5 Chords used in the song: D, Bm, Gb, A, E
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Introduction: D, Bm, Gb, A
Verse:
D Bm Gb A
In the suburbs, I, I learned to drive
D Bm Gb A
And you told me we'd never survive, grab your mother's keys, we're leaving
D Bm Gb A
D Bm Gb A
You always seemed so sure, That one day we'd be fighting
D Bm Gb A
In a suburban war, your part of town against mine
D Bm Gb A
I saw you standing on the opposite shore, but by the time the first bombs fell
D Bm Gb A
We were already bored, We were already, already bored
Chorus:
D Bm Gb E
Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling
D Bm Gb E D
Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling again
Bm Gb A
D Bm Gb A
The kids wanna be so hard, but in my dreams we're still screaming
D Bm Gb A
And running through the yard, When all of the walls that they built in the
D Bm Gb A
Seventies finally fall, And all of the houses they built in the
D Bm Gb A
Seventies finally fall, meant nothing at all, meant nothing at all, it meant nothing
Chorus:
D Bm Gb A
Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling
D Bm Gb A D Bm Gb A
Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling and into the night
D Bm Gb A
D Bm Gb A D Bm
So can you understand, Why I want a daughter while I'm still young
Gb A
I want to hold her hand, and show her some beauty
D Bm Gb A
Before all this damage is done, but if it's too much to ask
D Bm Gb A
If it's too much to ask, Then Send me a son
D Bm Gb A
Under the overpass In the parking lot we're still waiting
D Bm Gb A
It's already passed so move your feet from hot pavement
D Bm Gb A
And into the grass cause it's already past, it's already, already past
Chorus:
D Bm Gb A
Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling
D Bm Gb A D Bm
Sometimes I can't believe it, I'm moving past the feeling again
Gb A D Bm
I'm moving past the feeling again
Gb A D Bm
I'm moving past the feeling again
D Bm Gb A x2
A D Bm Gb
In my dreams we're still screaming
A D Bm Gb
We're still screaming
A D Bm Gb
We're still screaming
D Bm Gb A x2
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About this song: The Suburbs
Arcade Fire Songs can be triggered by a simple act. According to The Suburbs Songfacts, frontman Win Butler was sent a photograph of an old school friend of his, who was standing with his daughter sitting on his shoulders "at the mall around the corner from where we lived". He added: