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Arcade Fire

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Artist: Arcade Fire
Album: Arcade Fire EP
=========
Old Flame
=========
Capo 2
       EmFGC
Intro:     x2
Em                 F          G              C
You knew in five minutes, but I knew in a sentence
Em                 F          G              C
You knew in five minutes, but I knew in a sentence
C
So why do we go
C7                   F
Through all of this again
                    C
Your eyes are flutterin'
Such pretty wings
  C7                F
A moth, flyin' into the
                C
Same old flame again, it never ends
     Em                     F     G                    C
It's not like I dropped the bomb, on, on my conscience mom
   Em                     F         G                       C
It takes fightin' day and night, to make, such a good thing die
C
Out, everyone out,
  C7                   F
I give too much shit a home
                C
In my heart and mind 
It gets me every time, it gets me every time, it gets me every time
Em F G C
C
So why do we go
C7                   F
Through all of this again
                    C
Your eyes are flutterin'
Such pretty wings
  C7                F
A moth, flyin' into the
                C
Same old flame again
C
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
===========================
I'm Sleeping in a Submarine
===========================
E                                EE/F#E
 Chords with bass can be played (  /G#)
E/F#
: 222100
E/G#
: 422100
E             C   C/B Am  C/B Am
She’s gone to sea 
      E        C      C/B Am  C/B Am     A
She’s fightin’ for me          What bravery!
E
I’m sleeping in a battle ship
C C/BAm       C CBAm
              / 
I’m sleeping in a submarine
E
I’m sleeping in a fighter plane
CC/BAm        C   CB Am   A
                 /       
I’m sleeping going down the drain
D#               E
And the aircraft gone
          D#m
Have more fun
       A
In the sun
E        C C/BAmCCBAm
              / 
All hands on deck!
    E        C C/B Am C/B Am
The radio address
       A
What a mess!
  D#        E
A cage is a cage
     D#m
Is a cage
      A F#m  E    A
Is a cage,   oooh
==========
No Cars Go
==========
Capo 1
       CEmG
Intro:    x4
Asus2  Em Cadd9 C
Hey!
Asus2  Em Cadd9 C
Hey!
Asus2 C
C         Em                    G
We know a place where no planes go
C         Em                   G
We know a place where no ships go
Asus2    Em        Cadd9 C
   Hey,    no cars go
Asus2    Em        Cadd9 C
   Hey,    no cars go
         Asus2  Cadd9
Where we know
C         Em                   G
We know a place no space ships go
C         Em                  G
We know a place where no subs go
Asus2    Em        Cadd9 C
   Hey,    no cars go
Asus2    Em        Cadd9 C
   Hey,    no cars go
         Asus2  Cadd9
Where we know
Bass riff:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|  x4
D|---------------------|
A|-----------------3---|
E|-5--3--5--3----------|
            C Em G
Go, now go!
C   Em    G
Ooooooooooooh
C   Em    G
Ooooooooooooh
Asus2 Em         Cadd9 C
Hey,     us kids know
Asus2 Em         Cadd9 C
Hey,     no cars go
         Asus2   Cadd9
Where we know
CEmG
   x2
C                                      G
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
EmDG EmD
  ,  
                     G  Em D
Little babies, let's go
                          G
Women and children, let's go
Em
  Old folks, let's go
D
Don't know where we're goin'
C         Em
Ah ah ah  ah 
          D
Ah ah ah  ah 
          G
Ah ah ah  ah 
=============================
The Woodlands National Anthem
=============================
C6
: x32210
       CC6
Intro:   x8
Dm            C
I guess we'll have to move
    F                Am    C
The neighbourhood is on to us
Dm             C
Let's join the little babe's
F                 Am       C
Throwin' rocks in front of us
Dm  C  F Am  C
Dm           C
Riding on my bicycle
F                Am   C
I pass my sister on a bus
Dm             C
Let's take the country road
F                  Am       C
Before our parents send for us
Dm C F Am C
Dm                 C
Trees keep fallin' at my feet
  F                  Am      C
I guess it's time to build a boat
Dm             C
Make a raft of our bodies
F                 Am    C
Do you think that it'll float?
Dm              C
What I said was not a joke
F                       Am   C
But you just licked the envelope
Dm                  C
I'm tired of dating let's elope
    F                   Am  C
But you just licked the envelope
Dm C F Am C
Dm                  C
Three cheers for my parents
F               Am  C
Lonely failed experiments
Dm                  C
Three cheers for my parents
F               Am  C
Lonely failed experiments
====================
My Heart is an Apple
====================
C      Bb
I'll admit
    C       Bb
I'm full of shit
       Am    C      Bb
That's how I know I love you
       Am    C      Bb
That's how I know I trust you
C          Bb
You're not sure
