We Used To Wait ARCADE FIRE OFFICIAL SINGLE Chords

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I used to write, _ _ _ I used to [Eb] write letters, [Ab] I used to sign [Eb] my name.
I used [Cm] to sleep at night, _ _ before the [Eb] flashing lights, [Ab] it'll deepen [Eb] the brain.
_ By the [Cm] time we met, _ _ _ _ by [Eb] the time we met, [Ab] the times had [Eb] already changed.
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[Eb] _ _ So I never [Cm] wrote a letter, _ _ _ I never took [Eb] my true [Ab] heart, I never wrote [Eb] it down.
So when the lights [Cm] cut out, _ _ _ I was [Eb] lost standing [Ab] in the wilderness [Eb] downtown. _ _
_ _ _ [F] Now our lives [Cm] are changing fast, _ [F] now our lives [Cm] are changing fast.
Something [Gm] _ pure can [F] last, something [Bb] _ pure [Cm] can last, _ _ and they seem _ strange.
_ How we used to [Ab] wait for letters to [Eb] arrive, _ but we're strangers [Cm] still.
_ _ It's how [Bb] sometimes you smile can [Ab] keep you [Eb] alive.
We used to [Cm] wait, _ _ we used to wait, spouse [Ab] just walking [Eb] around.
We used to [Cm] wait, _ _ we _ used to [Eb] wait, for the sweet replies in the wilderness [Eb] _
downtown. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ We used [Cm] to wait, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] we used to wait, but sometimes it [Eb] never came.
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Sometimes it [Eb] never came, _ [Ab] _
[Eb] so what could it be? _ _ _ _
I [Cm] used to write _ _ _ a letter to my [Eb] true love, I'm [Ab] gonna sign her name.
_ Like a patient [Cm] on a table, _ _ I wanna walk [Eb] again, I'm gonna [Ab] move [Eb] everything. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Now our lives are [Eb] changing [Cm] fast, _ _ [F] now our [Eb] lives are changing fast.
_ [Gm] I hope that something pure can [F] last, _ _ [Bb] something [Cm]
pure can last. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ We [Ab] used to wait, _ _ [Eb] we _ [Cm] used to wait, but [Eb] sometimes it never came.
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Sometimes [Eb] it never came, _ _ [Ab] _
so [Eb] what could it be?
We [Cm] used to wait, _ [Eb] _ _ we used [Cm] to wait, _ [Eb] _ _ we _ [Ab] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
used [Eb] to wait for [Cm] it, we used [Eb] to wait [Ab] for it.
Now [Eb] we're screaming, [Fm] sing the chorus again.
We [Eb] used to wait [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ for it, now we're screaming, [Cm] sing the chorus again.
I [Eb] used to wait for it, I used to wait [Ab] for it, now [Eb] we're screaming, [F] sing the chorus [Cm] again.
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