MGMT – People In The Streets (Guitar Acoustic)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Chords

Chords picked the whole song. Asus2.....x0220x G6 ...3x200x *It's also likely just Asus2 over all those root notes D6/F#.....2x020x Asus2/B...x2220x
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb|--0---------0~----0---------0~----0---------0~----0---------0~----
Gb|--------2---------------0---------------2---------------2---------
Db|------2---------2-----2---------2-----0---------0-----2---------2-
Ab|--0-------0---------------------------------------2-------2-------
Eb|------------------3-------3-------2-------2-----------------------
    *pick softly, let resonate
     1   -   &    -  2   -   &   -   3   -   &   -   4   -   &
For the prechorus and chorus, just play any g voicings and follow the bass notes. Notes in parentheses () are bass notes. Listen for timing. Towards the end the acoustic chords start to sound like Mother Nature strums from earlier in the album. Those chords are as following G.........320033 Gadd9/F#..2x0005 Cmaj7.....x32000 Gadd9/B...x20005 [Intro] Asus2 G6 D6/F# Asus2/B (D) (E) X4 [Verse 1]
Asus2/E         G6     
     Life keeps on going

D6/F#             Asus2/B   (D)    (E)
     Showing you things that you can't unsee

Asus2                   G6     
    In the sense of un  -  knowing why

D6/F#     Asus2/B  (D)   (E)
          Anything happens to-

Asus2                  G6             D6/F#  
-be    And just as the sun comes out again

    Asus2/B     (D)      (E)  Asus2
    Something is blocking the light

G6                  D6/F#  
    But it's all right
Asus2/B (D) (E) [Break] Asus2 G6 D6/F# Asus2/B (D)(E) [Verse 2]
Asus2            G6     
     The inside's still glowing.

D6/F#           Asus2/B   (D)     (E)
   Telling the heart - what it wants  to-

Asus2                   G6           D6/F#  
-hear.  But what if - it's  only-lies,

    Asus2/B   (D)  (E)  
   Twist-ed apart by-
[Pre-Chorus 1]
 G5/E                         G5/D
-fear?  Well-that's-when-the-brain, waves  good  bye!

G5                         G5/F#             (A)
   From the front-of-the-train, Where-the-coal  is-

 G5/C                           G5/B
-burned.  And you know   the re-frain

                      G5
Without hearing a sound.

                 G5/F#             (A)
So you sing it again,    'Cause  you won't
[Chorus Tease]
 Asus2/E                      G6     
 Learn from the people in the streets.
D6/F# Asus2/B (D) (E) [Verse – instrumental pickup] Asus2 G6 D6/F# Asus2/B (D)(E) [Verse 3]
Asus2           G6     
     Wheels left the ground

G6            D6/F#       (A)
     Hoping to fly past the road-

Asus2                  G6           D6/F#  
-ahead. Components start breaking down

        Asus2/B (D)     (E)
    And sooner or later you're-

Asus2                   G6                 D6/F#  
dead!   And just when the wool goes over the eyes

    Asus2/B   (D)   (E)  Asus2
    Somebody moves you along         (hammeroff descend)

    G6                    D6/F#    Asus2/B (B)(A)(E)
       But  it's  all  wrong!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G5/E                  G5/D
   And someone complained! that the fire was out.

G5                       G5/F#            (A)
   So they shut off the rain! and let the flames return.

G5/C                 G5/B                          G5
   Now they had to rename! all the tricks in the book.

                     G5/F#              (A)
And I'm starting to doubt,     Where  I - once--
[Chorus]
G5/E                               G5/D
stood.  And-there's pe-ople-in-the-streets!

   G5                         G5/F#  (A)
       There's people in the streets!

   G5/C                  G/B
        People in the streets

(D) G5 (D)(G / A) (G)         (D) G5/F#
           11There's people in the streets
[Instrumental Bridge] G/D 2x bars ---------- G 1x ----------
G/F#     (A)
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G/D 1x ---------- G/B 1x ---------- G 1x ---------- G/F# 1x ---------- G/C 2x [Verse – instrumental pickup] Asus2 G6 D6/F# Asus2/B (D)(E) [Verse 4]
Asus2        G6     
   End of - the line

D6/F#               Asus2/B (D) (E)
    In real time,     I stopped

Asus2        G6        (F#)
clinging   to what's mine

Asus2/B (D)
riff
NC 2 beats [Pre-Chorus]
G/E                        G/F#                    G
   They're marching to the beat of a different drum

                   G/F#              G/C
   Going over receipts with a magnifier

                    G/B                      G
The people in the streets aren't singing along

                          G/F#                        G/E
'Cause they're probably sick and they're probably tired

                   G/F#                    G
  I listen for the sound of the starting gun

                              G/F#                     G/C
  But when you're living the dream and your ears are bad

                     G/B                        G
 The people in the streets aren't part of the fun

               G/A         (F#)
And I'd go and join them, but I'm so
[Chorus]
   G/E                            G/D
  Scared   of-the-people-in-the-streets!

   G                         G/F#   (A)
         The people in the streets!

   G/C                   G/B  
         People in the streets.

 G   (G)(D) (G)          G/F#     (A)
         The people-in-the-streets.
[Instrumental Outro/Chant] G