Broken Window

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C
:| x32013
C#dim?:| x43023 (alternatively, you can mute the high E too)
C6add9:| x30213
Chords are played in a steady rhythm, one chord per line. It sounds like the low note of
chords is dropped down to a C; this effect could be simulated by putting a capo on the
fret for all strings except the low E if you don't want to retune. (Only works if you
a clamp capo).
C
Deep in the past, far in the future time
C#dim C
Deep in the past, far in the future time
C
C6add9
Just 'cause no one saw you, that don't mean it ain't a crime
C
They say they know me but they only know my name
C#dim C
They say they know me but they only know my name
C
C6add9
They're through asking me questions, I ain't gonna learn to sing
C
If they want it they can take it, they don't need no reason why
C#dim C
If they want it they can take it, they don't need no reason why
C
C6add9
The night they took you from me I saw the broken window and I cried
C
They bound my eyes and they bound my hands
C#dim C
They bound my eyes and they bound my hands
C
C6add9
Where they're gonna take me now? No one understands
C
They say they know me but they only know my name
C#dim C
They say they know me but they only know my name
C
C6add9
They're through asking me questions, I ain't gonna learn to sing
C
Lay their hands upon me now, it's midnight blue
C#dim C
Lay the hands upon me now, it's midnight blue
G
C6add9
They didn't know me and they didn't know you, no, no
C
Now reduced to hide in the dark when they came for you
C
I gained the world but I lost your trust
C#dim C
I gained the world but I lost your trust
C
C6add9
they throw their money at you, it ain't easy to adjust
C
Come out, and put your hands on your head
C#dim C
I said come out, and put your hands on your head
C
C6add9
Come and join the rest of us, we are already dead
C
If they want it they can take it, they don't need no reason why
C#dim C
If they want it they can take it, they don't need no reason why
C
C6add9
The night they took you from me I saw the broken window and I cried
C
Woe unto them if they touch a hair on your head
C#dim C
Woe unto them if they touch a hair on your head
C
C6add9
You're gonna join the rest of us, we are already dead
C
They won the battle, but the war is through
C#dim C
They won the battle, but the war is through
G
C6add9
They didn't know me and they didn't know you, no, no
C
Now reduced to knock in the dark when they came for you

Broken Window chords and lyrics

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

C6add9:| x30213
Chords are played in a steady rhythm, one chord per line. It sounds like the low note of
chords is dropped down to a C; this effect could be simulated by putting a capo on the
fret for all strings except the low E if you don't want to retune. (Only works if you 
a clamp capo).

Broken Window Chords by Arcade Fire

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