Okay I'm almost positive this is the exact way to play keep the car running on guitar. This is an
awesome song, but no one had the right chords so here it is. The first thing to
keep in mind is that you have to tune the guitar weird to play it like the guy in
Arcade Fire does.
Tuning (from low to high): E, A, C#, F#, B, F#
Capo on third fret!
These are the chords you use. They don't look anything like the regular guitar chords so pay
attention!
D maj. Gsus2 A maj.
|--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
|--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
|--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
|--2--| |--3--| |--0--|
|--2--| |--2--| |--1--|
|--2--| |--0--| |--2--|
There's also a little guitar riff that is played over these chords:
|-----------|
|-----------|
|------0-0--|
|-----------|
|--2-2------|
|-----------|
Intro:
Strum D major
Verse 1:
D
Every night my dream's the same
Same old city with a different name
Gsus2
Men are coming to take me away
D
I don't know why but I know I can't stay
Interlude (just strum D)
Verse 2:
D
There's a weight that pressing down
Late at night you can hear the sound
Gsus2
Even the noise you make when you sleep
D
Can't swim across a river so deep
Gsus2
They know my name 'cause I told it to them
But they they don't know where and they don't know
D
When it's comin', when it's comin'
Interlude
Verse 3:
D
There's a fear I keep so deep
I knew its name before I could speak:
Gsus2
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah,
Interlude
Gsus2
They know my name 'cause I told it to them
But they don't know where and they don't know
Interlude
Gsus2 D Gsus2
When it's coming, oh! when it's coming
