for a while

In the night there is something wild

Can you hear it breathing?

And hey, put the laptop down for a while

In the night there is something wild

I feel it, it's leaving me

La la, la la, la la la la

13. We Used to Wait

I used to write

I used to write letters I used to sign my name

I used to sleep at night

Before the flashing lights settled deep in my brain

But by the time we met

By the time we met the times had already changed

So I never wrote a letter

I never took my true heart I never wrote it down

So when the lights cut out

I was lost standing in the wilderness downtown

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

But it seems strange

How we used to wait for letters to arrive

But what's stranger still

Is how something so small can keep you alive

We used to wait

We used to waste hours just walking around

We used to wait

All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown

Ooh we used to wait

Ooh we used to wait (Sometimes it never came)

Ooh we used to wait (Still moving through the pain)

Ooh

I'm gonna write

A letter to my true love I'm gonna sign my name

Like a patient on a table

I wanna walk again gonna move through the pain

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

We used to wait

We used to wait for it, We used to wait for it

Now we're screaming, sing the chorus again

We used to wait for it, We used to wait for it

Now we're screaming, sing the chorus again

I used to wait for it, I used to wait for it

Hear my voice screaming, sing the chorus again

Wait for it

14. Sprawl I (Flatland)

Took a drive into the sprawl

To find the house where we used to stay in

Couldn't read the number in the dark

You said let's save it for another day

Took a drive into the sprawl

To find the places we used to play

It was the loneliest day of my life

You're talking at me but I'm still far away

Let's take a drive, through the sprawl

Through these towns they built to change

Then you said, the emotions are dead

It's no wonder that you feel so strange

Cops showing their lights, on the reflectors of our bikes

Said, do you kids know what time it is?

Well sir, it's the first time I've felt like something is mine

Like I have something to give

The last defender of the sprawl

Said, well where do you kids live?

Well sir, if you only knew, what the answer is worth

Been searching every corner of the earth

15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

They heard me singing and they told me to stop

Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock

These days my life, I feel it has no purpose

But late at night the feelings swim to the surface

'Cause on the surface the city lights shine

They're calling at me, come and find your kind

Sometimes I wonder if the World's so small

That we can never get away from the sprawl

Living in the sprawl

Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains

And there's no end in sight

I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

We rode our bikes to the nearest park

Sat under the swings and kissed in the dark

We shield our eyes from the police lights

We run away, but we don't know why

On the black river, the city lights shine

They're screaming at us, we don't need your kind

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small

That we can never get away from the sprawl

They heard me singing and they told me to stop

Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small

Can we ever get away from the sprawl?

I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

16. The Suburbs (Continued)

If I could have it back

All the time that we wasted

I'd only waste it again

If I could have it back

You know I'd love to waste it again

Waste it again and again and again

I've got to ask

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling again

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling again

Sometimes I can't believe it

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Readable chord sheet for The Suburbs by The Arcade Fire

[C] [Am] [E] [G] x2

[C] In the suburbs [Am]I,  [E]  I learned to [G]drive
 And you [C]told me wed never sur[Am]vive, [E]  grab your mothers [G]keys, were leaving

[C] [Am] [E] [G]

[C] You always seemed so [Am]sure, [E]  That one [G]day wed be fighting
[C] In a suburban [Am]war,  [E] your part of [G]town against mine
 I saw you [C]standing on the opposite [Am]shore, [E] but by the [G]time the first bombs fell
 [C]We were already [Am]bored, [E]  We were already, [G]already bored

[C] Sometimes I [Am]cant believe it,[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling
[C] Sometimes I [Am]cant believe it,[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling [C]again [Am]    [E]      [G]

 The [C]kids wanna be so [Am]hard,  [E]  but in my [G]dreams were still screaming
 And [C]running through the [Am]yard,  [E] when all of the [G]walls that they built in the
 [C]Seventies finally [Am]fall,  [E]  And all of the [G]houses they built in the
 [C]Seventies finally [Am]fall, meant nothing at all, [E] meant nothing at [G]all, it meant nothing

[C] Sometimes I [Am]cant believe it,[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling
[C] Sometimes I [Am]cant believe it,[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling and i[C]nto the night   [Am]      [E]        [G]

[C] [Am] [E] [G]

