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-----------| x 5 D|--------------------| A|--------------------| E|--------------------| VERSE 1 (fig 1) C (x32010@1) F(x33210) (133211@1) 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 (x32010@1) 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 (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars. PRE-CHORUS F (133211@1) This is our decision to live fast and die young. C (x32010@1)We've got the vision, now let's have some fun F (133211@1) Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? C (x32010@1)Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute? CHORUS 1 G (320003@1) EmForget (022000@1)about our mothers and our friends. F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CWe (x32010@1)were fated to pretend. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) to pretend. F (133211@1) CWe (x32010@1)were fated to pretend. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) to pretend. VERSE 2 C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CI'll (x32010@1)miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CI'll (x32010@1)miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CI'll (x32010@1)miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CYeah (x32010@1)I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone. PRE-CHORUS (Fig 2.) F (133211@1) But there is really nothing, nothing we can do. CLove (x32010@1)must be forgotten. Life can always start up anew. F (133211@1) The models will have children, we'll get a divorce, Cwe'll (x32010@1)find some more models, Everything must run its course. CHORUS G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end. F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CWe (x32010@1)were fated to pretend. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) to pretend. F (133211@1) CWe (x32010@1)were fated to pretend. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) to pretend. and so it goes... ********************************************************** (Fig 2.) I usually fiddle with the chords a bit this time round with this sort of thing. F (133211@1) CE|-0.....-0.....-0.....-0-| (x32010@1) 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
