MGMT is a neo-psychedelic/alternative group which formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums) and Ben Goldwasser (vocals, keyboards, synths, drums), both alumni of Wesleyan University. Recently confirmed as official band members are Matthew Asti (bass), James Richardson (Guitar, Backing vocals), and Will Berman (drums), who also played and wrote parts of Congratulations.  

MGMT, précédemment connu sous le nom de The Management, est un groupe américain de rock alternatif. Originaire de Brooklyn (New York), le groupe est composé de Ben Goldwasser et Andrew VanWyngarden. En 2005, 3 nouveaux membres les ont rejoint.  Ben Goldwasser et Andrew VanWyngarden créent le groupe en décembre 2002 alors qu'ils étudient tous les deux à l'Université wesleyenne, dans le Connecticut. Leur musique est alors orientée rock psychédélique et électronique. En 2005, après l'obtention de leur diplôme, ils commencent à partir en tournée pour promouvoir leur premier maxi Time to Pretend.

MGMT (abgekürzt für Management) ist eine US-amerikanische Indietronicband  aus New York. Sie wurde 2002 gegründet und besteht aus den beiden Musikern Andrew VanWyngarden und Ben Goldwasser.  Bandgeschichte VanWyngarden und Goldwasser lernten sich auf der Wesleyan University in Connecticut beim Studium experimenteller Musik kennen und begannen, ihre gemeinsamen Vorstellungen zusammen in Kurzauftritten vor studentischem Publikum umzusetzen. Sie nannten sich The Management, später nur noch MGMT.

MGMT es un grupo estadounidense de Brooklyn, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Está compuesto por Andrew VanWyngarden (guitarra y primera voz), Ben Goldwasser (teclado maestro y voz),  James Richardson (guitarra), Matt Asti (bajo) y  Will Berman (batería). Anteriormente eran conocidos como &quot;The Management&quot;. La banda se formó en el año 2002 y debutaron profesionalmente en 2007 con el álbum Oracular Spectacular, editado por Columbia Records.  

Verse 1:

G               Em     
    Dead in the water   
C                  D
It's not a paid vacation
G                 Em           C       
    The sons and daughters of city officials 
              D
Attend demonstrations
G                 Em        
    It's hardly a sink or swim
     C                   D
When all is well if the ticket sells

Break 1:
G   Em  D  C  Am  Am

Verse 2:

G              Em    
    Out with? a wimper
C                   D
It's not a blaze of glory
G                           Em
    You look down from your temple 
            C                    D
As people endeavor to make it a story
G                Em      
    And chisel a marble word
C           D
But all is lost if it's never heard

Break 2:

G   C7   G   G7

Chorus:

C
But I've got someone to make reports
D
That tell me how my money's spent
C
To book? my stays and draw my blinds
D
So I can't see what's really there
D
And all I need's a great big congratulations

G   Em  C  D     Am  Am


Just repeat for the rest of the song:

Verse 3:

I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems 
I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

Break 1

Verse 4:

The difference is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn
Steinways and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock of all the waste
And salt to taste

Break 2

Chorus 2:

But damn my? luck and damn these friends
That keep on combing back their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my arms and soak up congratulations

Congratulations

Dm
So tired
Bb
Soul searching 
Am
I followed the sounds to a cathedral
Dm            Bb                     Am                                            
Imagine my surprise to find that they were produded by Brian Eno

Dm
Past the gates
Bb
Quite stark
Am                       
The roses trimmed and the windows dark
Dm                       Bb
I see the walls through a limestone crack
Am                     
Not red, not blue, not yellow, but black
Gm                        Am 
And all the space left for you
Gm
If the sky was synthesized you'd probably know

Dm           Bb
He taught me many things
Am               
The wisdom of o' bleak stratagems
Dm               Bb
The prophet of a sapphire soul
Am               
Presented through creative freedoms
Gm                      Am
And everything I say is true
Gm
'Cause if i was telling lies it'd probably show

D                   Bm
I can tell that he's kind of smiling
G
But what does he know?
D               Bm
We're always one step behind him
G
He's Brian Eno (Brian Eno)
A
Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)

A-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-------
E----------------------1-0--
C--------------------------2
G---------------------0-----

