Time to Pretend

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 2 half steps down [ -2 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 2 to stay in the same key

At the end of each line in the verses playing D Dsus4 D also sounds nice.

UKULELE CHORDS AND TABS

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Intro:                               
xA|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
xE|--5-5-5-5-3-2-3-5-5-5-5-3-2-3-|
xC|------------------------------|
xG|------------------------------|

Riff - x5 -:                     
xA|-7-5-4-----9-9------|
xE|--------------------|
xC|--------------------|
xG|------4-2-----------| 


Verse:
D                              G                          D     
I'm feelin rough  I'm feelin   raw I'm in the prime of my life
D                               G                          D   
Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives.
D                              G                        D    
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and xxxx with the stars.
D                          G                       D     
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

Pre-Chorus:
G                       
This is our decision to live fast and die young.
                                          D 
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun
G                           
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
                                                D 
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?

Chorus:
A                                Gbm
Forget about our mothers and our friends.
        G     A     D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.
        G           D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.

Verse:
D                                 G                      D
I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms.
D                           G                            D
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world.
D                            G                          D
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home.
D                                  G                          D
Yeah I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

Pre-Chorus:
G                            
But there is really nothing, nothing we can do.
                                                 D
Love must be forgotten. Life can always start up anew.
G                              
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce,
                                                     D
we'll find some more models, Everything must run its course.

Chorus:
A                                             Gbm  
We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end.
        G     A     D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.
        G           D
We were fated to pretend.
        G           D
              to pretend.

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah    
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Album: Oracular Spectacular

From the same album
  1. Electric Feel
  2. Kids
  3. Time to Pretend
  4. Weekend Wars
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Biography

MGMT is a psychedelic pop band which formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. The band consists of Andrew VanWyngarden (lead vocals, multiple instruments) and Ben Goldwasser (multiple instruments, vocals). The duo was signed to Columbia Records in 2006 and have since released four albums: “Oracular Spectacular” (2007), “Congratulations” (2010), “MGMT” (2013) and “Little Dark Age” (2018). They are best known for their 2008 singles “Time to Pretend”, “Electric Feel” and “Kids”, all of which were worldwide hits.

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