Creature Comfort chords by Arcade Fire

Chords with lyrics

The riff plays sporadically throughout the song. Can also be played on the BB string as shown later.

Sometimes between BB bars an E MajorE 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:
  BB
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------2----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-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 MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E MajorE        C# minorC#m        BB
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-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 MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

BB       E MajorE  BB

Verse 1:
BB
Some boys hate themselves
                 E MajorE   BB
Spend their lives resenting their fathers
BB
Some girls hate their bodies

Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback

Pre-Chorus:
E MajorE
Saying

God, make me famous
C# minorC#m                BB
If you can't just make it painless
BB
Just make it painless

Main Riff:
BB
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-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+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
BB
Assisted suicide
                E MajorE  BB
She dreams about dying all the time
BB
She told me she came so close

Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record

Pre-Chorus:
E MajorE
Saying

God, make me famous
C# minorC#m
If you can't just make it painless
BB
Just make it painless

Main Riff:
BB
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-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+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
BB
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want
BB
On and on, I don't know if I want it
BB
On and on, I don't know what I want
BB
On and on, I don't know if I want it
BB
(On and on I don't know what I want)
BB
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
BB
(On and on I don't know what I want)
BB
(On and on I don't know if I want it)


Verse 3:
BB
Some girls hate themselves
                     E MajorE
Hide under the covers with sleeping pills and
BB
Some girls cut themselves

Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
                        E MajorE
Some boys get too much, too much love, too much touch
BB
Some boys starve themselves

Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback


Bridge:
E MajorE
Creature comfort makes it painless
C# minorC#m
Bury me penniless and nameless
BB
Born in a diamond mine
                  E MajorE
It's all around you but you can't see it
BB
Born in a diamond mine

It's all around you but you can't touch it


Pre-Chorus:
E MajorE
Saying

God, make me famous
C# minorC#m
If you can't just make it painless
BB
Just make it painless


Bridge 2:
E MajorE     C# minorC#m
It's not painless
     BB        G# minorG#m
She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine
E MajorE         C# minorC#m
And we're not nameless, oh

BB       E MajorE  BB

Chorus:
BB
It goes on and on, I don't know what I want
BB
On and on, I don't know if I want it
BB
On and on, I don't know what I want
BB
On and on, I don't know if I want it
BB
(On and on I don't know what I want)
BB
(On and on I don't know if I want it)
BB
(On and on I don't know what I want)
BB                     E MajorE  BB
Well if you're not sure, better safe than sorry


Post-Chorus:
BB
Creature comfort, make it painless
BB
Creature comfort, make it painless


Verse 5:
BB
We're the bones under your feet
             E MajorE
The white lie of American prosperity
BB
We wanna dance but we can't feel the beat
              E MajorE    BB
I'm a liar, don't doubt my sincerity


Post-Chorus:
BB
Just make it painless
BB             E MajorE   BB
Creature comfort, make it painless


Outro:
BB
Na-na-na-na na-na-na
BB
Na-na-na-na na-na-na
BB
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)
BB
(Na-na-na-na na-na-na)