# Verse, then chorus

Dm         Bb                Am
He promised pretty worlds and all the silence I could dream of 
Dm         Bb
Brian Peter George St. John
Le Baptiste de la Salle Eno

D                     Bm                      G
Well all alone by the oldest stone where the shade trees grow 
(What does he know?)
D                  Bm                     G
The creature by the water feature with a ghostly glow 
(Brian Eno!)
D                           Bm
Yeah, he's making sure that time's preserved well 
G
We reap what we sow 
(What does he know?)
D               Bm
We're always one step behind him 
G
He's Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
D                         Bm
Yeah, I can tell that he's doing well yeah
G
What does he know? (What does he know?!)
D             Bm
I'm always one step behind him
G
He's Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)

Brian Eno

Dm

F
Mild apprehension
      Dm                       A
Blank dreams of the coming fun
F
 Distort the odds of a turnaround
    Dm                       A
Gut screams out next to none
           B
So turn it on
        E
Tune it in
         A
And stay inert
         F
You say "I've got the backbone"
         Dm                    A
The back way to escape the gun
F
 Climbing a tree with a missing limb
        Dm            A
And not saving anyone
           B
And now it hurts
           E
To stay at home and see

A
Flash 

The mirror ball's throwing mold
    Dm
You can't get a grip if there's nothing to hold
        B
See the flash catch a white lily laugh and wilt
          E
So if you must smash a glass first fill it to the hilt


F
Plants

As far as I know are still, 
C              A
 Still bending toward the light
          F
And if we dance

Until the heart explodes
      Dm                A
It'll make this place ignite
F                 G
 And even if this hall collapses
C                  Am                  F
 I can stand by my pillar of hope it's just
  Dm            A
A case of Flash Delirium


F
Here's a growing culture

Deep inside a corpse
Dm
Ages stuck together
A
Taking it to the source
F
Timeless desperation
C
Pictures on a screen scream
Dm           A
 "hey people, what does it mean?"

B   E   A

F                Fm
Comfort keeps us nice
   C               A
So quick to donate everything
    B                               E
Die wolken drifting blinding smiles circling 
    F      Fm       C
And time's tingling spines
 A                 B
Attaching hands to floor
    E           
The rosy-tinted 

A
Flash

The hot dog's getting cold
           Dm
And you'll never be as good as the Rolling Stones
          B
Watch the birds in the airport gathering dirt
          E
Crowd the clean magazine chick lifting up her skirt


F
 Why close one eye and try to
C                  Am
 Pledge allegiance to the sun
F                                Dm         A
 When plastic ghosts start terrorizing everyone
F          G
 Geometric troops aligning
C               Am
 Carried up to the burial mounds
F
 My earthbound heart is heavy
C               Am
 Your heartbeat keeps things light
F                          Dm              A
 With the violence forever threatening the night
   F             G
And even if this hall collapses
C                  Am                 B
 I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust
                     E
That our heads won't bust


F                  Ab
Six six, five five red battleships
      C
Forty earthlike planets
      A
Three holes two tits
    B
One fork in it's side
     E
Zero tears in their eyes

F
Sue the spiders

Sink the Welsh
Ab
Stab your facebook

Sell sell sell
C
Undercooked

Overdone
A
Mass adulation not so funny
B
Poisoned honey

Pseudo science
E
Silly money
                 A
You're my honey

Flash Delirium

G             Em           C            Em
Hey I found a whistle that hangs like a charm
G              Em                    C           D
And when my noose is tied I could blow it and fall down into your
Bm            A            Bm              F
Arms, fifteen centuries of dissolution and grief
     G             D               C
to return a yellow trickster and a thief

# (Repeat for all verses)

# Last chorus
     G              D            C           G
This time I found a whistle that works every time
G              D            C      B7
Yeah I found a whistle that works, hangs like a charm
G         D            C           G
I found a whistle that works every time
G              D            C      B7
Yeah I found a whistle that works, closes my eye every-
C                     D                        G
time  A whistle, I forgot it, I forgot it this time

I Found A Whistle

According to the Dan Treacy Songfacts, this song is named after a friend of the band, the lead singer of cult English indie band  Television Personalities.Read more on Last.fm.

