Alien Days Chords

by MGMT
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
Author iimjpii [a] 101. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

F
C
F7
Db
Gdim
Asus4
Dm
C#
F/C
Fmaj7
Eb
Ebm
Bb
Bdim
E
Gb
Ab
Abadd9
Eb6
Fm
D
Bbmaj7
Bb7
A
G#
G
D#
A#
B

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As performed 4/3/12 at Quilmes Rock in Argentina...
 
==PART A==
 
F C F F7
Sometimes the windmills combine with the suns in a way 
 
Db Gdim Asus4 Asus4
That twitches on a picketed place where the spirits lay, hey
 
Dm Dm/C# F/C Fmaj7/C
One thing leads to another, nights for sleep blue curtains cover
 
Eb Ebm Bb Bb
Sequins in the eyes, that's a fine time to dine
 
Bdim Bdim
Divine hair circling feeding the cards to the midwives
 
F C F C
Love those alien days, the nonstop alien days
 
F C F F (drums and bass come in)
Oh, the alien days
 
==PART A'==
F C F F7
Must have scared the ship in joining the team for a ride.
 
Db Gdim Asus4 Asus4
A couple of hours to learn the controls and commandeer both my eyes, hey
 
Dm Dm/C# F Fmaj7/E
Be quick dear, times are uncertain, one month crawling, next year blurring
 
Eb Ebm Bb Bb
Decades in the drain, monograms on the brain
 
Bdim Bdim
Decide what's working and what's moved on to the
 
F/C C F/C C
last phase. The floodgate alien days, I love those alien days
 
F/C C F F
Oh, the alien days
 
==PART B==
Gb Ab Db Db
When the piers are down the ears are traveling in style.
 
Gb Abadd9 Bb Bb
You don't need wings to hover forty ton stones for a mile
 
Ebm Ebm Eb6 Eb6
And in the summer, virgin fishes, mindless humming, thunders can't decide
 
Gb Ab Fm/D Fm/D
If the day's supposed to smile
 
F/C C F/C C
 
 
(synth line:
1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1  2  3 4   1 2 3 4
AGA-F-GD -------- AbGAb-F-GDb ------F E)
Bbmaj7   Bbmaj7   Bb7         Bb7
 
(synth line:
1 2 3  4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
--A-DC#DE -------- F-D-E-C#- A-G-F-E-)
A         A        A         A
 
(synth line:                 guitar:
1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1  2 3 4   1   2   3 4
FEF-AGAD ---AFDA- G# G G# F-G D# D# E# G# A# C#--)
Dm       Dm       C#         C#
 
==PART A''==
F/C C F F7
Today I finally found ways it could be any worse.
 
Db Gdim Gdim Gdim
It's a blessing and it's also a curse
 
Gdim Gdim Gdim Gdim
 
 
==PART B'==
Gb Ab Db Db
Those days taught me everything I know
 
Gb Ab Bb Bb
How to catch your feeling and when to let it go
 
Ebm Ebm Eb6 Eb6
How all the skinny soulless creatures campfire dreamers humming in the
 
Gb Ab Fm/D Fm/D
hive, if it's right beneath the nose
 
Gb Ab Db Db
And when the light is new the skies show strangling cartoons
 
Gb Ab Bb Bb
You don't need smoke to cover most of the world in a gloom but
 
Ebm Ebm Eb6 Eb6
Here comes Lucy and her servant, watch white feathers, ripping out the
 
Gb Ab Fm/D Fm/D
lines, if it looks like we could lose
 
Gb Ab Fm/D Fm/D
If it looks like we could lose
 
Gb Ab Fm/D Fm/D
If it looks like we could lose
 
Gb Ab Fm/D Fm/D
If it looks like we could lose
 
(synth line:
1  2 3 4   1  2 3 4   1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4
Bb-----Bb C Ab-F---Eb- F------- --------)
Gb         Ab         Fm/D     Fm/D         x 10
 
 
 
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2 comments
newunkindness
How the heck did you manage to tab this out when they haven't even released a studio version yet? I'm impressed. Also I can't wait for the album to come out.
+1
shelbyoldfield9
Look at Ver 2 for the correct (and easier to read) chords. Also, these lyrics, while sometimes right, are often atrociously wrong.
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