Weekend
Neon Trees
Standard Tuning
Submitted by: mnzero4
My second submission ever, it sounds pretty good to me played with the song.
Please leave any suggestions in the comments below.
You'll definitely be helping me out.
Chords to know: D  A  G  Bm  Dm7  B5  A5
              |–2––0–(3)–2––––0–––X–––X––|
              |–3––2––3––3––––3–––X–––X––|
              |–2––2––0––4––––2–––4–––2––|
              |–0–(2)–0––4––––0–––4–––2––|
              |–X––0––2––2––––X–––2–––0––|
              |–X––X––3––X––––X–––X–––X––|
Intro:
   D     Dm7        
|––2–––––0–––––––––2–––––0–––––––––––|
|––––3–––––3–2–3–––––3–––––3–2–3–––––|
|––––––2–––––––––2–––––2–––––––––2–––|
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D A G
Power Chord B5–A5
[Verse]
  D                     A
I found my love, it was just last week
    G                         
She really had me turnin on
        D                 A
I fight for hours just to try and speak
        G                      
Tell my babe I was the only one
B5    –   A5   D
Don't you know how it feels
   A
To get days and months and years
G
Trapped inside a waking dream
         D               A
I bet ya you and I could sit back tonight and try
           G
to make it more than just a fantasy
[Pre–Chorus]
Bm
We are fast youth goin' nowhere
G
Burnin' this town like we don't care
Bm                                     G
Nothin' you say could ever put out our fire
[Chorus]
            D        Dm7         (A)         G
We could pretend, pretend for the weekend
            D        Dm7         (A)         G
We could pretend, pretend for the weekend
   Bm
Outside, the night's as young as us
  G
Tonight it's just the two of us
   D         Dm7                    G 
Pretend, pretend for the weekend
B5 – A5
[Verse 2]
  D                     A
I found my love, it was just last week
        G
She was smooth with her heart glasses on
           D              A
I felt the fire, fire was in my feet
      G
Get a–way while the night's still young
B5   –    A5   D
Don't you know how it feels
   A  
To get days and months and years
G
Trapped inside a waking dream
         D               A
I bet ya you and I could sit back tonight and try
           G
To make it more than just a fantasy
[Pre–chorus]
Bm
We are fast youth goin nowhere
G
Burnin' this town like we don't care
Bm                                     G
Nothin' you say could ever put out our fire
(No, no, no!)
[Chorus]
            D        Dm7         (A)         G
We could pretend, pretend for the weekend
            D        Dm7         (A)         G
We could pretend, pretend for the weekend
   Bm
Outside, the night's as young as us
  G
Tonight it's just the two of us
   D         Dm7                   G 
Pretend, pretend for the weekend
[Bridge] (Plays like the Pre–Chorus)
Bm
We are the ones that put on the show
G
I'm the one that never let go
Bm                           G
    I'm never alone when I'm around you, around you
 D
[Break](softly) (you could play intro here)
       D           D7           G
we can pretend, pretend for the weekend
       D           D7           G
we can pretend, pretend for the weekend
(You can play this like chorus here)
D   Dm7
oh, oh       \
D   Dm7
oh, oh         \
                  x2 , third time do Bm and D and back to D, A, G for the 4th.
A
oh, oh         /
     G       /
nana–nanana   
[Outro]
Bm
Nobody knows me like you
G
Nobody knows me like you
Bm
We got a lot to get through
G
Nobody knows me, nobody knows me
Bm
Outside, the night's as young as us
G
Tonight it's just the two of us
   D        D7           G
Pretend, pretend for the weekend
End on D