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(ver. 2)
Arcade Fire
Standard Tuning

intro
e---------------------|
b---------------------|
g---------------------|
d---------------------|
a---------------------|
e-9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|

e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------| several
d-11-12-11-12-11-12-12--11-12--11-12-11-12-11-12-12--11-12-|  times
a--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x-|
e--9-10--9-10--9-10-10---9-10---9-10--9-10--9-10-10---9-10-|

riff (played in parts of song)
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------|
d-12-11-12-11-12-12-11--12-11--12-11-12-11-12-12-11--12-11-|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------|
b----------------------------|
g-------------------------11-|
d-12-11-12-11-12-12-11-14----|
a----------------------------|
e----------------------------|

verse (sounds like it's all bass but i'll try to tab)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-------------------|

e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------0-2-2-2-2-2---0-2-|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-------------4-----|

piano
e---------------|
b-9-10~---------|
g--------9-11~--|
d---------------|
a---------------|
e---------------|

chorus
Bass
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-4-4-|

e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|

Distorted Guitar (Hard to make out)
e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g-11--11--11--11--13--13--13--13--|
d--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--|
a--9---9---9---9--11--11--11--11--|
e---------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-11--11--11--11--13--13--13--13--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-|
d--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-|
a--9---9---9---9--11--11--11--11---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Verse
Guitar at 1:23 (Pretty quiet and distorted.  Kinda hard
to tab but i think it sounds decent)
e---------------------------------------------|
b---------------------10-10-10-10-------------|
g-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-------------------------|
d---------------------------------11-11-11-11-|
a---------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-|
g-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----------------------|
d----------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Third Verse 
Play guitar riff couple times in start.
Midway, play riff from second verse.

Chorus

The end is full of distortion and effects.  I'm lazy at the moment to
figure a tab for that part at the moment.  
            
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