[C] So can you understand,[Am]    [E]  why I want a [G]daughter while Im still [C]young [Am]
 I want to [E]hold her hand, and [G]show her some beauty
 Be[C]fore all this damage is [Am]done, [E]  but if its [G]too much to ask
 If its [C]too much to ask, [Am]   then send me a [E]son  [G]

[C] Under the overpass, [Am]    [E]  in the parking [G]lot were still waiting
 Its [C]already passed, [Am]   [E]  so move your [G]feet from hot pavement
 And [C]into the grass,[Am]    cause its already [E]past, its already, [G]already past

[C] Sometimes I [Am]cant believe it,[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling
[C] Sometimes I [Am]cant believe it,[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling [C]again [Am]

[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling [C]again [Am]
[E] Im moving [D]past the feeling [C]again [Am]

[C] [Am] [E] [G]
[C] [Am] [E]
 In my [G]dreams were still scream[C]ing  [Am]     [E]
[G] Were still screa[C]ming [Am]    [E]
[G] Were still screa[C]ming [Am]    [E]      [G]

[C] [Am] [E] [G]
[C]

2. Ready to Start

[B5]

[C] [G] [Em] [Am] x2

[C]Businessmen drink my blood [G]   [D/F#]
Like the [Em]kids in art school said they would [Am]
And I [C]guess I'll just begin again  [G]    [D/F#]
[Em]You say can we still be friends [Am]

[C]  If I was [D]scared,[C/B] I would
[C]  And if I was [D]bored, [G]you know [D/F#]I would
[C]  And if I was [D]yours, but I'm not [Em]      [D]

[C]All the kids have always known  [G]    [D/F#]
That the [Em]emperor wears new clothes [Am]
But to [C]bow to down to them anyway [G]   [D/F#]
Is [Em]better than to be alone [Am]

[C]Now you're knocking at my door  [G]    [D/F#]
Saying [Em]please come out against the night [Am]
But [C]I would rather be alone  [G]    [D/F#]
[Em]Than pretend I feel alright [Am]

If the [C]businessmen drink my blood  [G]    [D/F#]
Like the [Em]kids in art school said they would [Am]
Then I [C]guess I'll just begin again [G]   [D/F#]
[Em]You say can we still be friends [Am]

[C]  If I was [D]scared,[C/B] I would
[C]  And if I was [D]pure, [G]you know [D/F#]I would
[C]  And if I was [D]yours, but I'm not [Em]
  [D/F#]Now I'm ready to [C]start

[C]  If I was [D]scared, I would
[C]  And if I was [D]pure, [G]you know [D/F#]I would
[C]  And if I was [D]yours, but I'm not [Em]
 N[D/F#]ow I'm ready to s[C]tart  [Em]

[D/F#]Now I'm ready to [C]start [Em]
[D/F#]I would rather be [C]wrong [Em]
Than [D/F#]live in the shadows of [C]your song
My mind is [Em]open wide
And [D/F#]now I'm ready to [C]start [Em]
And [D/F#]now I'm ready to [C]start
My mind is [Em]open wide
And [D/F#]now I'm ready to [C]start
Your mind surely [Em]opened the door
To [D/F#]step out into the [C]dark [Em]
[D/F#]Now I'm ready

3. Modern Man

[A] [F#m] [E] x2

[A] I'll [F#m]wait my turn I'm a [E]modern [A]man
 And the [F#m]people behind they don't [E]under[A]stand
 Makes me [F#m]feel like  [E]
[A] Makes me [F#m]feel like  [E]

[A]  So I [F#m]wait in line I'm a[E] modern[A] man
 And the [F#m]people behind they can't [E]under[A]stand
 Makes me [F#m]feel like  [E]
[A] Something don't [F#m]feel right  [E]

[A] [F#m] [E] [A]
  [F#m] [E] [A]

Like a [F#m]record that's skippin' I'm a [E]modern [A]man
And the [F#m]clock keeps tickin' I'm a [E]modern [A]man
 Makes me [F#m]feel light [E]
[A] Makes me [F#m]feel right [E]

 [D]In my dream I was almost there
 Then they [A]pulled me aside and said you're going nowhere
 [D]They say we are the chosen few
 But we're [E]wasted, and that's we're still [A]waitin'

 [F#m]On a number from the [E]modern [A]man
 [F#m]Maybe when you're older you will [E]under[A]stand
 Why you don't [F#m]feel right [E]
[A] Why you can't sleep at [F#m]night now  [E]

