Arcade Fire – Windowsill (Guitar)

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Intro: G VERSE 1
G
Don't wanna hear the noises on TV,

Em
Don't want the salesmen coming after me,

C                                         Em
Don't wanna live in my father's house no more.

G
Don't want it faster, I dont want it free,

E
Don't wanna show you what they done to me,

C                                        Em
Don't wanna live in my father's house no more.

G
Don't wanna choose black or blue,

E
Don't wanna see what they done to you,

C                                       G         Em
Don't wanna live in my father's house no more
CHORUS
Em          G
'Cause the tide is high,

Em       G             Em
and its rising still,

        C                       G               
and I don't wanna see it at my windowsill.
VERSE 2
G
Don't wanna give 'em my name and address,

Em
Don't wanna see what happens next,

C                                         Em
Don't wanna live in my father's house no more.

G
Don't wanna live with my father's debt,

Em                       
You can't forgive what you can't forget,

C                                        Em
Don't wanna live in my father's house no more.

G
Don't wanna fight in a holy war,

Em                                      
Don't want the salesmen knocking at my door,

C                                 G       Em
I don't wanna live in America no more.
CHORUS
Em          G
'Cause the tide is high,

Em       G             Em
and its rising still,

        C                       G             Em          
and I don't wanna see it at my windowsill.

G                        Em
Don't wanna see it at my windowsill!

G                        Em
Don't wanna see it at my windowsill!

C                        G
Don't wanna see it at my windowsill!
VERSE 3
G
MTV, what have you done to me?

G
Save my soul, set me free!

G                                  
Set me free! What have you done to me?

G
I can't breathe! I can't see!

G
World War III,

G
when are you coming for me?

G
Been kicking up sparks,

G
we set the flames free.

G
The windows are locked now,

G
so what'll it be?

G                                Em
A house on fire, a rising sea?
CHORUS 2
Em           G
Why is the night so still?

Em          G               Em
Why did I take the pill?

            C                       G            Em
Because I don't wanna see it at my windowsill!
OUTRO
G                        Em
Don't wanna see it at my windowsill!

G                        Em
Don't wanna see it at my windowsill!

C                        G             Em
Don't wanna see it at my windowsill!