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AFTERLIFE - Arcade Fire
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Tabbed by: Slinden
E-mail: thewhyer (at) gmail
Another great song from Arcade Fire off a great album. Not exactly guitar
friendly, but it still sounds pretty good. Add a disco beat and you're on fire. Enjoy!
Tuning: Standard
Chords*:E(022100)
B verse:(224442) chorus:(799877)
F#(244322)
G#m(466444)
*I sometimes only strike the top 3 or 4 bass notes of the chord to give a darker sound.
[Intro]
E-B-F#-G#m x4
[Verse 1]
E B F# G#m
Afterlife, oh my god, what an awful word
E B F# G#m
After all the breath and the dirt and the fires are burnt
E B F# G#m
And after all this time, and after all the ambulances go
E B F# G#m
And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on in the dead lights of the afterglow
G#m
I've gotta know...
[Chorus]
F# E
Can we work it out?
G#m B
If we scream and shout 'till we work it out
F# E
Can we just work it out?
G#m B
Scream and shout 'till we work it out
E G#m
'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out
F# E
'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out
[Verse 2]
E B F# G#m
Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next
E B F# G#m
Oh, it was just a glimpse of you, like looking through a window or a shallow sea
Could you see me?
E B F# G#m
And after all this time, it's like nothing else we used to know
E B F# G#m
And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on in the dead lights of the afterglow
G#m
I've gotta know...
[Chorus]
F# E
Can we work it out?
G#m B
If we scream and shout 'till we work it out
F# E
Can we just work it out?
G#m B
If we scream and shout 'till we work it out
[Bridge]
F# E
But you say, ohhhhh
G#m B
When love is gone, where does it go?
F# E
And you say, ohhhhh
G#m B
When love is gone, where does it go?
E
And where do we go?
B
Where do we go?
F#
Where do we go?
G#m
Where do we go?
E
Where do we go?
B
Where do we go?
F#
Where do we go?
G#m
Where do we go?
[Verse 3]
E B
And after this
F# G#m
Can it last another night?
E B
After all the bad advice
F# G#m
That had nothing at all to do with life
G#m
I've gotta know...
[Chorus]
F# E
Can we work it out?
G#m B
If we scream and shout 'till we work it out
F# E
Can we just work it out?
G#m B
If we scream and shout 'till we work it out
[Bridge]
F# E
But you say, ohhhhh
G#m B
When love is gone, where does it go?
F# E
And you say, ohhhhh
G#m B
When love is gone, where does it go?
F# E
Ohhhhh
G#m B
When love is gone, where did it go?
F# E
Ohhhhhh
G#m B
We know it's gone, but where did it go?
F# E G#m B
And where do we go?
[Outro]
F#-E-G#m-B x5
(Chords don't really work here, but you can alternate E with B to substitute)
Is this the afterlife?
It's just an afterlife with you
It's just an afterlife
It's just an afterlife with you
It's just an afterlife
