The Lightning I Ii chords by Arcade Fire

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

Esus4

E
E

E E/D A D F#m E
E E/D A D F#m E



🎸 Verse 1:
E/D                 A             D       F#m     E
Fourth place anthem playing tonight, on a broken radio
E/D                      A                D    F#m             E
I thought we reached the mountaintop, but now, we just feel so low
E/D                   A            D             F#m           E
The sky is breaking open, we keep hoping, in the distance we'll see a glow
E/D                  A            D         F#m                Esus4
Lightning, light our way 'til the black sky turns back to indigo

🎸 Interlude:
E
E E/D

🎸 Chorus:
A                     D
We can make it if you don't quit on me
F#m
I won't quit on you
E
Don't quit on me
E
We can make it, baby
E/D
Please don't quit on me
A
I won't quit on you
D
Don't quit on me
F#m                 E  E/D
I never quit on you

🎸 Verse 2:
A               D        F#m                  E E/D
We were born in paradise, beneath a poisoned sky
A       D                 F#m         E
Under a bad sign, the micro-age of Gemini
    E/D                A               D               F#m                 E
And we are still unlearning, tirеs are burning in the middle of Rodеo Drive
E/D                       A            D            F#m               Esus4
You know that we've been beat down and broken, but now we can testify

🎸 Interlude:
E
E E/D

🎸 Chorus:
A                    D
We can make it if you don't quit on me
F#m
I won't quit on you
E
Don't quit on me
E
We can make it, baby
E/D
Please don't quit on me
A
I won't quit on you
D
Don't quit on me
F#m                E
I never quit on you

🎸 Outro:
E        E/D   A
It's not up to you
         D             F#m            E         E
Some you win, some you lose (When the lightning comes)
          E/D    A
You don't get to choose
         D             F#m            E         E
Some you win, some you lose (When the lightning comes)
E
(One, two, three, four)

The Lightning II:
E  A  D  F#m D
E  A  D  F#m D

E                          A
I heard the thunder on the blue sky
                       D
Perfect day
I wonder why
                  F#m D
Am I the only one?
E                         A                            D
I hear the thunder and I feel I'm going under
Jesus Christ
               F#m D
Was an only son

E
A day, a week, a month, a year
A
A day, a week, a month, a year
D                           F#m D
Every second brings me here

E
A day, a week, a month, a year
A
A day, a week, a month, a year
D                           F#m
Every second brings me here
D              E
Waiting on the lightning
               A
Waiting on the lightning
               D
Waiting on the light
                          F#m   D
What will the light bring?

E                         A
I heard the thunder and I thought it was the answer
      D                              F#m D
But I find
I got the question wrong
E                    A
I was trying to run away
                       D
But a voice told me to stay
                            F#m D
And put a feeling in a song

E                         A
A day, a week, a month, a year
                          D
A day, a week, a month, a year
                             F#m D
Every second brings you here

E                         A
A day, a week, a month, a year
                          D
A day, a week, a month, a year
                             F#m
Every second brings you here

D              E
Waiting on the lightning
               A
Waiting on the lightning
               D
Waiting on the light
                           F#m
What will the light bring?

D              E
Waiting on the lightning
               A
Waiting on the lightning
               D
Waiting on the light
                           F#m  D
What will the light bring?

E