Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arcade Fire (2004)
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4/4 | D - D - D - D - | and sometimes | d d d d d d d d |
1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Instrumental Riff
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|-1-3-------------|---------------------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
Begin Melody (Play twice)
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] And | if the | snow | [F] bu- [Am] ries | [Dm] my, |
| [A] my [Bb] neighbor- | [F] hood.
[Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
And | [F] if my | parents are | crying
| [F] then I'll [Am] dig a tun- | [Dm] nel
from | [A] my win- [Bb] dow to | [F] yours,
| [F] yeah [Am] a tun- | [Dm] nel from | [A] my win- [Bb] dow to | [F] yours.
[Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] You | climb out the | chimney
and | [F] meet me [Am] in the | [Dm] middle,
the | [A] middle [Bb] of the | [F] town. | [F]
And | [F] since there's | no one else a- | round,
| [F] we let [Am] our hair grow | [Dm] long
and for- | [A] get all we [Bb] used to | [F] know,
| [F] then our [Am] skin gets | [Dm] thicker
from | [A] living out [Bb] in the | [F] snow.
Chorus
You change | [F] all the lead
| [F] sleepin' | in my head,
| [Dm] ...as the | [Dm] day grows dim
| [Dm] ...I hear you | [Dm] sing a golden | [C] hymn. |
| [C7] | [C6] | [C5] |
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] Then we | tried to name our | babies,
| [F] but we for- [Am] got all the | [Dm] names that,
the | [A] names [Bb] we used to | [F] know.
[Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F]
But | [F] sometimes, | we remember our | bedrooms,
| [F] and our [Am] parent's | [Dm] bedrooms,
and the | [A] bedrooms [Bb] of our | [F] friends.
| [F] Then we [Am] think of our | [Dm] parents,
well | [A] what ever [Bb] happened to | [F] them?!
Chorus
You change | [F] all the lead
| [F] sleepin' | in my head,
| [Dm] ...as the | day grows dim
| [Dm] ...I hear you | sing a golden | [C] hymn.
the | [C7] song I've been trying to | [C6] say. | [C5]
Chorus
| [F] ...Puri- | fy the colors, | purify my [Am] mind.
| [Dm] ...Puri- | [Dm] fy the colors, | [Dm] purify my | [C] mind,
and spread the | [C7] ashes of the | [C6] colors
| [C5] over this heart of mine!
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C7] | [C6] | [C5] | [F↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 12/01/18 JJ
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Arcade Fire (2004)








4/4 | D - D - D - D - | and sometimes | d d d d d d d d |
1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Instrumental Riff
|-------0---3---8-|-7---------------|
|-1-3-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-------0---3---8-|-7---8-10-12-15-12---|
|-1-3-------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
Begin Melody (Play twice)
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] And | if the | snow | [F] bu- [Am] ries | [Dm] my, |
| [A] my [Bb] neighbor- | [F] hood.
[Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
And | [F] if my | parents are | crying
| [F] then I'll [Am] dig a tun- | [Dm] nel
from | [A] my win- [Bb] dow to | [F] yours,
| [F] yeah [Am] a tun- | [Dm] nel from | [A] my win- [Bb] dow to | [F] yours.
[Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] You | climb out the | chimney
and | [F] meet me [Am] in the | [Dm] middle,
the | [A] middle [Bb] of the | [F] town. | [F]
And | [F] since there's | no one else a- | round,
| [F] we let [Am] our hair grow | [Dm] long
and for- | [A] get all we [Bb] used to | [F] know,
| [F] then our [Am] skin gets | [Dm] thicker
from | [A] living out [Bb] in the | [F] snow.
Chorus
You change | [F] all the lead
| [F] sleepin' | in my head,
| [Dm] ...as the | [Dm] day grows dim
| [Dm] ...I hear you | [Dm] sing a golden | [C] hymn. |
| [C7] | [C6] | [C5] |
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] Then we | tried to name our | babies,
| [F] but we for- [Am] got all the | [Dm] names that,
the | [A] names [Bb] we used to | [F] know.
[Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F]
But | [F] sometimes, | we remember our | bedrooms,
| [F] and our [Am] parent's | [Dm] bedrooms,
and the | [A] bedrooms [Bb] of our | [F] friends.
| [F] Then we [Am] think of our | [Dm] parents,
well | [A] what ever [Bb] happened to | [F] them?!
Chorus
You change | [F] all the lead
| [F] sleepin' | in my head,
| [Dm] ...as the | day grows dim
| [Dm] ...I hear you | sing a golden | [C] hymn.
the | [C7] song I've been trying to | [C6] say. | [C5]
Chorus
| [F] ...Puri- | fy the colors, | purify my [Am] mind.
| [Dm] ...Puri- | [Dm] fy the colors, | [Dm] purify my | [C] mind,
and spread the | [C7] ashes of the | [C6] colors
| [C5] over this heart of mine!
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F][Riff] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C7] | [C6] | [C5] | [F↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 12/01/18 JJ
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