[A] [F#m] [E] [A] x2
[F#m] [E] [A] x2

[A/C#]In a line for a [E]number but you [E/G#]don't under[F#m]stand
[E]Like a [E/G#]modern [A]man
In a [A/C#]line for a [E]number but you [E/G#]don't under[F#m]stand
[E]Like a [E/G#]modern [A]man

[A] Oh I [F#m]had a dream I was [E]drea[A]min'
 And I[F#m] feel like I'm losing the [E]feel[A]in'
 Makes me [F#m]feel like  [E]
[A] Something don't [F#m]feel right  [E]

[A] I [F#m]waste a number of the [E]modern [A]man
 Wanna [F#m]break the mirror of the [E]modern [A]man
 Makes me [F#m]feel like  [E]
[A] Makes me [F#m]feel like  [E]

[A] And you [A/C#]feel so [E]right [E/G#]       [F#m]
 But how come [E]you can't [E/G#]sleep at [A]night?
 In [A/C#]line for a [E]number but you [Fdim]don't under[F#m]stand
 [E]Like a [E/G#]modern [A]man  [F#m]

I'm a [E]modern [A]man [F#m]
I'm a [E]modern [A]man [F#m]
I'm a [E]modern [A]man [F#m]
I'm a [E]modern [A]man [F#m]

[A] [F#m] [E] x8

4. Rococo

[C] [G] [E]   [Am] [G] [C] x2

[C] Let's [G]go down[E]town and watch [Am]the mo[G]dern [C]kids
[C] Let's [G]go down[E]town and talk to [Am]the mo[G]dern [C]kids
[C] They [G]will [E]eat right [Am]out of [G]your [C]hand
[C]  U[G]sing great [E]big words that they [Am]don't un[G]ders[C]tand, they're singin'

 [C]Roco[G]co Ro[E]coco Roco[Am]co Ro[G]coco [C]
 [C]Roco[G]co Ro[E]coco Roco[Am]co Ro[G]coco [C]
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]    [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]    [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah

[C] They [G]build it [E]up, just to [Am]burn it [G]back [C]down
[C] They [G]build it [E]up, just to [Am]burn it [G]back [C]down
[C] The [G]wind is [E]blowing all the [Am]ashes a[G]round [C]
[C] Oh [G]my dear [E]god, what is that [Am]horri[G]ble [C]song, they're singin'

 [C]Roco[G]co Ro[E]coco Roco[Am]co Ro[G]coco [C]
 [C]Roco[G]co Ro[E]coco Roco[Am]co Ro[G]coco [C]
 [C]Roco[G]co Ro[E]coco Roco[Am]co Ro[G]coco [C]
 [C]Roco[G]co Ro[E]coco Roco[Am]co Ro[G]coco, [C]Rococo
 [C]Rococo

 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah

[C] They [G]seem [E]wild, but they're [Am]also [G]   [C]tame
[C] They [G]seem [E]wild, but they're [Am]also [G]   [C]tame
[C] They'll [G]moving to[E]wards you with their [Am]colors all [G]the same[C]
[C] They [G]want to [E]own you but they [Am]don't [G]know a [C]game, they're playin'

[C] [G] [E]  [Am] [G] [C] x2
[C] [G] [E]  [D]

Ro[C]coco [G]   [E]     [Am]        [G]          [C]
Ro[C]coco [G]   [E]     [Am]        [G]          [C]
Ro[C]coco [G]   [E]     [D]

 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,  [Am]   [G]  ah ah [C]ah ah ah ah
 [C]Ooh [G]ah [E]ah,       ah ah [D]ah ah ah ah

Roc[C]oco  [Am]     [E]       [Am]          [G]            [C]

[C] [Am] [E] [Am] [G] [C] x2

5. Empty Room

[C]  [Em] [C] [Em]
       [Dm] [F]
[C]Searching in, in an empty ro[Em]om
[C]Searching in, in an empty ro[Em]om
[Dm]Something I, would never [F]do

[C]Searching in, in an empty ro[Em]om
[C]Searching in, in an empty ro[Em]om
[Dm]Something I, would never [F]do
I'm a[C]lone again

When I'm [G]by myself, I can be myself
When my life is calm but I [F]don't know when [C]   [Em]

[C] [Em] [Dm] [F]

You're [C]burning out, you're black and [Em]gray
You're [C]burning out, you're black and [Em]gray
[Dm]Something I would never s[F]ay
I'm a[C]lone again

