Arcade Fire

Sprawl I Flatland(Tabs)

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Intro: 
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'Took a drive into the sprawl,  
to find the house where we used to stay in' 
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'Couldn't read the number in the dark,  
you said let's save it for another day' 
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(The song repeats itself from now on until the bridge, but I have added the  
lyrics for these verses so you can play along easily.) 

'Took a drive into the sprawl,  
to find the places we used to play' 
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'It was the loneliest day of my life,  
you're talking at me but I'm still far away' 
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'Let's take a drive, through the sprawl,  
through these towns they built to change' 
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'Then you said, the emotions are dead,  
it's no wonder that you feel so strange' 
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Bridge 

'Cops showing their lights, on the reflectors of our bikes,  
said, do you kids know what time it is?' 
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'Well sir, it's the first time I've felt like something is mine, like I have something to give' 
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'The last defender of the sprawl,  
said, well where do you kids live?' 
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'Well sir, if you only knew, what the answer is worth,  
been searching every corner of the earth' 
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