D             Bm
He spends his time
         G 
or maybe half of his time
   Bb
or part of the time wandering
           D                  Bm                     Em
'round the creeks and cobble stones of hackney lanes
D                  Bm
with a tear in his eye
        G                       Bb
as the children walk by, he's thinking of a song
     D                 Bm           Em
then stops to paint a picture of a frown
Gbm        Fm
walking around

Em Cm Gm Gbm Fm x2 


A|----------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-----------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

D             Bm  
Dan Treacy's smile
           G                           Bb
leaves you trying to decide who's the victim, what's the crime?
   D
no rest for the mind
      Bm              Em
that's seen it all before
D                          Bm
and I don't know where he lives
            G         
but he's a myth of a man
     Bb
and Texas Bob the cameraman
   D              Bm              Em
is off to fix his sit before the show
           Gbm        Fm
yeah, but where did he go?

Em Cm Gm Gbm Fm x2

C#m                A
to know when your time's up
     B                 E               G#m          Bm
you flip the glass and watch the hours quickening
   A       Am
oh oh oh oh oh
       C#m          A
in the back of the station
    B               E                   G#m         Bm
fluorescent lights about to quit their flickering
        A
well he speaks his mind
        Gb
he says "what is crime?"
     Gbm              Gbm6
Dan Treacy's eyes

D                    Bm
In the middle of the park
         G
when the underground is dark,
       Gm          Bb
he's a poet he's a lark
          D                Bm                Em
he starts thinking about a place that no one knows
D                       Bm
and when the creeks run dry
         G
he stays frozen in time
        Gm            Bb
strange lights in the sky
      D
start blinking
              Bm                   Em
I can see the car outside but he's listening
     G#m
he's listening
         A             Am
and he's making up his mind

C#m         A
He made his mind up
   B                   E          G#m Bm A Am
to get things done and overcome
C#m         A
He made his mind up
B                E              G#m Bm A Am
yeah he's gonna let it go
C#m         A
he made his mind up
B               E               G#m Bm A Am
in the park and at the station
C#m         A
he made his mind up
B                E              G#m Bm A Am
yeah, he's gonna get it done
C#m         A
he made his mind up
    B               E           G#m Bm A Am
ooh yeah he's gonna get it done
C#m         A       B E G#m Bm
he made his mind up

A                              B
yeah, he's gonna let it go, uh oh
              C#m
no matter the time
   B
oh oh
         C#m      
when the creeps run by
   B
oh no
                C#m 
he's making his mind up
      B
oh oh oh oh
Gbm                         B
yeah he's gonna get it done whoa
Gbm                              B
oh yeah, when the creeks run dry whoa oh
Gbm                            B
yeah, he's gonna listen to his soul,
Gbm                          
yeah, when the creeps walk by and say
Gbm
"come here boy, look me in the eye"
Gbm6
bow to the heart, back to the beat of
    E
Dan Treacy

Song For Dan Treacy

Band member, Andrew VanWyngarden, stated that "it's kind of like eight different songs [from "Congratulations"(Album)]strung together into one, and the general theme is about surfing in the Arctic Circle by Russia."Read more on Last.fm.

PART 1
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Amaj7

Am           Cmaj7
Sleep as the goer
Am                          Cmaj7
the bridge that watches the light speed thru
Bbm                 Cm
and cries while the spirit stumbles
Bbm                Cm                    Amaj7
and inside missile for the protection of you
Am         Cmaj7
maybe it's siletn
Am                     Cmaj7
the voice can't bear anymore strain
Bbm               Cm
but speak without even knowing
Bbm                 Cm
and streams outside in the direction of truth

Part 2
Gm         C                 Dm
there's no reason there's no secret to decode
Gm           C                 Dm           G
if you can't save it, leave it dying on the road
Gm        C                Dm
wide open arms can feel so cold
   C
so cold
        Em    F#
feel so cold

D C# Bm E

PART 3
Asus4
balance the books, the ledges, the loons
Asus4                        F#m
the disappointed look on the faces
                   E
that squint at the moon
      C#m                   Bm
let's see it with shadows enhance
        C#m                   D
and then vote to decide who'll advance
Asus4
silver jet plane, making a turn
                        Fm                           E
exciting the brain that expects it to crash and then burn
     C#m                       Bm
it's not the life lesson I'd've guessed
          C#m                     D
if you're conscious you must be depressed
            Asus4     C#m
or at least cynical
    Em
but someone might still eat the steaks
F#
even if they're tough
D
spending the day
C#m
chewing the fat
Bm                  E                  Asus4
floating away isn't rough but it's not enough
Asus4
oh marianne, pass me the joint
the sandpaper's tan
F#m                        E
go-getters are surfing the point
    C#m                      Bm
and london's a cratch on the lens
     C#m            D
it's over before it begins
Asus4
silk 'round her neck falls down to her shoulders
                       Fm                     E
the older I get, the more I suspect there's a trick
C#m                           Bm
but really there's no trip at all
     C#m                 D
that doesn't result in a fall
     Asus4      C#m
or a faltering
    Em
but something might spit out the bait
F#
even if it's real
D
rolling away
C#m
missing a spoke
Bm                         E                  Asus4  C#m
close to the ground like a wheel but it's not enough
D
holding the line
C#m
clutching the phone
Bm                E                    Asus4
nobly wasting the night, but it isn't right
                F#
it's not right
D
smelling for blood
C#m
praying for rain
Bm                 E                   Asus4    A
running away isn't rough, but it's not enough

Part4
Eb              Gm                    Cm     Fm Cm             
the low tide is telling me, when it's over,
Bb            Dm            Gm
to breathe in everything exposed
Eb                Gm            Cm       Fm Cm
and comes back to cover me in a blanket
Bb           Dm              Gm        Em
being here's always changing tunes

Part 5
Dm G7 Am Am G Em A7 #4

Dm        G7                   Am              Am G Em A7
the empty sky surrounds me but i can't see at all
Dm        G7               Am     Am G Em A7
wide open arms can feel so cold
Dm          G7                Am                Am   G Em A7
and you can sit beside me and tell me what it's worth
Dm           G7               Am     Am G Em A7
but I hope I die before i get sold
Dm       G7               Am      Am G Em A7    
I hope I die before I get sold
Dm         G7               Am   Am G Em A7
I'd rather die before I get sold

Part 6
   Dm           C             G
if you find the soul that you lost
E           Am
frozen in a starry void
Dm        C                 G
take it within and hope the sight of blood
                   Cmaj7
can will signs of life to return
Dm          C           G
back to the way that it was
E              Am
long before it made a noise
Dm         C         G
to keep on quietly reminding you
             Cmaj7                     Dm7
what's never created or destroyed

Part 7
Am          Cmaj7
wake as the swell peaks
    Am                      Cmaj7
the close-outs drowning the birds with roars
Bbm                 Cm
and howls scare the new unkindness
    Bbm               Cm             Amaj7
that picks and laughs at the carrion scene

Am             Cmaj7
forces you see breath 
Am                 Cmaj7
can always go into hiding
Bbm              Cm
and wait 'til it passes over
Bbm                      Cm
or stay far gone for all eternity
A Gm

Siberian Breaks

Chordies
G,D,Em,C

Verse:

G                       D
when the world has turned
Em
paralyzed and wrong
G                         D      Em        
cold blooded claws never offered anything at all
G                 D 
past the point of love
Em
shattered and untied
G                      D
waiting to pick up the pieces
Em
that make it all alright
C
but pieces of what
Em
pieces of what
G
pieces of what
D                  C     G
doesn't matter any more

Pieces Of What

Verse 1

D                           G                             D Dsus2 D
I'm Feelin rough I'm Feelin raw I'm in the prime of my life.
D                               G                             D Dsus2 D
Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives.
D                              G                           D Dsus2 D   
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars.
D                           G                        D Dsus2 D    
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

Pre-chorus 1

G                       A
This is our decision to live fast and die young.
G                      A                   D Dsus2 D Dsus2..... 
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun
G                           A
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
G                      A                            D Dsus2 D Dsus2..... 
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?

Chorus 1
A                G                A
Forget about our mothers and our friends.
        G           D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.
        G           D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.

Verse 2


D                                   G                        D Dsus2 D
I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms.
D                           G                                D Dsus2 D
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world.
D                            G                             D Dsus2 D
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home.
D                                 G                            D Dsus2 D
Yeah I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

Pre-chorus 2

G                            A
But there is really nothing, nothing we can do.
G                       A                         D Dsus2 D Dsus2.....
Love must be forgotten. Life can always start up anew.
G                              A
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce,
G                            A                         D Dsus2 D Dsus2.....
we'll find some more models, Everything must run its course.

