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MGMT

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
pattern for verse and chorus (optional - you can just strum too):

For Dm:

e|------1------------|

B|--3-------3----3---|

G|----2-------2------|

D|-0-----------------|

A|-------------------|

E|-------------------| x2

For C:

e|------0------------|

B|----------3--------|

G|--0--------0---0---|

D|----2--------2-----|

A|-3-----------------|

E|-------------------| x2

(and so on for the rest of the chords)

[Verse]
Dm C G
Evil S I yes to find a shore
C G F
A beast that doesn't quiver anymore
Dm C
And we could crush some plants to
F
paint my walls
And we could crush some plants to paint my walls
Am
And I won't try to fight in the
F
weekend wars
And I won't try to fight in the weekend wars
Dm C G
Was I? I was too lazy to bathe
C G
Or paint or write or try to make a
F
change
Or paint or write or try to make a change
Dm C
Now I can shoot a gun to kill my
F
lunch
Now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch
Am
And I don't have to love or think too
F
much
And I don't have to love or think too much
[Chorus]
A Dm C F A
Instant battle plans written on the
Bb
sidewalk
Instant battle plans written on the sidewalk
A Dm C F A
Mental mystics in a twisted metal
Bb
car
Mental mystics in a twisted metal car
A Dm C F Gm A Bb
Tried to amplify the sound of light
C
and love
Tried to amplify the sound of light and love
[Instrumental]
C C/Bb Am7 A7/C#
[Verse]
Dm
Christ is cursed of fathers and
C G
mothers
Christ is cursed of fathers and mothers
C G
Might even take a knife to split a
F
hair
Might even take a knife to split a hair
Dm C
Or even scare the children off my
F
lawn
Or even scare the children off my lawn
Am
Giving us time to make the makeshift
F
bombs
Giving us time to make the makeshift bombs
Dm C G
Every mess invested was a score
C G F
We couldn't use computers anymore
Dm C
But it's difficult to win unless
F
you're bored
But it's difficult to win unless you're bored
Am
And you might have to plan for the
F
weekend wars
And you might have to plan for the weekend wars
[Instrumental]
Am Dm

C G

F

[Chorus]
A Dm C F A
Try to break my heart I'll drive to
Bb
Arizona
Try to break my heart I'll drive to Arizona
A Dm C F A
It might take a hundred years to
Bb
grow an arm
It might take a hundred years to grow an arm
A Dm C F Gm A
I'll sit and listen to the sound of
Bb A
sand and cold
I'll sit and listen to the sound of sand and cold
Dm C F A
Twisted diamond heart, I'm the
Bb
weekend warrior
Twisted diamond heart, I'm the weekend warrior
A Dm C F A
My predictions are the only things
Bb
I have
My predictions are the only things I have
A Dm C F Gm A Bb
I can amplify the sound of light
C
and love
I can amplify the sound of light and love
[Instrumental]
C C/Bb Am7 C/Ab

C/G

[Outro]
C/G Bb/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
Bb
When I open up my mouth
F
There's a reason I don't win
C/G
I don't know how to begin
Bb/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
Bb
When I open up my mouth
F
There's a reason I don't win
C/G
I don't know how to begin
fade out
[Outro]
C/G Bb/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
Bb
When I open up my mouth
F
There's a reason I don't win
C/G
I don't know how to begin
C/G Bb/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
Bb
When I open up my mouth
F
There's a reason I don't win
C/G
I don't know how to begin