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Neon Bible Tab

by Arcade Fire


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			     NEON BIBLE – Arcade Fire
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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

Intro

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|

  Guitar 2 (Very faint in the background. Just mess around with the notes.
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

---

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|

  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Verse

A Vial of hope and a vial of pain,
In the light they both looked the same.

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|	
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Poured them out on into the world,
On every boy and every girl.

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|	
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus

It’s in the Neon Bible,
The Neon Bible

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|	
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right.

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|	
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

---

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|	
A|-----------------------------------------------|	
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Verse

Take the poison of your age,
Don’t lick your fingers when you turn the page,

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|

  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

What I know is what you know is right,
In the city it’s the only light

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|

  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus

It’s in the Neon Bible,
The Neon Bible

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|	
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right.

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|	
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

---

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|	
A|-----------------------------------------------|	
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|	
											
  Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Verse variation

Oh God! well look at you now!
Oh! you lost it, but you don’t know how!

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----4-----------------5-----4--------------|
E|--------------2-----5-----------------2-----5--|

In the light of a golden calf,
Oh God! I had to laugh

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----4-----------------5-----4--------------|
E|--------------2-----5-----------------2-----5--|

Verse

Take the poison of your age,
Don’t lick your fingers when you turn the page,

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|

It was wrong but you said it was right,
In the future I will read at night.

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------2-----4-----------------2--|
E|--------5-----4-----------------5-----4--------|

Chorus

In the Neon Bible,
the Neon Bible

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|	
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|	
										
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is true.

  Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|-----------------------------------------------|	
A|--4-----------------------4--------------------|	
E|--------5-----4-----0-----------5-----4-----0--|	

Outro

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|	
A|-----------------------------------------------|	
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|

---										

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------|	
B|-----------------------------------------------|	
G|-----------------------------------------------|	
D|--------------------7-----------------------7--|	
A|-----------------------------------------------|	
E|--5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5--------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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