             C        Bb
If there's a right or wrong
    Am       C          Bb
But it feels like there is
     Am      C        Bb
When I treat you like this
F       Gm
I go outside
F       Gm    Am
I go outside
C Bb
Texas
  C          Bb
I won't come home
    Am    C     Bb
Not even if you call
  Am         C      Bb
I can't hear you at all
  C        Bb
I can't explain
    C      Bb
Why it's a sin
    Am        C      Bb
The state I'm living in
Am     C       Bb
I just feel so tired
F       Gm
I go outside
F       Gm    Am
I go outside
D#          Dm    D#           Dm G   F
My mouth is full, your heart is an apple
Your mouth is full, My heart is an apple
F Fmaj7 Em C
F                       Fmaj7
Pomme pomme pomme pomme pomme pomme pomme pomme
Em           G    F
Please don't even call
  Em          G     F   C
I can't hear you at all
========================
Headlights Look Diamonds
========================
       FAm/EC
Intro:    x2
F                          Am/E       C
The red lights mean you’re leaving
F                      Am/E     C
The white one’s mean returning
F                Am/E         C
Tell me how this story ends
F                        Am/E     C
And I’ll keep them fires burning
F Am/EC
      x2
F                        Am/E      C
The headlights look like diamonds
F                        Am/E      C
The taillights burn like coals
F                Am/E       C
Tell me how this story ends
F                   Am/E     C
Before the fires go cold
F           G           Dm       C
Do do do do do do do do do do do do 
F           G           Dm       C
Do do do do do do do do do do do do 
F        Bb
Hmmmm   hmmmm
C        Bb
Hmmmm   hmmmm
F                   Am/E    C
The countryside’s deserted
F                     Am/E    C
There’s no one on the farms
F                   Am/E     C
The suburbs all are sleeping
F                       Am/E       C
The earthquakes set off car alarms
F        Bb
Hmmmm   hmmmm
C        Bb
Hmmmm   hmmmm
F                Am/E C
All after all now we aware
F                 Am/E    C
All after all the time we share
F               Am/E     C
There’s so much fears of world
Dm              Em
Types of world, tears of world
F       Bb
               |
Hmmmm   hmmmm     |
C       Bb
               |  x4
Hmmmm   hmmmm     |
===================
Vampire/Forest Fire
===================
Capo 2
C                 Em
You wanna be set apart
Am   G           D/F#
Burn all of your art
  G        F        C
Repair the wasteful part
        Em    Am G    D/F#
I'm a vampire in a forest fire
G          F          Em    C
Hey we all gotta keep warm
G          F          Em    C
Hey we all gotta keep warm
G         F         Am G   F
Driving towards the storm
C                 Em
Your father was a pervert
Am    G          D/F#
Face down in the dirt
G             F      C
He taught you how to hurt
   Em     Am  G   D/F#
My father was a miner
    G        F    Em     C
Who lived in the suburbs
      G       F     Em    C
Let's live in the suburbs
   G           F        Am         G       F
If I let where I'm from burn I can never return
C                        Em
My brother reads you and me
Am  G      D/F#
His new poetry
G     F    C
How embarrassing
     Em     Am    G   D/F#
Your sister pours the gasoline
G    F        Em     C
I'll fix your meals
G    F        Em     C
I'll fix your meals
G     F          Am G F
While your burns heal
Interlude:
C  Bbmaj7  Am
C  Bbmaj7  Am
BbCmDmAGmFD#
  /    x2
Bb
Find a house 
          Cm
You don't have to rebuild
DmA
/
Stone by stone brick by brick
Gm              F            D#
Nail by nail my father never meant to leave me this
D#
meant to leave me this
    Bb
Let this love last
  Cm
I drive too fast
DmA
/
Said I'd return if I'd ever cared
    Gm               F              D#
But there's no interstate I find to take me there
D#
To take me there
BbCmDmAGmFD#
  /    x4

Arcade Fire chords and lyrics

Free chords for Arcade Fire by Arcade Fire. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Artist: Arcade Fire
Album: Arcade Fire EP
=========
Old Flame
=========
Capo 2
Intro: Em F G C x2
Such pretty wings
It gets me every time, it gets me every time, it gets me every time
Em F G C
Such pretty wings
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
===========================
I'm Sleeping in a Submarine
===========================
E Chords with bass can be played (E E/F# E/G#)
E/F#: 222100
E/G#: 422100
==========
No Cars Go
==========
Capo 1
Intro: C Em G x4
Asus2 C
C Em G x2
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Em D G, Em D
=============================
The Woodlands National Anthem
=============================
C6: x32210
Intro: C C6 x8
Dm  C  F Am  C
Dm C F Am C
Dm C F Am C
====================
My Heart is an Apple
====================
Your mouth is full, My heart is an apple
F Fmaj7 Em C
========================
Headlights Look Diamonds
========================
Intro: F Am/E C x2

Arcade Fire Chords by Arcade Fire

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