Mother Nature chords by MGMT

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: F#

Tuning: Half-step Down (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)


🎸 Intro:

G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B (x2)

🎸 Verse 1:
G  Gadd9/F#  Cmaj7     Cmaj13/B
  I put the groceries down on the front lawn
G  Gadd9/F#      Cmaj7       Cmaj13/B
  and think maybe the children just want recognition
G  Gadd9/F#  Cmaj7     Cmaj13/B
  I wrote the fairytale on a midnight drive
G  Gadd9/F#  Cmaj7    Cmaj13/B
  Wanting to know if I’m more than alive

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Em        A7             C
  I torched the fields again and killed an honest man
     D     Daug
  Now I understand Mother Nature

🎸 Verse 2:
G  Gadd9/F#  Cmaj7     Cmaj13/B
  Watch me running head-first into the thorns
G  Gadd9/F#   Cmaj7       Cmaj13/B
  It’s like the lights are off but somebody’s home

🎸 Chorus:
Em       Am
  Unwrap that tourniquet ‘round the sun
Em       Am         C/B
  Turn those subtle reds into neon
C         A7
  You’ll see the difference when it’s done,
     G        G/F#
  But I understand your hesitation

🎸 Verse 3:
G  Gadd9/F#  Cmaj7       Cmaj13/B
  Come take a walk with me down billionaire’s row
G  Gadd9/F# Cmaj7      Cmaj13/B
  Trying to keep our balance over zero
G  Gadd9/F#    Cmaj7      Cmaj13/B
  We’ll write the fairytale for the rest of our lives
G  Gadd9/F#   Cmaj7   Cmaj13/B
  Throwing the trash away one more time

🎸 Chorus:
Em     Am
  Holding on to Love like a stone
Em     Am        C/B
  Melting down today for tomorrow’s
C
Covenant of the heart
       A7
You know it’s turbulent from the start
   G        G/F#
And I understand it’s not your nature

🎸 Bridge:
Em A7 G D
      But you need a friend
C A7 G Bm
      To take you home
Em A7 G D
      You’ve got to begin
C A7  G Bm
  Again

🎸 Verse 4:
C/G     G        G/F#
   To open castle gates and let me go inside
C/G        G        G/F#
   and taste the bitter tea that won’t let you hide
C/G       G      G/F#
   Then we can take away as much as we can steal
C/G        G       G/F#
   Break all the precious bones before the guards appear
C/G       G     G/F#
   Before the fantasy is cast into the fire
C/G         G       G/F#
   And strike the temple bell to resonate the

🎸 Chorus:
C
Covenant of the heart
       A7
You know what comes right after the dark,
   G        G/F#
But I understand your hesitation

🎸 Outro:
G Gadd9/F# Cmaj7 Cmaj13/B (x8)


Chords Instructions:
G:    320003
Gadd9/F#: 2x0005
Cmaj7:  x32003
Cmaj13/B: x2x005
Em:    022000
A7:    x02020
C:    x32010
D:    xx0232
Daug:   xx0332
Am:    x02210
C/B:   x2x010
G/F#:   2x0003
Bm:    x24432
C/G:   332010