[C]Toute ma vie, est a[G]vec toi
[C]Toute ma vie, est a[G]vec toi
[Am]Moi j'attends, toi tu [Em]pars
[C]Toute ma vie, est a[G]vec toi
[C]Toute ma vie, est a[G]vec toi
[Am]Moi j'attends, toi tu [Em]pars

[C]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh [G]ooh
[C]Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh [G]ooh
[C]Ooh  [E]

6. City with No Children

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A] x4

The [E]summer that I [A]broke my [E]arm
I [B]waited [B/A]for your [B/C#]letter [F#m]
I [E]have no feeling [A]for you [E]now
Now [B]that I [B/A]know you [B/C#]better  [F#m]

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A] x2

I [E]wish that I could have [A]loved you [E]then
Be[B]fore our [B/A]age was [B/C#]through [F#m]
And [E]before a world war [A]does with [E]us
What[B]ever [B/A]it will [B/C#]do    [F#m]

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A] x2

[E]Dreamed I drove home to [A]Houston  [E]
On a [B]highway that was [B/A]underground [B/C#]       [F#m]
There [E]was no light that [A]we could [E]see
As we [B]listened [B/A]to  the [B/C#]sound of the [F#m]engine [E]failing

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A] x2

I [E]feel like I've been [A]living [E]in
A city with no [A]children in [E]it
A garden left for [A]ruin [E]by
A [B]millio[B/A]naire in[B/C#]side of a [F#m]private [E]prison

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A] x2

You [E]never trust a [A]millionaire [E]
Quoting the [B]sermon on the [B/A]mount    [B/C#]          [F#m]
I [E]used to think I was [A]not like [E]them
But I'm [B]beginning to [B/A]have my [B/C#]doubts, my [F#m]doubts about [E]it

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A]

[E]When you're hiding [A]underground [E]
The [B]rain can't [B/A]get you [B/C#]wet   [F#m]
But [E]do you think your [A]righteous[E]ness
Could pay the [B]interest [B/A]on your [B/C#]debt, I have my [F#m]doubts a[E]bout it

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A]

I [E]feel like I've been [A]living [E]in
A city with no [A]children in [E]it
A garden left for [A]ruin [E]by
And [B]by as[B/A] I hide i[B/C#]nside of my [F#m]private [E]prison

[E]  [A] [E] [A] [A] [E] [A] x3
[E]

7. Half Light I

[C] [Em] [F] [Dm]

[C] You told us that
[Em] We were too young
 Now that, [F] night's closing in
 And in the [Dm]half light, we run

[C] Lock us up safe
[Em] And hide the key
 But the, [F]  night tears us loose
And in the [Dm]half light, we're free

[C] [Em] [F] [Dm]

[C] Strange how the half light
[Em] Can make a place new
 You can't [F]  recognize me
 And I can't [Dm]   recognize you

 We [C]run through the streets
[Em] That we know so well
 And the [F]  houses hide so much
 We're in the [Dm]half light
 None of us can [G]tell
 They hide the ocean in a [C]shell
[G] The ocean in a [C]shell [G]

[F] Our heads are just houses
[Dm] Without enough windows
 They say you[F]  hear human voices
 But they [G]   only echo [C]

[G] They only e[C]cho
[G] They only e[C]cho
[G] Only e[C]cho [G]

 We are [C]not listening, we are [G]on the streets
 We are [C]not listening, we are [G]on the streets
 We are [C]not listening, we are [G]on the streets
 We are [C]not listening, we are [G]on the streets

8. Half Light II (No Celebration)

A436 Hz

[E] [B] [A] [A/Ab] [E] x2

[E]Now that San Fran[B]cisco's gone, [A]I guess I'll just [E]pack it in
[E]Wanna wash a[B]way my sins, [A]in the [A/Ab]presence of my [E]friends

[E] [B] [A] [A/Ab] [E]

[E]You and I we [B]head back east, to [A]find a town where [E]we can live
[E]Even in the [B]half light, we can [A]see that [A/Ab]something's [E]gotta give

[E] [B] [A] [A/Ab] [E] x2

[E]When we watched the [B]markets crash, the [A]promises we [E]made were torn
[E]Then my parents [B]sent for me, [A]from out [A/Ab]west where [E]I was born

[E] [B] [A] [A/Ab] [E]

