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Time To Pretend by MGMT - Guitar Chords
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MGMT - Time To Pretend
Here is how I play this on my acoustic.
I like it this way as you can hit the the root notes easily.
Capo 2nd Fret.
(everything relative to Capo)
[Intro]
E|--3-3-3-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3-1-0-1-|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|------------------------------|
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...
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(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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| (n) Ghost note
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We also have 10 songs by MGMT
- Congratulations
- Electric Feel
- Flash Delirium
- In The Afternoon
- Kids
- Of Moons Birds And Monsters
- Pieces Of What
- Siberian Breaks
- Time To Pretend
- Weekend Wars
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