Arcade Fire - The Suburbs: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Suburbs" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D              Bm F#              A
In the suburbs, I  I learned to drive
         D                    Bm
And you told me we’d never survive,
F#                  A
grab your mother’s keys, we’re leaving

You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war
Your part of town against mine

I saw you standing on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored

Chorus:
D            Bm
Sometimes I can’t believe it,
F#          E
I’m moving past the feeling
D           Bm
Sometimes I can’t believe it,
F#          E
I’m moving past the feeling
  D  Bm F# A
Again

The kids want to be so hard
But in my dreams, we're still screaming
And running through the yard
And all of the walls that they built in
the seventies finally fall

And all of the houses they built in
the seventies finally fall
Meant nothing at all
Meant nothing at all, it meant nothing

Chorus:
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling and into the night

So can you understand
That I want a daughter while I'm still young?
I want to hold her hand
And show her some beauty before this damage is done
But if it's too much to ask,
if it's too much to ask

Then send me a son
Under the overpass
In the parking lot,
we're still waiting, it's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement
and into the grass
'Cause it's already passed
It's already, already passed

Chorus:
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
I'm moving past the feeling
I'm moving past the feeling

In my dreams, we're still screaming
We're still screaming
We're still screaming


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Suburbs" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire.

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