Song: Reflector
Artist: Arcade Fire
Album: Reflektor (2013)
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0fVfectDo;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Fire;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflektor
Tempo: Moderato
Method: Firm chord flourishes with alternate fingering, on the up-strokes.
Capo 2
C: 332010
Am: X02210
D: XX0232
Em: 022000
G: 320003
INTRO:
|C |C |C |(Swelling chord & Drum Intro)
|Am |Am |Am |
|Am |Am |Am |
|Am |Am |Am |
|Am |Am |Am |
VERSE 1:
D Em C
Trapped in a prison, in a prism of light,
Am Em C
Alone in the darkness, darkness of white.
G
We fell in love, alone on a stage,
D
In the reflective age.
PRE-CHORUS 1: [Régine Chassagne]
Am Em
Entre la nuit, la nuit et l'aurore,
C
Entre le royaume des vivants et des morts,
If this is heaven,
G
I don't know what it's for.
C
If I can't find you there,
D
I don't care.
CHORUS 1:
C
I thought I found a way to enter,
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
D C
I thought I found the connector,
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
VERSE 2:
D Em
Now, the signals we send, are deflected again,
Am G
We're so connected, but are we even friends?
Am C
We fell in love when I was nineteen,
Am
And now we're staring at a screen.
PRE-CHORUS 2: [Régine Chassagne]
Em
Entre la nuit, la nuit et l'aurore,
G Em Am
Entre le royaume des vivants et des morts.
If this is heaven,
C G
I need something more,
Am
Just a place to be alone,
Em
Cause you're my home.
CHORUS 2:
C
I thought I found a way to enter,
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
D C
I thought I found the connector,
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
REFRAIN 1:
D C
[Bridge 1],
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
D C
[Bridge 1],
G Am Em
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
Am C D Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
REFRAIN 2:
C
[Bridge 2],
D Am D Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
G Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor),
D
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
VERSE 3:
C Am
It's just a reflection, of a reflection,
Of a reflection, of a reflection.
Of a reflection,
D
Will I see you on the other side?
Am C
We all got things to hide,
Am
It's just a reflection of a reflection,
Of a reflection of a reflection.
Of a reflection,
D
'See you on the other side,
We all got things to hide.
G
(Alright, let's go back).
VERSE 4:(Softly)
C Em
Our song it skips, on little silver discs,
C G
Our love is plastic, we'll break it to bits.
Am G
I want to break free, but will they break me,
C D
Down, down, down (Don't mess around).
CHORUS 3: (Forte)
C Em
I thought I found a way to enter,
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
D C
I thought I found the connector,
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
REFRAIN 3: [David Bowie and Win Butler]
D C
[Bridge 1],
Am
It's just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
D C
[Bridge 1],
Am Em
[Bridge 3].
CHORUS 4:
D
Thought you were praying to the resurrector,
Am Em
Turns out it was just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
D C
Thought you were praying to the resurrector.
Am Em
Turns out it was just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor).
REFRAIN 4:
D C
Thought you were praying to the resurrector,
Am Em
Turns out it was just a Reflektor (It’s just a Reflektor).
INSTRUMENTAL: (Keyboards over)
|D C Am Em|
|D C Am C|
VERSE 5:
D C Am
Just a Reflektor,
D C Am
It's just a Reflektor.
Em D C Am
Just a Reflektor,
Em D C Am
'See you on the other side.
Em D C Am
It's just a Reflektor,
Em D C Am
Ah, See you on the other side.
Em D C Am
We all got things to hide,
Em D C Am
It's just a Reflektor,
Em D C Am
'See you on the other side.
CODA:
|Em Am|
|D G D G|
|D G D|
[End]
Notes:
1. This TAB doesn't pretend to capture all wonderful and bizarre subtletities of
this song. Other than the principal chords of this song.
2. Inspired by (Haiti)'s rara music, Butler and Chassagne incorporated elements of
this sound into the band's new material, alongside Jamaican influences. Butler
stated, "I mean, it's not like our band trying to play Haitian music. I just felt
like we were opened up to a new influence. Bob Marley probably felt the same way
the first time he heard Curtis Mayfield?"
