MGMT – Brian Eno (Ukulele)

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Great song from a great album. Chords used: Verse: Dm - 000231 Bbm - 113321 Am - 002210/577555 Gm - 355333 Chorus: D - 000232 Bm - 224432 G - 320003/355433 A - 002220/577655
Dm
So tired

Bbm
Soul searching 

Am
I followed the sounds to a cathedral

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Imagine my surprise to find that they were produded by Brian Eno
Verse:
Dm
Past the gates

Bbm
Quite stark

Am                       Asus2
The roses trimmed and the windows dark

Dm                       Bbm
I see the walls through a limestone crack

Am                     Asus2
Not red, not blue, not yellow, but black

Gm                        Am (barre)
And all the space left for you

Gm
If the sky was synthesized you'd probably know

Dm           Bbm
He taught me many things

Am               Asus2
The wisdom of o' bleak stratagems

Dm               Bbm
The prophet of a sapphire soul

Am               Asus2
Presented through creative freedoms

Gm                      Am (barre)
And everything I say is true

Gm
'Cause if i was telling lies it'd probably show
Chorus:
D                   Bm
I can tell that he's kind of smiling

G
But what does he know?

D               Bm
We're always one step behind him

G
He's Brian Eno (Brian Eno)

A
Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
Verse: When I was stuck he'd make me memorize elaborate curses Tinctures and formulas To ditch the choir and flip the verses My whole foundation came unglued When I tried to humanize by ambient light Chorus: Dipping swords in metaphors yeah But what does he know? He's go the whole world behind him He's Brian Eno (Brian Eno) Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!) Breakdown:
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He promised pretty worlds and all the silence I could dream of 

Dm         Bbm
Brian Peter George St. John
Le Baptiste de la Salle Eno
D                     Bm                      G
Well all alone by the oldest stone where the shade trees grow 
(What does he know?)
D                  Bm                     G
The creature by the water feature with a ghostly glow 
(Brian Eno!)
D                           Bm
Yeah, he's making sure that time's preserved well 

G
We reap what we sow 
(What does he know?)
D               Bm
We're always one step behind him 

G
He's Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)

D                         Bm
Yeah, I can tell that he's doing well yeah

G
What does he know? (What does he know?!)

D             Bm
I'm always one step behind him

G
He's Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)