We Exist tab by Arcade Fire

Tabs

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         Arcade Fire - We Exist
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Tuning: Standard

 Guitar 1
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|-4-------------|
D MajorD|-6-------------|
A augmentedA|-6-------------|
E MajorE|-4-------------|

 Guitar 2
e|-----11--------|
BB|-----12--------|
G+G|-----13--------|
D MajorD|-----13--------|
A augmentedA|---------------|
E MajorE|---------------|

 Guitar 3
e|------------4--|
BB|------------5--|
G+G|------------6--|
D MajorD|------------6--|
A augmentedA|---------------|
E MajorE|---------------|

Do this a total of three times. The singing starts. Next time, leave out
guitar 1 and 3. After that, the verse chords:

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Verse
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e.g.
They walk in the room and stare right through you, talking like we don't exist
e|---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---5----------------------------------------------7-----------9------------|
G+G|---6----------------------------------------------8-----------9------------|
D MajorD|---6----------------------------------------------9-----------9------------|
A augmentedA|---4----------------------------------------------9-----------7------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------7------------------------|

     But we exist.
e|--11-----|
BB|--12-----|
G+G|--13-----|
D MajorD|--13-----|
A augmentedA|--11-----|
E MajorE|---------|

etc.
The strings at the end of the verse sound like:
e|-------------------|
BB|-10-9-----------9--|
G+G|------9-11---------|
D MajorD|-----------9-11----|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|

----------
Chorus
----------
  Maybe it's true, they're staring at you when you walk in the room
e|-5------------------------4------------------------------------------------|
BB|-5------------------------4-----------------------6------------------------|
G+G|-6------------------------4-----------------------6------------------------|
D MajorD|-7------------------------6-----------------------6------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7------------------------6-----------------------4------------------------|
E MajorE|-5------------------------4------------------------------------------------|

  Tell 'em it's fine, stare if you like, just let us through...
e|-5-------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-5-------------------4------------------6---------------------9------------|
G+G|-6-------------------4------------------6---------------------9------------|
D MajorD|-7-------------------6------------------6---------------------9------------|
A augmentedA|-7-------------------6------------------4---------------------7------------|
E MajorE|-5-------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|

  Just let us through
e|---------------------|
BB|-11------------------|
G+G|-11------------------|
D MajorD|-11------------------|
A augmentedA|-9-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|
Repeat verse. Another guitar plays the same chords, very staccato. The G# minorG#m is
then played an octave lower (466444).
In the second chorus, after 'When you walk in the room', these strings are
notable:
e|------------------|
BB|------------------|
G+G|-10-11-10-8-------|
D MajorD|------------11-9--|
A augmentedA|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

At the end, the F#F# chord will get backed by an extra guitar playing the chord
one octave lower (244322).

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Bridge
----------
Follow the same chords as during the chorus (but without the F#F#). You may
like to play the bass line at the beginning. There is more, obviously, but
there are bass tabs for that:
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|---------------|
D MajorD|-7-6-----------|
A augmentedA|-----9-7-9-----|
E MajorE|-----------9---|

Then there is this very cool string part. To play some part of it on guitar,
I think it's something like this:
e|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10-9-----------------------------------9-----9---|
G+G|------9-9\8-------------11-10-8-------------------|
D MajorD|------------9-------------------11-9-11----11-----|
A augmentedA|--------------12-11-9-8---------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|

This is played a second time later on, with this right behind it, repeated a
couple of times:
e|-----------|
BB|---------9-|
G+G|-----------|
D MajorD|-11-9-11---|
A augmentedA|-----------|
E MajorE|-----------|

Bridge ends on the C#-chord (x4666x).

Then there is some sort of more relaxed, groovy part. Chords for this are:
e|-------------|
BB|-6--------5--|
G+G|-6--------6--|
D MajorD|-6--------6--|
A augmentedA|-4--------4--|
E MajorE|-------------|

Riff at 4:01
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|-------9-9-------------9-9-------------9-9--|
G+G|-10-11-----11-10-10-11-----11-10-10-11------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
BB|------9-9-----------9-9---------------|
G+G|-9-11-----11-9-9-11-----11-9-8-9-8----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------11-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|

at 4:42
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------9-------------|
G+G|--------8------------8--9--11----------------|
D MajorD|-11---------11---11---------------9----9--9--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------|

The guitar arpeggio's at the end sound like loosely arpeggiated versions
of higher notes of the C#C# and C#minor
e|-9----9--|
BB|-9----9--|
G+G|-10---9--|
D MajorD|---------|
A augmentedA|---------|
E MajorE|---------|

I think that's it. Feel free to comment!

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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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