Artist: Arcade Fire
Song: The Suburbs
Album: The Suburbs
I am filling in the rest. I have not seen this closely enough at the show to say
for sure, but you need either 2 guitars or a guitar and piano.
Since there are already lyrical accompaniment versions, I am providing the basic
order/song structure.
Guitar 1 - Capo 2.
Guitar 2 - No capo.
[Intro]
C Am E G
[Verse 1]
C Am E G
In the suburbs I, I learned to drive
C Am E G
And you told me we’d never survive, grab your mother’s keys we’re leaving
C Am E G
C Am E G
You always seemed so sure, That one day we’d be fighting
C Am E G
In a suburban war, your part of town against mine
C Am E G
I saw you standing on the opposite shore, but by the time the first bombs fell
C Am E G
We were already bored, We were already, already bored
[Chorus 1]
(play it like this if you wish to remain at capo 2)
C Am E D
Sometimes I can’t believe it, I’m moving past the feeling
C Am E D C Am E G
Sometimes I can’t believe it, I’m moving past the feeling again
[Chorus 1 Alternate]
(guitar 2 / piano - no capo) (sounds correct)
A Bm F# E
Sometimes I can’t believe it, I’m moving past the feeling
A Bm F# E A Bm F# E
Sometimes I can’t believe it, I’m moving past the feeling again
[Accompany 1]
(guitar 2 with variation)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----3-----3-----2-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
[Solo 1] (x2)
(2:27)
(guitar 1 - capo 2)
e|----------12------------------10--9-----9-----9------9----------------------|
B|------10------10------10-------------9-----9--------------------------------|
G|--11--------------11------11---------------------11-----11------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------9---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------11-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(or...play it like this, a bit harder but the slides sound more accurate.)
e|--------12---------------10--9-----9-----9-----9----------------------------|
B|--7--10-----10--7--10--7--------9-----9-----7-----7-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------9----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------11------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
[Chorus 3]
*[Accompany 1]
(3:56) (repeat until end)
*[Outro]
(guitar 1)
E D C Am
I'm moving past the feeling again
E D C Am
I'm moving past the feeling again
C Am E G (x2)
G C Am E
In my dreams we're still screaming
G C Am E
We're still screaming
G C Am E
We're still screaming
C Am E G (x2)
C
*[Solo 1] (x4)
(4:37)
(on the 4th, do not play the last 2 notes.)
