E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|---------

E|-||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-

E|---------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|

E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-|| 


                  Arcade Fire - We Exist    

E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|---------

E|-||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|-

E|---------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|

E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-|| 

Tabbed by: Tim van Kester
E-mail:

Tuning: Standard

E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||

E||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----| 


 Guitar 1

E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
B|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
G|-4E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---| 
D|-6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---| 
A|-6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---| 
E|-4E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---| 


 Guitar 2

E|-----11--------|                   
B|-----12--------|                   
G|-----13--------|                   
D|-----13--------|                   
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 


 Guitar 3

E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--4--| 
B|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--5--| 
G|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--6--| 
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--6--| 
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 

Do this a total of three times. The singing starts. 
Next time, leave out
guitar 1 and 3. After that, the verse chords:

E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||||| 


Verse

E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||||| 

e.g.
They walk in the room and stare right through you, 
talking like we don't exist

e|---4E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-------
B|---5E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-------
G|---6E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-------
D|---6E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-------
A|---4E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-------
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|

e||----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|
B|---------||||||--7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E
G|---------||||||--8E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E
D|---------||||||--9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E
A|---------||||||--9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-7E|E|E|E
E|-----||||||------7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E


         But we exist.
E|--11-----| 
B|--12-----| 
G|--13-----| 
D|--13-----| 
A|--11-----| 
E|---------| 

etc.
The strings at the end of the verse sound like:

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------| 
B|-10-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9--| 
G|------9-11---------|                   
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9-11----| 
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------| 
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------| 


E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||||| 


Chorus

E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||||| 


   Maybe it's true they're staring at you when you walk in the room

e|-5E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
B|-5E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
G|-6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
D|-7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
A|-7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
E|-5E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|

e||||||----4E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|---
B||||||----4E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
G||||||----4E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
D||||||----6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
A||||||----6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
E||||||----4E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|---

e|-------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E
B|-----||||||---6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|
G|-----||||||---6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|
D|-----||||||---6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|
A|-----||||||---4E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|
E|-------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E


   Tell 'em it's fine stare if you like just let us t
e|-5E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------4E|E|E|E|E|E|E
B|-5E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------4E|E|E|E|E|E|-
G|-6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------4E|E|E|E|E|E|-
D|-7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------6E|E|E|E|E|E|-
A|-7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------6E|E|E|E|E|E|-
E|-5E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------4E|E|E|E|E|E|E
  hrough...
e||----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|
B|---------||||||--------6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E
G|---------||||||--------6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E
D|---------||||||--------6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E
A|---------||||||--------4E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E
E||----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|

e|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----
B||E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||
G||E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||
D||E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||
A||E|E|E|E|----------||||||-7E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||
E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----


   Just let us through

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||
B|-11E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------|             
G|-11E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------|             
D|-11E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------|             
A|-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------|             
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||

Repeat verse. Another guitar plays the same chords, 
very staccato. The G#m is
then played an octave lower (466444).
In the second chorus, after 'When you walk in the 
room', these strings are
notable:

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------| 
B|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------| 
G|-10-11-10-8-------|                   
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--11-9--| 
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------| 
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--------| 

At the end, the F# chord will get backed by an extra 
guitar playing the chord
one octave lower (244322).

E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||||| 


Bridge

E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||||| 

Follow the same chords as during the chorus (but 
without the F#). You may
like to play the bass line at the beginning. There is 
more, obviously, but
there are bass tabs for that:

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
B|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
G|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----| 
D|-7-6E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-| 
A|-----9-7-9-----|                   
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9---| 

Then there is this very cool string part. To play some 
part of it on guitar,
I think it's something like this:

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
B|-10-9E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|------
G|------9-9\8E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---11-10-8E|E|
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----12-11-9-8E|E|E|E|E|E|
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|

e||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
B|----||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|-9-----9---|
G|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---------|                     
D|||||||---------11-9-11----11-----|                     
A|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-------|   
E||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----

This is played a second time later on, with this right 
behind it, repeated a
couple of times:

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-| 
B|---------9-|                   
G|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-| 
D|-11-9-11---|                   
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-| 
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-| 

Bridge ends on the C#-chord (x4666x).

Then there is some sort of more relaxed groovy part. C
e|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---| 
B|-6--------5--|                   
G|-6--------6--|                   
D|-6--------6--|                   
A|-4--------4--|                   
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---| 


Riff at 4:01

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
B|-------9-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||---9-9E|E|E|E|E
G|-10-11-----11-10-10-11-----11-10-10-11------|        
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|

e||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
B||E|----------||||||---9-9--|                           
G|                                                       
D||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
A||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
E||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----


e|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
B|------9-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9-9E|E|E|E|E|E|
G|-9-11-----11-9-9-11-----11-9-8-9-8----|              
D|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|

e||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|----| 
B|----------||||||-----|                      
G|                                            
D||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|-11-| 
A||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|----| 
E||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|----| 


at 4:42

e|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
B|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|||
G|--------8E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||--8--9--11E|E|E|
D|-11---------11---11E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-----9
A|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|
E|E|E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------|

e||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
B||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||-9E|E|E|E|E|E|----------
G|E|E|E|----------||||||------|                          
D|----9--9--|                                            
A||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----
E||||||E|E|E|E|E|E|----------||||||----|E|E|E|E|E|E|-----

The guitar arpeggio's at the end sound like loosely 
arpeggiated versions
of higher notes of the C# and C#minor

E|-9----9--| 
B|-9----9--| 
G|-10---9--| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 

I think that's it. Feel free to comment!

************************************

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend