Time To Pretend Chords

by MGMT
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 2nd fret
Author Hairy Cornflake [a] 723.
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Chords

C
F
G
Em

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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-|
B|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
G|-----------------|-----------------| (x4)
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
WEE TUNE
e|------------------------|
B|-3-1-0--------5----5----|
G|--------2--0------------| (x5)
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
 
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| (n)  Ghost note
 
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18 comments
gina_floss
This is fantastic. I like to add a G chord in the pre-chorus. The chord progression would go F G, F G C. So in the first pre-chorus, I'll play G on the word live and now. I hope this helps somebody!
+8
faker33
extra star for "Wee Tune" for the hook
+6
orange_juice
why bother using a capo? it would be easier to just replace the C's with D's, the F's with G's, and the G's with A's.
+4