[Abm] Some people say,[B] they've already lost
[Abm] But they're afraid to [F#]pay the [E]cost [B]
For what [A]we've lost  [E]
Pay the [B]cost for what [A]we've [A/Ab]lost   [E]

[E]Now that you have [B]left me here, [A]I will [A/Ab]never [E]raise my voice
[E]All the diamonds [B]you have here, [A]in this [A/Ab]moment which [E]has no life

[E] [B] [A] [A/Ab] [E]

[E]All the seas have [B]changed so much, [A]since I was a [E]little child
[E]Pray to god I won't [B]live to see, the [A]death of [A/Ab]every[E]thing that's wild, wooh

[E] [B] [A] [A/Ab] [E] x2

[E]Though we knew this [B]day would come, [A]still it [A/Ab]took us [E]by surprise
[E]In this town where [B]I was born, I [A]now see [A/Ab]through a [E]dead man's eyes

[E] One day they, [B]  will see it's [A]long [A/Ab]gone  [E]
[E] One day they, [B]  will see it's [A]long [A/Ab]gone  [E]
[E] One day they, [B]  will see it's [A]long [A/Ab]gone  [E]
[E] One day they, [B]  will see it's [A]long [A/Ab]gone  [E]

9. Suburban War

    [Dm]                           [C/E]         [F]                            [C/E]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------0----|-----0-----0----------------|--0-------------------------| x4
D|-----7-----7-----7----------|--------------------10------|-----10----------10---------|
A|--------8-----------8-------|--------8--------12---------|--------------------12------|
E|--10----------10------------|--12----------13-------13---|--------13-12-12-------13---|

Let's [C/E]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] The [G]nights are [Am]warm  [G]
[F] Yeah, the [G]nights are [Am]warm, [G]I've been
[F]Living in the [G]shadows of your [Am]song  [G]
[F]Living in the [G]shadows of your, [Am]   song

[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]

[C]All my [Bb]old friends, [Am]they don't know me [Dm]now, [C/E]oh-oh  [F]
[C]All my [Bb]old friends a[Am]re staring through [Dm]me now, [C/E]oh-oh  [F]
[C]All my [Bb]old friends [Am]they don't know me [Dm]now  [C/E]        [F]
[C]All my [Bb]old friends [Am]they don't know me [Dm]now, [C/E]oh-oh  [F]
[Am]They don't know me [Dm]now [F]
But my old [Bb]friends, [Am]wait

10. Month of May

One two three four!

[B5]

[B5]Gonna make a record in the month of May

In the month of May, in the month of May
[E5]Gonna make a record in the [G5]month of May
When the [A5]violent wind blows the [B5]wires away

Month of May, it's a violent thing

In the city their hearts start to sing
Well, [E5]some people singing [G5]sounds like screaming
[A5] Used to doubt it but [B5]now I believe it

Month of May, everybody sing love

In the city, watch it from above
And [E5]just when I knew what I [G5]wanted to say
[A5] The violent wind blew the [B5]wires 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, [E5]some things are pure and [G5]some things are right
But the [A5]kids are still standing with their [B5]arms folded tight
I said [E5]some things are pure and [G5]some things are right
But the [A5]kids are still with their [B5]arms folded tight

So young, so young

So much pain for someone so young, well
[E5] I know it's heavy, I [G5]know it ain't light
But [A5]how you gonna lift it with your [B5]arms folded tight

First            of the town

That's why we're still driving around
And a[E5]round and around and a[G5]round and around
And a[A5]round and around and a[B5]round and around (And around and around and around and around)

Two-thousand nine, two-thousand ten

Wanna make a record how I felt then
When I [E5]stood outside in the [G5]month of May
And watched the [A5]violent wind blow the [B5]wires away

If I died in the month of May

Let the wind take my body away, then
[E5] Wish I may or [G5]I wish I might
You can [A5]meet me down there with my [B5]arms folded tight

[B5]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

[G]

[G]All those wasted hours we used to know
[Bm]Spent the summer [Em]staring out the [C]window
The wind it takes you where it wants to [G]go

First they built the road, then they built the town
[Bm]That's why we're still [Em]driving round and [C]round
And all we see, are kids in buses longing to be [G]free

[G]Wasted hours, before we knew[G/B]
[Am]Where to [Em]go, and [G]what to do[G/B]
[Am]Wasted [Em]hours, that [G]you made [Csus2]new
And [Em]turned [Bm]into, a life that we can [G]live