Chorus 2

A                            G                    A  
We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end.
        G           D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.
        G           D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.


Time To Pretend

Dm                      C        G
Evil S I yes to find a shore,
C                     G          F
A beach that doesn't quiver anymore,
Dm                       C                  F
Where we can crush some plants to paint my walls,
            Am                           F
And I won't try to fight in the weekend wars

Dm                        C        G
Was I? I was too lazy to bathe
C                     G           F
Or paint or write or try to make a change.
Dm                C               F
Now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch
            Am                        F
And I don't have to love or think too much

A Dm    C      F     A              A#
Instant battle plans written on the sidewalk
A Dm   C       F    A             A#
Mental mystics in a twisted metal car
A Dm     C    F      Gm       A#        C
Tried to amplify the sound of light and love

(Instead of simply playing a C at the end here, you can match the sound of MGMT if you play the riff below. Once you finish the riff, go right into the Dm of the next verse.)  This is the guitar riff first; I interpreted the uke one note for note, it should be correct, if not, sorry.)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--5---5---5---5-----|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
A|3---1---------------|
E|--------5---3-------|


A|------1---------------|
E|-----------5----3-----|
C|0-------0----0----0---|
G|-0-5-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|


Dm                                C        G
Christ is cursed of faders and maders
      C           G                F
Might even take a knife to split a hair
Dm                C               F
Or even scare the children off my lawn
          Am                         F
Giving us time to make the makeshift bombs


Dm                        C        G
Every mess invested was a score
   C            G            F
We couldn't use computers anymore
         Dm           C                 F
But it's difficult to win unless you're bored,
              Am                           F
And you might have to plan for the weekend wars


A Dm    C       F          A           A#
Try to break my heart I'll drive to Arizona.
A  Dm    C    F   A                A#
It might take 100 years to grow an arm
A    Dm      C      F      Gm       A#       A
I'll sit and listen to the sound of sand and cold
Dm      C       F      A               A#
Twisted diamond heart, I'm the weekend warrior
A Dm  C        F        A            A#
My predictions are the only things I have
A Dm  C    F      Gm       A#        C
I can amplify the sound of light and love

(Instead of simply playing a C at the end here, you can match the sound of MGMT if you play the riff below. Once you finish the riff, go right into the Dm of the next verse.)  This is the guitar riff first; I interpreted the uke one note for note, it should be correct, if not, sorry.)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--5---5---5---5-----|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
A|3---1---------------|
E|--------5---3-------|


A|------1---------------|
E|-----------5----3-----|
C|0-------0----0----0---|
G|-0-5-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|


C                     A#
I'm a curse and I'm a sound,

When I open up my mouth,
                         F
There's a reason I don't win,
                    C
I don't know how to begin
                      A#
I'm a curse and I'm a sound,

When I open up my mouth,
                         F
There's a reason I don't win,
                    C
I don't know how to begin



~~(Slowly Fades out from here on)~~


                      A#
I'm a curse and I'm a sound,

When I open up my mouth,
                         F
There's a reason I don't win,
                    C
I don't know how to begin

Weekend Wars

(Intro)
F#m D A E  x8

(Verse 1)
F#m             D     
You were a child
                                  A                         E
Crawling on your knees toward him
F#m                         D       
Making mama so proud
A                                      E         F#m    D
But your voice is too loud
                                A                    E
We like to watch you laughing
F#m                                D      
Picking insects off of plants
A                                            E
No time to think of consequences

(Chorus)
F#m                      D
Control yourself
                                      A                   E
Take only what you need from it
F#m              D                 A                E
A family of trees wanting to be haunted

(Repeat chorus)

(Verse 2)
The water is warm
But it's sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
Memories fade
Like looking through a fogged mirror
Decisions too
Decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot
I guess not

(Chorus)

(Bridge) 
E - F#m - G -  C#m - A - D#m - B - F# - ?

