Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait

Arcade Fire
We Used to Wait
The Suburbs 2010


Key: Eb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Cm     x35543
Eb     x68886
Ab     466544
Bb     x13331
Fm     133111
Bb/D   x587xx
Gm     355333


Intro: Cm  


Verse 1:
          Cm
I used to write
                Bb
I used to write letters 
          Ab      Eb
I used to sign my name
                   Cm
I used to sleep at night
                    Bb
Before the flashing lights 
        Ab         Eb
settled deep in my brain
                   Cm <   Bass Enters
But by the time we met
               Bb      Ab
By the time we met the times 
            Eb     Cm Bb Ab Eb 
had already changed


Verse 2:
                   Cm
So I never wrote a letter
                Bb
I never took my true heart 
  Ab             Eb
I never wrote it down
                       Cm
So when the lights cut out
            Bb
I was lost standing in the 
Ab             Eb  
wilderness downtown


Refrain:
Fm                Eb       Cm  Bb/D Eb
Now our lives are changing fast
Fm                Eb       Cm  Bb/D Eb
Now our lives are changing fast
Bb                  Gm       Fm
Hope that something pure can last
Bb                  Gm       Cm
Hope that something pure can last


Verse 3:
       Cm
But it seems strange
               Bb
How we used to wait 
    Ab           Eb
for letters to arrive
                    Cm
But what's stranger still

Is how something so 
 Bb       Ab        Eb
small can keep you alive
           Cm
We used to wait
                 Bb
We used to waste hours 
     Ab       Eb
just walking around
           Cm
We used to wait
                 Bb
All those wasted lives
       Ab             Eb <   Basslines
in the wilderness downtown


Chorus 1:
Cm Eb     Bb      Cm
   Ooh we used to wait
Eb     Bb      Ab
Ooh we used to wait
Bb Eb     Bb      Cm
   Ooh we used to wait 
                    Eb
(Sometimes it never came)
       Bb      Cm
Ooh we used to wait 
                    Eb
(Sometimes it never came)
       Bb      Ab
Ooh we used to wait 
(Still moving 
            Eb
through the pain)
Oohhhhh


Verse 4:
          Cm
I'm gonna write 
               Bb
A letter to my true love 
     Ab           Eb
I'm gonna sign my name
                    Cm
Like a patient on a table
              Bb
I wanna walk again 
      Ab               Eb
gonna move through the pain


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:

Cm Eb     Bb      Cm
   Ooh we used to wait
Eb     Bb      Ab
Ooh we used to wait
Bb Eb     Bb      Cm
   Ooh we used to wait 
                    Eb
(Sometimes it never came)
       Bb      Cm
Ooh we used to wait 
                    Eb
(Sometimes it never came)
       Bb      Ab
Ooh we used to wait 
(Still moving 
            Eb
through the pain)


Chorus 3:
   Bb      Cm  Eb
we used to wait
   Bb      Cm  Bb Eb
we used to wait
   Bb      Ab  Bb Eb  
we used to wait


Bass Solo: Cm  Eb  Cm  Eb  Ab  Eb  Fm  Eb Cm


Chorus 4: Continue Bass Solo
                Eb    Cm
We used to wait for it
                Eb    Ab
We used to wait for it
           Eb
Now we're screaming
         Fm     Eb Cm
sing the chorus a  gain
                Eb    Cm
We used to wait for it
                Eb    Ab
We used to wait for it
           Eb
Now we're screaming
         Fm     Eb Cm
sing the chorus a  gain
          Eb         Cm
I used to wait for it
          Eb         Ab
I used to wait for it
               Eb
Hear my voice screaming
         Fm     Eb Cm
sing the chorus a  gain


Outro:
Eb  Cm  Eb  Ab  Eb  Fm         Cm
                      Wait for it
Eb  Cm  Eb  Ab  Eb  Fm         Cm
                      Wait for it
Eb  Cm  Eb  Ab  Eb  Fm         Cm(hold) Piano Ending
                      Wait for it