[G]Some cities make you lose your head
[Bm]Endless suburbs [Em]stretched out thin and [C]dead
And what was that line you [G]said

Wishing you were anywhere but here
You [Bm]watch the life you're [Em]living disa[C]ppear
And now I see we're still kids in buses longing to be [G]free

12. Deep Blue

[Em]Here, are my place and [Dsus4]time  [D]
And here in my [G]own skin, [C]I can [B7]finally be[Em]gin
Let the century pass me [Dsus4]by    [D]
Standing under [G]night sky, to[C]morrow means [B7]nothing   [Em]

[D] [G] [C] [B7]

[Em]I, was only a child [Dsus4]then  [D]
Feeling barely [G]alive when I heard a [C]song from the s[B7]peaker of a [Em]passing car
And prayed to a [Dsus4]dying star  [D]
The memory's [G]fading I can a[C]lmost re[B7]member singing

[Em]la, la [D]la, la [G]la la [C]la
[Em]La la, [D]la la, [G]la la [B7]la
Ooh ooh [Em]ooh

[Dsus4] [D] [G] [C] [B7]

[Em]We watched the end of the [Dsus4]century [D]
Compressed on a [G]tiny screen, a [C]dead star co[B7]llapsing and [Em]we could see
That something was [Dsus4]ending[D]
Are you through [G]pretending, we saw its [C]signs in the [B7]suburbs   [Em]

[D] [G] [C] [B7]

[Em]You could never have pre[Dsus4]dicted  [D]
That he could see [G]through you, Kaspa[C]rov, Deep [B7]Blue, nineteen-[Em]ninety six
Your mind's pulling [Dsus4]tricks now [D]
The show is over so [G]take a bow, we're [C]living in the [B7]shadows

[Em]la, la [D]la, la [G]la la [C]la
[Em]La la, [D]la la, [G]la la [B7]la
Ooh ooh [Em]ooh

   [D] [G] [C] [B7]
[Em] [D] [G] [C] [B7] x4

[Em]Hey, put the cellphone [D]down for a while
In the night there is [G]something wild
Can [C]you hear it [B7]breathing?
And [Em]hey, put the laptop [D]down for a while
In the night there is [G]something wild
I [C]feel it, it's [B7]leaving me  [Em]

 La [D]la, la la, la la la la
[G] La [C]la, la [B7]la, la [Em]la la la
 La [D]la, la la, la la la la
[G] La [C]la, la [B7]la, la [Em]la la la

13. We Used to Wait


[Am]

I used to [Am]write
I used to write [C/G]letters I [F]used to sign my [C]name
I used to [Am]sleep at night
Before the flashing [C/G]lights settled [F]deep in my [C]brain

But by the time we [Am]met
By the time we [C/G]met the [F]times had already [C]changed

[Am] [C/G] [F] [C]

So I never wrote a [Am]letter
I never took my [C/G]true heart I [F]never wrote it [C]down
So when the lights cut [Am]out
I was lost [C/G]standing in the [F]wilderness [C]downtown

[D5]Now our lives are [C]changing [Am]fast
[D5]Now our lives are [C]changing [Am]fast
[G]Hope that something [Em]pure can [D5]last
[G]Hope that something [Em]pure can [A5]last

But it [Am]seems strange
How we used to [C/G]wait for [F]letters to a[C]rrive
But what's stranger [Am]still
Is how something so [C/G]small can [F]keep you a[C]live
We used to [Am]wait
We used to waste [C/G]hours just [F]walking a[C]round
We used to wait [Am]
All those wasted [C/G]lives in the [F]wilderness [C]downtown

[Am]    [C]Ooh we [C/G]used to [Am]wait
    [C]Ooh we [C/G]used to [F]wait
[G]    [C]Ooh we [C/G]used to [Am]wait (Sometimes it never came)
    [C]Ooh we [C/G]used to [Am]wait (Sometimes it never came)
    [C]Ooh we [C/G]used to [F]wait (Still [G]moving through the [C]pain)

    Ooh

I'm gonna [Am]write
A letter to my tr[C/G]ue love I'm [F]gonna sign my [C]name
Like a patient on a [Am]table
I wanna walk a[C/G]gain gonna [F]move through the [C]pain

