Antichrist Television Blues

Arcade Fire

Compositor: Win Butler

Tom: G

G
Don't Wanna work in the building downtown

No I don't Wanna work in the building downtown
C
I don't know what I'm gonna do
G
Cuz the planes keep crashing on us two by two
D
Don't Wanna work in the building downtown
      C							G
No I don't wanna see you when the planes hit the ground

G
Don't Wanna work in the building downtown

Don't Wanna work in the building downtown
C
Parking the cars in the underground
G
Their voices when they scream, well they make no sound
D
I wanna see the cities rust
C
and the trouble makers riding on the back of the bus

G
Dear god i'm a good christian man

In your glory, I know you understand
C
You gotta work hard and you gotta get paid
G
My girl's thirteen but she don't act her age
D
She can sing like a bird in a cage
C
Oh Lord, if you could see her when she's up on that stage!

G
You know that i'm a god fearing man

You know that i'm a god fearing man
C
well i just gotta know if it's part of your plan
G
to seat my daughters there by your right hand
D
I know that you'll do what's right Lord
	 C					G
For they are the lanterns and you are the light

C		G
   Now i'm overcome
C		    G
   By the light of day
C			 G
my lips are near but my heart is far away
C		    G
   tell me what to say
C
       I'll be your mouthpiece!

G
Into the light of the bridge that burns

As I drive from the city with the money that I earned
C
Into the black of a starless sky
     G
I'm staring into nothing and i'm asking you why:
D				   C
Lord will you make her a star So the world can see who you really are

G
Little girl, you're old enough to understand

You'll always be a stranger in a strange strange land
C
Men are gonna come while you're fast asleep
G
So you better just stay close and hold on to me
D
If my little mockingbird don't sing
C
Well then daddy won't buy no diamond ring

G
Dear god would you send me a child

oh god would you send me a child
C
Cuz i wanna put it up on the tv screen
G
so the world can see what your true word means
D
ill know it when you send me a sign
C                                             G
cuz i just gotta know if i'm wastin' my time!

C		G
   Now i'm overcome
C		    G
   By the light of day
C			 G
my lips are near but my heart is far away
C		    G
   Now the war is won
C
   How come nothing tastes good?

G
oh you're such a sensitive child

you know you're such a sensitive child
C
I know you're tired, but it's alright
G
just need you to sing for me tonight
D
you can have your day in the sun
C
you know god loves the sensitive ones

G
oh my little bird in a cage

oh my little bird in a cage
C
I need you to get up for me, up on that stage
G
Show the men that you're too old for your age
D
Now ain't the time for fear
C
But if you don't take it, it'll disappear!

G
Oh my little mockingbird sing

Oh my little mockingbird sing
C
I need you to get up for me on the stage for me honey
G
Show the men it's not about the money
D
Wanna hold a mirror up to the world
C
so that they can see themselves inside my little girl

G
Do you know where i was at your age?

Any idea where i was at your age
C
I was was working downtown for the minimum wage
G
and I'm not gonna let you just throw it all away
D
I'm through being cute, I'm through being nice
C
Tell me lord am I the anti-christ?!