The Arcade Fire - Ready To Start Tab

Intro

  
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b                     
  
g                     
  
d                     
  
a                     
  
e 9  9  9  9  9  9  9 


  
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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)

  
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b                                                          
  
g                                                          
  
d 12 11 12 11 12 12 11  12 11  12 11 12 11 12 12 11  12 11 
  
a                                                          
  
e                                                          


  
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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)

  
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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                   


  
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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

  
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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 


  
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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.