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Goodnight Boy Tab

by Arcade Fire


Hey everyone.  This is my first attempt at a tab, so, gather what you will from that.
is a great song and it's a shame that you cannot find this tab anywhere.  So here goes.
free to update this as there are probably some things missing.   I don't know if these 
the right chord voicings, but they sound ok, at least when you are playing on your own.


This is in 3/4

     X02210
   X32210
      XX0232
      320033
     X24432
     022000
      X30210
  xx0032
      022100

Intro
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The story I.. wrote as a kid.....

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So yea...     I felt so   scared

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Watching the  flames crayon  red...

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This....      Kid....        Hung on me too

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So I had to   hide in a

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 Church...Just me..........and the town..mayor

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and his son who was handi-


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capped     who wouldn't be quiet...     unless

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his dad would sing him a.....song

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So yea...     It wasn't    long        before

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they found out just where we   were....

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                But...

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I wasn't mad......     at that kid at

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All....                       I just..


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Felt so sad....when his dad said...


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Goodnight Boy.....  Go to sleep Boy

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Shutup... Boy ....for me


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Goodnight Boy.....  Go to sleep Boy

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Shutup....Boy.......for me


He repeats the last 8 measures a few times and ends on G with "The troops rush in."

There you go.  When I play it alone on guitar I substitute a D/F# for the Gmaj7...It
sounds better...he might actually play something different at that part, it's hard to tell
the organ over it.

Anyways, enjoy!