Age Of Anxiety I chords by Arcade Fire

🎸 Intro:

D  E  F#m  E  D    (x2)



🎸 Verse 1:
          D       E
It's the age of doubt
       F#m         A         D
And I doubt we’ll figure it out
       D            E
Is it you or is it me?
    F#m     A    D
The age of anxiety

(Are you talking to me)

🎸 Interlude:
D  E  F#m  A  D

🎸 Verse 2:
           D         E
Fight the fever with TV
       F#m        A       D
In the age where nobody sleeps
         D                   E
And the pills do nothing for me
       F#m     E    D
In the age of anxiety

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 D              E                         F#m
When I look at you
I see what you want me to
              A       D
See what you want me to
 D               E                              F#m
When you look at me, you see what I want you to see
        A           D
What I want you to see

🎸 Chorus:
D                 F#m                                 A   D
  In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
D                 F#m                                 A   D
  In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of

🎸 Interlude:
D  E  F#m  A  D

🎸 Verse 3:
        D                     E
It's a maze (It's a maze) of mirrors (Of mirrors)
        F#m      A     D
It’s a hologram of a ghost
         D            E
And you can't quite touch it
         F#m      A           D
Which is how it hurts us the most
       D             E
So we keep it all inside (Inside, inside)
    F#m       A         D
And hide it deep in a drawer
           D         E
Say your prayers tonight
         F#m       A        D
Someone finds it after the war

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
     D              E                          F#m
And when I look at you
I see what you want me to
              A      D
See what you want me to
 D                E                             F#m
When you look at me, you see what I want you to see
             A          D
See what I want you to see is me

🎸 Chorus:
D                 F#m                                 A   D
  In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
D                 F#m                                 A   D
  In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of

🎸 Instrumental:
D  C#m  F#m

F#m  E/G# A C#m D

D  C#m  F#m

F#m  E/G# A C#m D


🎸 Refrain:
D       C#m            F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me
    F#m E/G# A C#m       D
This anxiety  that's inside of me
D       C#m            F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me
    F#m E/G# A C#m       D
This anxiety  that's inside of me
D       C#m            F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me (Gotta get the spirit out of me)
    F#m E/G# A C#m       D
This anxiety  that's inside of me, baby (This anxiety that's inside of me)
D       C#m            F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me (Gotta get the spirit out of me)
    F#m E/G# A C#m       D
This anxiety  that's inside of me, baby (This anxiety that's inside of me)

🎸 Bridge:
          D          C#m          F#m
’Cause I can’t stop crying and I really think I mean it
        F#m   E/G#  A     C#m D
But the tears mean nothing to me
  D           C#m      F#m
Another lost alien arriving on my spaceship
      F#m E/G# A C#m D
In the age of anxiety (Anxiety)
        D                         E
And we can't stop crying and we really think we mean it
        F#m          A           D
But the tears just fall on the sheet (Anxiety)
  D                       E
Another lost soul just trying to feel something
           F#m              A              D
Trying to feel something, trying to feel something in the age of (Anxiety)

🎸 Interlude:
D  E  F#m  A  D

D  E  F#m  A  D


🎸 Refrain:
D       C#m            F#m
  Gotta get the spirit out of me
    F#m E/G# A C#m       D
This anxiety  that's inside of me

For me

(Gotta get the spirit out of me)
                    D  E     F#m   A  D
Are you talking to me    or about me?    (This anxiety that's inside of me)

(Gotta get the spirit out of me)
                 D  E     F#m   A   D
Am I talking to you,  or about you?

(This anxiety that's inside of me)

🎸 Outro:
      D
It's all about you

It’s not about you

It's all about you

It's not about you

It's all about you

It's not about you