Time To Pretend Acoustic chords by MGMT

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Intermediate

MGMT - Time To Pretend
Submitted by: babah

Caoustic version

*** 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-----------| x 5
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




THE END!