The riff plays sporadically throughout the song. Can also be played on the B string as shown later.
Sometimes between B bars an E chord is thrown in (listen closely to the song to hear how often they do it),
but you can do that as much or as little as you like.
[Opening Riff]
B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------2----------------------------|
A|-6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4--6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E C#m B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
A|-6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4--6-4-6----6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B E B
[Verse 1]
B
Some boys hate themselves
E B
Spend their lives resenting their fathers
B
Some girls hate their bodies
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Saying
God, make me famous
C#m B
If you can't just make it painless
B
Just make it painless
[Main Riff]
B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-2-4---4-2-0---4-2-4---4-2-0--2--4-2-4---5-4-2-4---4-2-4---4-2-0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
B
Assisted suicide
E B
She dreams about dying all the time
B
She told me she came so close
Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Saying
God, make me famous
C#m
If you can't just make it painless
B
Just make it painless
[Main Riff]
B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-2-4---4-2-0---4-2-4---4-2-0--2--4-2-4---5-4-2-4---4-2-4---4-2-0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
B
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want
B
On and on, I don't know if I want it
B
On and on, I don't know what I want
B
On and on, I don't know if I want it
B
(On and on I don't know what I want)
B
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
B
(On and on I don't know what I want)
B
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
[Verse 3]
B
Some girls hate themselves
E
Hide under the covers with sleeping pills and
B
Some girls cut themselves
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
E
Some boys get too much, too much love, too much touch
B
Some boys starve themselves
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
[Bridge]
E
Creature comfort makes it painless
C#m
Bury me penniless and nameless
B
Born in a diamond mine
E
It's all around you but you can't see it
B
Born in a diamond mine
It's all around you but you can't touch it
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Saying
God, make me famous
C#m
If you can't just make it painless
B
Just make it painless
[Bridge 2]
E C#m
It's not painless
B G#m
She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine
E C#m
And we're not nameless, oh
B E B
[Chorus]
B
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want
B
On and on, I don't know if I want it
B
On and on, I don't know what I want
B
On and on, I don't know if I want it
B
(On and on I don't know what I want)
B
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
B
(On and on I don't know what I want)
B E B
Well if you're not sure, better safe than sorry
[Post-Chorus]
B
Creature comfort, make it painless
B
Creature comfort, make it painless
[Verse 5]
B
We're the bones under your feet
E
The white lie of American prosperity
B
We wanna dance but we can't feel the beat
E B
I'm a liar, don't doubt my sincerity
[Post-Chorus]
B
Just make it painless
B E B
Creature comfort, make it painless
[Outro]
B
Na-na-na-na na-na-na
B
Na-na-na-na na-na-na
B
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)
B
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)
Creature comfort, make it painlessCreature Comfort chords and lyrics
Free chords for Creature Comfort by Arcade Fire. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
The riff plays sporadically throughout the song. Can also be played on the B string as shown later. Sometimes between B bars an E chord is thrown in (listen closely to the song to hear how often they do it), but you can do that as much or as little as you like. B E B [Verse 1] Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback [Pre-Chorus] God, make me famous [Verse 2] Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record [Pre-Chorus] God, make me famous [Chorus] [Verse 3] Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback [Bridge] It's all around you but you can't touch it [Pre-Chorus] God, make me famous [Bridge 2] B E B [Chorus] [Post-Chorus] [Verse 5] [Post-Chorus] [Outro] Creature comfort, make it painless
Creature Comfort Chords by Arcade Fire
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