A 

(Chorus x4)

Kids

C#m                        E           G#
Why'd you cut holes in the face of the moon base?
          B              C#m
Don't you know about the temperature change
       E          G#
In the cold black shadow?
        B           A
Are you mad at your walls
   B              C#m               E             G#
Or hoping that an unknown force can repair things for you?
       B                 C#m                     E         G#
Pardon all the time that you've thrown into your pale grey garden?
       B               A           B           A
If the ship will never come you've got to move along

A

Chorus

C#m         E            G#                 B       C#m
Even a bird would want a taste of dirt from abyssal dark
C#m            E             G#                          
        A
The prick of a feather could make a kingdom burn and the bloodshed start
B           C#m
The falling apart
C#m          E          G#
Made me a shadow in the shape of wonder
    B        C#m
The waves of black
C#m            E           G#                      B 
       A
If she's going under I can hold my breath till the sky comes back
   B            A              B
Or drown like a rat, rat, rat
A             B
He's a rat!

Solo

G#
To catch a monster
A
We make a movie
A#
Set the tempo
B(with fill)
And cut and cut its brains out
A - G#
C#m     F#                A
It will inspire on the burning pyre
G#
Half the distance
A
Half the motion
A#
Communication
B(with fill)            A - F#m - G#
It's easy as the ocean

End

Of Moons, Birds And Monsters

Am7           Em      F
All along the western front 
G              Em    F 
People line up to receive
Am7               Em     F
She got the power in her hand
   G                Em      F
To shock you like you won't believe



repeat...

Electric Feel

C                          F                                Bb  A          
This is a call of arms to live and love and sleep together
C                               F                              Bb  A
We could flood the streets with love or light or heat whatever
C                     F
Lock the parents out, cut a rug, twist and shout
Bb
Wave your hands, Make it rain
A
For stars will rise again.


Bb                       A
The youth is starting to change
   Dm              C
Are you starting to change?
     F
Are you?
F
Together 7x

Bb                       A
The youth are starting to change
   Dm              C
Are you starting to change?
     F
Are you?
F
Together 7x


# repeat for all verses and choruses

The Youth

A---------------------------------------|
E-4-2-4-2-----------------4------4-5--4-|
C---------4-----------------------------|
G------------9--9--8--6-4---------------|

Of Moons, Birds, And Monsters

[A]              [G]
I just shook the handshake
[G]              [D]
I just sealed the deal
[A]                 [G]
I'll try not to let them
[G]                     [D]
Take everything they can steal
[A]                 [G]
People always told me
[G]               [D]
Don't forget your roots
[A]          [G]                    [G]     [D]
I know I can feel them underneath my leather boots

  [G]   [G/F#]  [Em]        {A]               [D]                    [A]         [Bm]
You toss all the mornings lost to the clouds and you watch it go
  [G]   [G/F#]  [Em]        {A]               [D]                    [A]         [Bm]
Your fairweather friends on a parachute binge get lost when the wind blows
   [G]                  [G/F#]               [Em]    
The handshake's stuck on the tip of my tongue
  [Bm]
It tastes like death but it looks like fun

        [B]
I was a loner
          [E]      [D#]    [G#m] 
I was just waiting   by     myself
  [B]      [D]
When you, warped temptress
         [B]                  [E]
Rose to bring me happiness and wealth
           [E]                  [D#]                [D]                     [A]
Black tears, black smile, black credit cards and shoes
           [A]
You can call all the people you want
        [E]             [F#]
But it's you who's being used
     

           [B]
Under your black eyes, honey
[E]   [D#]    [G#m]
Right beneath your nose
[B]      [D]
A curse on all creation
                   [B]                  [E]
Every single thing you know
            [E]                  [D#]                [D]                     [A]
White smoke, white light, white marble on the floor
[A]                                                                      [E]               [F#]
It would only take a few seconds of darkness to figure out what's in store
Little girl

   [G]   [G/F#]  [Em]        {A]               [D]                    [A]         [Bm]
Ohhhh You convince yourself that you want it, but you don't know
   [G]   [G/F#]  [Em]        {A]               [D]                    [A]         [Bm]
You keep trying to wash the blood from your hands, but it won't go
     [G]   [G/F#]  [Em]
We're gonna keep you on the run
 [Bm]
We got the handshake under our tongue
 [Bm]
We got the handshake under our tongue
 [Bm]
We got the handshake under our tongue
[Bm]
We got the handshake under our tongue
[Bm]
We got the handshake x15

The Handshake

Oracular Spectacular

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

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