Arcade Fire - Ready To Start Chords & Tabs

 

Ready To Start Chords & Tabs

Arcade Fire Chords & Tabs

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Ready To Start Tab

   
Standard Tuning

intro
e---------------------|
b---------------------|
g---------------------|
d---------------------|
a---------------------|
e-9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|

e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------| several
d-11-12-11-12-11-12-12--11-12--11-12-11-12-11-12-12--11-12-|  times
a--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x-|
e--9-10--9-10--9-10-10---9-10---9-10--9-10--9-10-10---9-10-|

riff (played in parts of song)
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------|
d-12-11-12-11-12-12-11--12-11--12-11-12-11-12-12-11--12-11-|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------|
b----------------------------|
g-------------------------11-|
d-12-11-12-11-12-12-11-14----|
a----------------------------|
e----------------------------|

verse (sounds like it's all bass but i'll try to tab)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-------------------|

e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------0-2-2-2-2-2---0-2-|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-------------4-----|

piano
e---------------|
b-9-10~---------|
g--------9-11~--|
d---------------|
a---------------|
e---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arcade_fire/ready_to_start_tab.html ]
chorus
Bass
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-4-4-|

e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|

Distorted Guitar (Hard to make out)
e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g-11--11--11--11--13--13--13--13--|
d--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--|
a--9---9---9---9--11--11--11--11--|
e---------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-11--11--11--11--13--13--13--13--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-|
d--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-|
a--9---9---9---9--11--11--11--11---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Verse
Guitar at 1:23 (Pretty quiet and distorted.  Kinda hard
to tab but i think it sounds decent)
e---------------------------------------------|
b---------------------10-10-10-10-------------|
g-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-------------------------|
d---------------------------------11-11-11-11-|
a---------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-|
g-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----------------------|
d----------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Third Verse 
Play guitar riff couple times in start.
Midway, play riff from second verse.

Chorus

The end is full of distortion and effects.  I'm lazy at the moment to
figure a tab for that part at the moment.