Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Intermediate
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Submitted by: babah
Caoustic version
*** Capo 2nd Fret ****
(everything relative to Capo)
INTRO
E MajorE|--3-3-3-3-1-0-1-3-3-3-3-1-0-1-|
BB|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
WEE TUNE
E MajorE|--------------------|
BB|-3-1-0-----5-5------|
G+G|------2-0-----------| x 5
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|
VERSE 1 (fig 1)
C majorC 
FF (x33210)
I'm feelin rough I'm feelin raw I'm in the prime of my
E MajorE|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)----|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)---|
BB|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)----|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)---|
G+G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2--0-|
D MajorD|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
A augmentedA|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C majorC
life
E MajorE|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)----|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)---|
BB|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)----|-1--(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)-(1)---|
G+G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-|
D MajorD|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A augmentedA|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C majorC FF C majorC
Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives.
C majorC FF C majorC
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars.
C majorC FF C majorC
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.
PRE-CHORUS
FF
This is our decision to live fast and die young.
C majorC
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun
FF
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
C majorC
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
CHORUS 1
G+G 
E minorEm
Forget about our mothers and our friends.
FF G+G C majorC
We were fated to pretend.
FF C majorC
to pretend.
FF C majorC
We were fated to pretend.
FF C majorC
to pretend.
VERSE 2
C majorC FF C majorC
I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms.
C majorC FF C majorC
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world.
C majorC FF C majorC
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home.
C majorC FF C majorC
Yeah I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.
PRE-CHORUS (Fig 2.)
FF
But there is really nothing, nothing we can do.
C majorC
Love must be forgotten. Life can always start up anew.
FF
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce,
C majorC
we'll find some more models, Everything must run its course.
CHORUS
G+G E minorEm
We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end.
FF G+G C majorC
We were fated to pretend.
FF C majorC
to pretend.
FF C majorC
We were fated to pretend.
FF C majorC
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.
FF C majorC
E MajorE|-0.....-0.....-0.....-0-| 0..--0--0..-------|
BB|-1.....-0.....-1.....-3-| 1..--1--1..0-1----|
G+G|-2.....-2.....-2.....-2-| 0..0-0--0..---2-0-|
D MajorD|-3.....-3.....-3.....-3-| 2..--3--2..-------|
A augmentedA|-3.....-3.....-3.....---| 3..--3--3..-------|
E MajorE|--.....--.....--.....---| ------------------|
There..Nothing-.Love...Life
THE END!
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