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Arcade Fire

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

B5Diagram coming soon
C×
G
Em
Am×
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              (ª casa) 
 
(intro) B5 
 
( C G Em Am ) (2x) 
 
C                          G D/F# 
Businessmen drink my blood 
         Em                                 Am 
Like the kids in art school said they would 
      C                            G D/F# 
And I guess I'll just begin again 
Em                              Am 
You say can we still be friends 
 
 
C          D         C/B 
  If I was scared, I would 
C              D      G        D/F# 
  And if I was bored, you know I would 
C              D                  Em   D 
  And if I was yours, but I'm not 
 
C                               G D/F# 
All the kids have always known 
         Em                        Am 
That the emperor wears new clothes 
       C                          G D/F# 
But to bow to down to them anyway 
   Em                      Am 
Is better than to be alone 
 
(Refrão) 
 
C                               G D/F# 
Now you're knocking at my door 
       Em                                Am 
Saying please come out against the night 
    C                        G D/F# 
But I would rather be alone 
Em                          Am 
Than pretend I feel alright 
 
       C                           G D/F# 
If the businessmen drink my blood 
         Em                                 Am 
Like the kids in art school said they would 
       C                           G D/F# 
Then I guess I'll just begin again 
Em                              Am 
You say can we still be friends 
 
(Refrão) 
C          D        C/B 
  If I was scared, I would 
C              D     G        D/F# 
  And if I was pure, you know I would 
C              D                  Em 
  And if I was yours, but I'm not 
D/F#             C 
Now I'm ready to start 
 
C          D 
  If I was scared, I would 
C              D     G        D/F# 
  And if I was pure, you know I would 
C              D                  Em 
  And if I was yours, but I'm not 
D/F#             C     Em 
Now I'm ready to start 
 
D/F#             C     Em 
Now I'm ready to start 
D/F#              C     Em 
I would rather be wrong 
     D/F#                   C 
Than live in the shadows of your song 
           Em 
My mind is open wide 
    D/F#             C     Em 
And now I'm ready to start 
    D/F#             C 
And now I'm ready to start 
           Em 
My mind is open wide 
    D/F#             C 
And now I'm ready to start 
                 Em 
Your mind surely opened the door 
   D/F#              C    Em 
To step out into the dark 
D/F# 
Now I'm ready 
          
 

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Chord set

B5 · C · G · Em · Am · D · F# · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.