Lagu berdurasi 5 menit 2 detik ini dirilis sebagai singel pada tahun 2010 dan berhasil menduduki posisi ke-22 di tangga lagu US Alternative Airplay (Billboard).
“We Used to Wait” dimuat dalam album studio ketiga band yang diberi nama The Suburbs.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “We Used to Wait” dari Arcade Fire.
Capo 3
Intro: Am
Am
I used to write
C/G F C
I used to write letters I used to sign my name
Am
I used to sleep at night
C/G F C
Before the flashing lights settled deep in my brain
Am
But by the time we met
C/G F C
By the time we met the times had already changed
Am C/G F C
Am
So I never wrote a letter
C/G F C
I never took my true heart I never wrote it down
Am
So when the lights cut out
C/G F C
I was lost standing in the wilderness downtown
Bridge:
D5 C Am
Now our lives are changing fast
D5 C Am
Now our lives are changing fast
G Em D5
Hope that something pure can last
G Em D5
Hope that something pure can last
Am
But it seems strange
C/G F C
How we used to wait for letters to arrive
Am
But what's stranger still
C/G F C
Is how something so small can keep you alive
Am
We used to wait
C/G F C
We used to waste hours just walking around
Am
We used to wait
C/G F C
All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown
Chorus:
Am C C/G Am
Ooh we used to wait
C C/G F
Ooh we used to wait
G C C/G Am
Ooh we used to wait (Sometimes it never came)
C C/G Am
Ooh we used to wait (Sometimes it never came)
C C/G F G C
Ooh we used to wait (Still moving through the pain)
Ooh
Am
I'm gonna write
C/G F C
A letter to my true love I'm gonna sign my name
Am
Like a patient on a table
C/G F C
I wanna walk again gonna move through the pain
Bridge:
D5 C Am
Now our lives are changing fast
D5 C Am
Now our lives are changing fast
G Em D5
Hope that something pure can last
G Em Am
Hope that something pure can last
Chorus
Am C
we used to wait
Am C
we used to wait
F G C
we used to wait
Am C Am C F C D5 Am
Am C Am C
We used to wait for it, We used to wait for it
F C D5 Am
Now we're screaming, sing the chorus again
Am C Am C
We used to wait for it, We used to wait for it
F C D5 Am
Now we're screaming, sing the chorus againn
Am C Am C
I used to wait for it, I used to wait for it
F C D5 Am
Hear my voice screaming, sing the chorus again
Am C Am C F C D5 Am
Wait for it
Am C Am C F C D5 Am
Wait for it
Am C Am C F C D5 Am
Wait for it
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