Arcade Fire – Age Of Anxiety I (Guitar)

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[Intro] D E F#m A D D E F#m A D [Verse 1]
         D       E          F#m          A        D
It's the age of doubt and I doubt we'll figure it out

       D           E       F#m    A     D
Is it you or is it me? The age of anxiety

                     D   E   F#m A D
(Are you talking to me?)
[Verse 2]
           D          E        F#m       A        D
Fight the fever with TV in the age where nobody sleeps

         D                   E         F#m    A     D
And the pills do nothing for me in the age of anxiety
[Pre-Chorus]
D               A   E
When I look at you, I see what you want me to

F#m            A        D
 See what you want me to

D                A   E
When you look at me, you see what I want you to see

F#m          A       D
What I want you to see
[Chorus]
D               F#m                                 A   D
 In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of

D               F#m                                 A   D
 In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
[Interlude] D E F#m A D [Verse 3]
        D                     E
It's a maze (It's a maze) of mirrors (Of mirrors)

       F#m  A         D
It's a hologram of a ghost

         D                E
And you can't quite touch it

         F#m     A            D
Which is how it hurts us the most

       D             E
So we keep it all inside (Inside, inside)

    F#m      A         D
And hide it deep in a drawer

          D         E
Say your prayers tonight

        F#m      A          D
Someone finds it after the war
[Pre-Chorus]
D               A   E
When I look at you, I see what you want me to

F#m            A        D
 See what you want me to

D                A   E
When you look at me, you see what I want you to see

F#m             A        D
See what I want you to see is me
[Chorus]
D               F#m                                 A   D
 In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of

D               F#m                                 A   D
 In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of anxiety
[Instrumental] D F#m A D D F#m A D D F#m A D D C#5 F#m E F#m G#5 A E D D C#5 F#m E F#m G#5 A E D [Refrain]
D       C#5                   F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me

  E     F#m G#5 A E        D
This anxiety      that's inside of me

D       C#5                   F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me

  E     F#m G#5 A E        D
This anxiety      that's inside of me

D       C#5                   F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me (Gotta get the spirit out of me)

  E     F#m G#5 A E        D
This anxiety      that's inside of me, baby (This anxiety that's inside of me)

D       C#5                   F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me (Gotta get the spirit out of me)

  E     F#m G#5 A E        D
This anxiety      that's inside of me, baby (This anxiety that's inside of me)
[Bridge]
          D          C#5         F#m
'Cause I can't stop crying and I really think I mean it

E       F#m   G#5   A       E D
But the tears mean nothing to me

  D          C#5   F#m
Another lost alien arriving on my spaceship

E      F#m G#5   A E D
In the age of anxiety (Anxiety)

        D                        E
And we can't stop crying and we really think we mean it

        F#m         A            D
But the tears just fall on the sheet (Anxiety)

 D                      E
Another lost soul just trying to feel something

           F#m             A              D
Trying to feel something, trying to feel something in the age of (Anxiety)
[Refrain] D E F#m A D D E F#m A D
                   D E     F#m   A D
Are you talking to me or about me?

                 D E     F#m    A D
Am I talking to you or about you?
[Outro]
           D       E          F#m     A
It's all about you, it's not about you

           D       E          F#m     A
It's all about you, it's not about you

           D       E          F#m     A (Repeat until fade)
It's all about you, it's not about you