[D5]Now our lives are [C]changing [Am]fast
[D5]Now our lives are [C]changing [Am]fast
[G]Hope that something [Em]pure can [D5]last
[G]Hope that something [Em]pure can [Am]last

   We used to [Am]wait  [C]
   We used to [Am]wait  [C]
   We used to [F]wait [G]    [C]

[Am] [C] [Am] [C] [F] [C] [D5] [Am]

[Am]  We used to [C]wait for it,[Am]   We used to [C]wait for it
[F]  Now we're [C]screaming,  sing the [D5]chorus a[Am]gain
[Am]  We used to [C]wait for it,[Am]   We used to [C]wait for it
[F]  Now we're [C]screaming,  sing the [D5]chorus a[Am]gain
[Am]I used to [C]wait for it, [Am]    I used to [C]wait for it
[F]  Hear my voice [C]screaming, sing the [D5]chorus a[Am]gain

[Am]   [C]  [Am]   [C]  [F]  [C]  [D5]   Wait for it  [Am]
[Am]   [C]  [Am]   [C]  [F]  [C]  [D5]   Wait for it  [Am]
[Am]   [C]  [Am]   [C]  [F]  [C]  [D5]   Wait for it  [Am]

14. Sprawl I (Flatland)


[Am]

[Am]Took a drive into the [Dm]sprawl
To find the [C]house where we used to stay [F]in
[Em] Couldn't read the [Am]number in the dark  [G]    [F]
You said let's [G]save it for another [Fdim]day   [Em]

[Am]Took a drive into the [Dm]sprawl
To find the [C]places we used to play [F]
[Em] It was the loneliest [Am]day of my [G]life [F]
You're talking [G]at me but I'm still [Fdim]far away [Em]

[Am]Let's take a drive, through the [Dm]sprawl
Through these [C]towns they built to change  [F]
[Em] Then you said, the [Am]emotions are [G]dead  [F]
It's no [G]wonder that you feel so [Fdim]strange  [Em]

[Am]Cops showing their lights, on the r[Dm]eflectors of our bikes
Said, do you kids [C]know what time it is? [F]
Well sir[Em], it's the first time I've felt like [Am]something is [G]mine [F]
Like I [G]have something to give [Fdim]      [Em]

[Am] The last defender of the [Dm]sprawl
Said, well [C]where do you kids live? [F]
Well sir[Em], if you only knew, what the [Am]answer is [G]worth  [F]
Been [G]searching every [Fdim]corner of the [Em]earth

15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

[C]

[C]They heard me singing and they told me to [Am]stop
Quit these pretentious things and [F]just punch the [C]clock
These days my life, I feel it has no [Am]purpose
But late at night the feelings [F]swim to the [C]surface

'Cause on the surface the city lights [Am]shine
They're calling at me, come and [F]find your [C]kind
Sometimes I wonder if the World's so [Am]small
That we can never get a[F]way from the [C]sprawl

[F]Living in the [C]sprawl
[F]Dead shopping [C]malls rise like [F]mountains beyond [C]mountains  [C]    [B]
And there's [Am]no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone [F]please cut the [C]lights

[C]We rode our bikes to the nearest [Am]park
Sat under the swings and [F]kissed in the [C]dark
We shield our eyes from the police [Am]lights
We run away, but we [F]don't know [C]why

On the black river, the city lights [Am]shine
They're screaming at us, we don't [F]need your [C]kind
Sometimes I wonder if the world's so [Am]small
That we can never get a[F]way from the [C]sprawl

[Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [G]

[C]They heard me singing and they told me to [Am]stop
Quit these pretentious things and [F]just punch the [C]clock
Sometimes I wonder if the world's so [Am]small
Can we ever get a[F]way from the [C]sprawl?

[C] [Am]

I need the darkness, someone [F]please cut the [C]lights

16. The Suburbs (Continued)

[C] [Am] [E] [G] x3

[C] If I could have it back [Am]
[E] All the [G]time that we wasted
[C] I'd only waste it again [Am]
[E] If I could have it back  [G]
 You know I'd [C]love to waste it a[Am]gain
[E] Waste it [G]again and again and again

[C] [Am]

[E] I've got to ask [G]
[C] Sometimes I [Am]can't believe it
[E] I'm moving [D]past the feeling a[C]gain
 Sometimes I [Am]can't believe it
[E] I'm moving [D]past the feeling [C]again

 Sometimes I can't believe it

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