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NEON BIBLE – Arcade Fire
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Tabbed by: BlueVeins
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Intro
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Guitar 2 (Very faint in the background. Just mess around with the notes.
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
---
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Verse
A Vial of hope and a vial of pain,
In the light they both looked the same.
Guitar 1
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B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Poured them out on into the world,
On every boy and every girl.
Guitar 1
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B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
It’s in the Neon Bible,
The Neon Bible
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right.
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
---
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Verse
Take the poison of your age,
Don’t lick your fingers when you turn the page,
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arcade_fire/neon_bible_tab.html ]
What I know is what you know is right,
In the city it’s the only light
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
It’s in the Neon Bible,
The Neon Bible
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right.
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
---
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Verse variation
Oh God! well look at you now!
Oh! you lost it, but you don’t know how!
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----4-----------------5-----4--------------|
E|--------------2-----5-----------------2-----5--|
In the light of a golden calf,
Oh God! I had to laugh
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----4-----------------5-----4--------------|
E|--------------2-----5-----------------2-----5--|
Verse
Take the poison of your age,
Don’t lick your fingers when you turn the page,
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
It was wrong but you said it was right,
In the future I will read at night.
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|
Chorus
In the Neon Bible,
the Neon Bible
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is true.
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|
Outro
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|
---
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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