MGMT – Time To Pretend (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (5)

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Chords

Here is how I play this on my acoustic. I like it this way as you can hit the the root notes easily. (everything relative to capo) [Intro]
e|---3---3---3---3-|---1---0---1---3-|
B|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
G|-----------------|-----------------| (x4)
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

WEE TUNE
e|------------------------|
B|-3-1-0--------5----5----|
G|--------2--0------------| (x5)
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
[Verse 1] (fig 1)
   C                              F (x33210)
   I'm feelin rough  I'm feelin   raw I'm in the prime of my

e|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)----|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)---|
B|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)----|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)---|
G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2--0-|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

   C
   life

e|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)----|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)---|
B|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)----|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)---|
G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

C                               F                          C
Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives.

C                              F                        C
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars.

C                          F                       C
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.
[Pre-Chorus]
F
This is our decision to live fast and die young.

                                          C
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun

F
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?

                                                C
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
[Chorus 1]
G                                Em
Forget about our mothers and our friends.

        F     G     C
We were fated to pretend.

        F           C
              to pretend.

        F           C
We were fated to pretend.

        F           C
              to pretend.
[Verse 2]
C                                 F                      C
I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms.

C                           F                            C
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world.

C                            F                          C
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home.

C                                  F                          C
Yeah I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.
[Pre-Chorus] (Fig 2.)
F
But there is really nothing, nothing we can do.

                                                 C
Love must be forgotten. Life can always start up anew.

F
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce,

                                                     C
we'll find some more models, Everything must run its course.
[Chorus]
G                                             Em
We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end.

        F     G     C
We were fated to pretend.

        F           C
              to pretend.

        F           C
We were fated to pretend.

        F           C
              to pretend.
and so it goes... **********************************************************
(Fig 2.) I usually fiddle with the chords a bit this time round with this sort of thing.
   F                          C
e|-0.....-0.....-0.....-0-|   0..--0--0..-------|
B|-1.....-0.....-1.....-3-|   1..--1--1..0-1----|
G|-2.....-2.....-2.....-2-|   0..0-0--0..---2-0-|
D|-3.....-3.....-3.....-3-|   2..--3--2..-------|
A|-3.....-3.....-3.....---|   3..--3--3..-------|
E|--.....--.....--.....---|   ------------------|
 There..Nothing-.Love...Life
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