Arcade Fire – City With No Children (Guitar Tab)

Capo 6 Video Lesson
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
The summer that I broke my arm
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I waited for your letter
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  I have no feeling for you now                     
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Now that I know your better
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I wish that I could have loved you then
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Before our age was through
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And before a world war does with us
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Whatever it will do 
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I dreamt I drove home to Houston 
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On a highway that was underground
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There was no light that we could see
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As we listened to the sound of the engine failing
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[Chorus]
I feel like I've been living in
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A city with no children in it
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A garden left for ruin by 
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the millionaire inside of a priavte
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prison
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[Verse 2]
You never trust a millionaire                                                 
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Quoting the Sermon on the Mount
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 I used to think I was not like them                   
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But I'm beginning to have my doubts, my doubts about it
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When you're hiding underground
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The rain can't get you wet
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But do you think your righteousness
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Can pay the interest on your debt? I have my doubts about it
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[Chorus]
I feel like I've been living in
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A city with no children in it
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A garden left for ruin by 
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a millionaire inside of a priavte
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prison
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I feel like I've been living in
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A city with no children in it
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A garden left for ruin by and by
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as I hide inside of my private
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prison
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