------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcade Fire - We Exist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: E-mail: Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------- Guitar 1 e|---------------| B|---------------| G|-4-------------| D|-6-------------| A|-6-------------| E|-4-------------| Guitar 2 e|-----11--------| B|-----12--------| G|-----13--------| D|-----13--------| A|---------------| E|---------------| Guitar 3 e|------------4--| B|------------5--| G|------------6--| D|------------6--| A|---------------| E|---------------| Do this a total of three times. The singing starts. Next time, leave out guitar 1 and 3. After that, the verse chords: ---------- Verse ---------- e.g. They walk in the room and stare right through you, talking like we don't exist e|---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---5----------------------------------------------7-----------9------------| G|---6----------------------------------------------8-----------9------------| D|---6----------------------------------------------9-----------9------------| A|---4----------------------------------------------9-----------7------------| E|--------------------------------------------------7------------------------| But we exist. e|--11-----| B|--12-----| G|--13-----| D|--13-----| A|--11-----| E|---------| etc. The strings at the end of the verse sound like: e|-------------------| B|-10-9-----------9--| G|------9-11---------| D|-----------9-11----| A|-------------------| E|-------------------| ---------- Chorus ---------- Maybe it's true, they're staring at you when you walk in the room e|-5------------------------4------------------------------------------------| B|-5------------------------4-----------------------6------------------------| G|-6------------------------4-----------------------6------------------------| D|-7------------------------6-----------------------6------------------------| A|-7------------------------6-----------------------4------------------------| E|-5------------------------4------------------------------------------------| Tell 'em it's fine, stare if you like, just let us through... e|-5-------------------4-----------------------------------------------------| B|-5-------------------4------------------6---------------------9------------| G|-6-------------------4------------------6---------------------9------------| D|-7-------------------6------------------6---------------------9------------| A|-7-------------------6------------------4---------------------7------------| E|-5-------------------4-----------------------------------------------------| Just let us through e|---------------------| B|-11------------------| G|-11------------------| D|-11------------------| A|-9-------------------| E|---------------------| Repeat verse. Another guitar plays the same chords, very staccato. The G#m is then played an octave lower (466444). In the second chorus, after 'When you walk in the room', these strings are notable: e|------------------| B|------------------| G|-10-11-10-8-------| D|------------11-9--| A|------------------| E|------------------| At the end, the F# chord will get backed by an extra guitar playing the chord one octave lower (244322). ---------- Bridge ---------- Follow the same chords as during the chorus (but without the F#). You may like to play the bass line at the beginning. There is more, obviously, but there are bass tabs for that: e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|-7-6-----------| A|-----9-7-9-----| E|-----------9---| Then there is this very cool string part. To play some part of it on guitar, I think it's something like this: e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-10-9-----------------------------------9-----9---| G|------9-9\8-------------11-10-8-------------------| D|------------9-------------------11-9-11----11-----| A|--------------12-11-9-8---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| This is played a second time later on, with this right behind it, repeated a couple of times: e|-----------| B|---------9-| G|-----------| D|-11-9-11---| A|-----------| E|-----------| Bridge ends on the C#-chord (x4666x). Then there is some sort of more relaxed, groovy part. Chords for this are: e|-------------| B|-6--------5--| G|-6--------6--| D|-6--------6--| A|-4--------4--| E|-------------| Riff at 4:01 e|--------------------------------------------| B|-------9-9-------------9-9-------------9-9--| G|-10-11-----11-10-10-11-----11-10-10-11------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------| B|------9-9-----------9-9---------------| G|-9-11-----11-9-9-11-----11-9-8-9-8----| D|-----------------------------------11-| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| at 4:42 e|---------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------9-------------| G|--------8------------8--9--11----------------| D|-11---------11---11---------------9----9--9--| A|---------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| The guitar arpeggio's at the end sound like loosely arpeggiated versions of higher notes of the C# and C#minor e|-9----9--| B|-9----9--| G|-10---9--| D|---------| A|---------| E|---------| I think that's it. 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