Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort (Guitar)

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Chords

The riff plays sporadically throughout the song. Can also be played on the B string as shown later. Sometimes between B bars an E chord is thrown in (listen closely to the song to hear how often they do it), but you can do that as much or as little as you like.
[Opening Riff]
   B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------2----------------------------|
A|-6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4--6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   E               C#m                B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
A|-6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4--6-4-6----6-4-6---6-4-6---6-4-2---4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B E B [Verse 1]
B
Some boys hate themselves

                                  E      B
Spend their lives resenting their fathers

B
Some girls hate their bodies
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback [Pre-Chorus]
E
Saying
God, make me famous
C#m                               B
If you can't just make it painless

B
Just make it painless

[Main Riff]
B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-2-4---4-2-0---4-2-4---4-2-0--2--4-2-4---5-4-2-4---4-2-4---4-2-0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
B
Assisted suicide

                               E   B
She dreams about dying all the time

B
She told me she came so close
Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record [Pre-Chorus]
E
Saying
God, make me famous
C#m
If you can't just make it painless

B
Just make it painless

[Main Riff]
B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-2-4---4-2-0---4-2-4---4-2-0--2--4-2-4---5-4-2-4---4-2-4---4-2-0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
B
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want

B
On and on, I don't know if I want it

B
On and on, I don't know what I want

B
On and on, I don't know if I want it

B
(On and on I don't know what I want)

B
(On and on I don't know if I want it)

B
(On and on I don't know what I want)

B
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
[Verse 3]
B
Some girls hate themselves

                                          E
Hide under the covers with sleeping pills and

B
Some girls cut themselves
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
                                                E
Some boys get too much, too much love, too much touch

B
Some boys starve themselves
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback [Bridge]
E
Creature comfort makes it painless

C#m
Bury me penniless and nameless

B
Born in a diamond mine

                                   E
It's all around you but you can't see it

B
Born in a diamond mine
It's all around you but you can't touch it [Pre-Chorus]
E
Saying
God, make me famous
C#m
If you can't just make it painless

B
Just make it painless
[Bridge 2]
E         C#m
It's not painless

          B                G#m
She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine

E                 C#m
And we're not nameless, oh
B E B [Chorus]
B
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want

B
On and on, I don't know if I want it

B
On and on, I don't know what I want

B
On and on, I don't know if I want it

B
(On and on I don't know what I want)

B
(On and on I don't know if I want it)

B
(On and on I don't know what I want)

B                                         E    B
Well if you're not sure, better safe than sorry
[Post-Chorus]
B
Creature comfort, make it painless

B
Creature comfort, make it painless
[Verse 5]
B
We're the bones under your feet

                          E
The white lie of American prosperity

B
We wanna dance but we can't feel the beat

                           E       B
I'm a liar, don't doubt my sincerity
[Post-Chorus]
B
Just make it painless

B                         E      B
Creature comfort, make it painless
[Outro]
B
Na-na-na-na na-na-na

B
Na-na-na-na na-na-na

B
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)

B
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)
Creature comfort, make it painless