Another compilation for convenience's sake. Enjoy!
MGMT- Congratulations (2010)
1. It's Working
F#m G D C#m Bm B Em Em5 E A#m G#m
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Intro:
Play 4 times...
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F#m G
Here, you focus
D C#m Bm G
so I can see your faces
F#m B
the eyes are wrong
Riff 2:
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"How will I know if it's working..."
A
right?
F#m G
light confuses
D C#m Bm G
the tiny isles of bruises
F#m B
the mangled lines
(Riff 2)
I see the signs of aging
D D
But if I try to feel at all
Em Em
I am deceived my mind's affected
D
it's empty now
D
as I lay down
Em
I feel alright
Em
my heart is racing
F#m G
Turn the noise on
D C#m Bm G
I'd like to feed my poison
F#m B
assembly lines
(Riff 2)
carry a velvet warning
F#m G
to the yard
D C#m Bm G
it's just like striking matches
F#m B
the polish lies
But it's working in your blood
B A#m G#m E
(Working in your blood)
Which you know is not the same as love
Em F#m
(Same as love)
G (D)
Love is only in your mind
D C#m Bm G
(Working in your mind)
A
And not your heart
F#m G
Now, it's working
Bridge:
Em5 Em D G F#m A
But it's working in your blood
B A#m G#m E
(Working in your blood)
Which you know is not the same as love
Em F#m
(Same as love)
G (D)
Love is only in your mind
D C#m Bm G
(Working in your mind)
A
And not your heart
2. Song for DAN TREACY
D Bm G Gm/Bb
He spends his time, or maybe half of his time, or part of the time wandering
D/A Bm Em
'round the creeks and cobble stones of hackney lanes
D Bm G Gm/Bb
with a tear in his eye, as the children walk by, he's thinking of a song
D/A Bm Em F#m Fm
then stops, to paint a picture of a frown, walking around
Em Cm Gm F#m Fm x2
And the fast guitar that's right after that part goes like this:
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D Bm G Gm/Bb
Dan Treacy's smile, leaves you trying to decide who's the victim, what's the crime?
D/A Bm Em
no rest for the mind, that's seen it all before
D Bm G Gm/Bb
and I don't know where he lives, but he's a myth of a man, and Texas Bob the cameraman
D/A Bm Em F#m Fm
is off to fix his sit before the show, yeah but where did he go?
Em Cm Gm F#m 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 F#
well he speaks his mind, he says "what is crime?"
F#m F#m6
Dan Treacy's eyes
D Bm G
In the middle of the park, 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 G
and when the creeks run dry, he stays frozen in time
Gm/Bb
strange lights in the sky
D/A Bm Em
start blinking, I can see the car outside but he's listening
G#m Bm
oh oh oh oh, he's listening, oh oh oh, he's listening, ah ah ah
A Am
when he's making up his mind
C#m A B E G#m Bm A Am
He made his mind up, to get things done and overcome
C#m A B E G#m Bm A Am
He made his mind up, yeah he's gonna let it go
C#m A B E G#m Bm A Am
he made his mind up, in the park and at the station
C#m A B E G#m Bm A Am
he made his mind up, yeah, he's gonna get it done
C#m A B E G#m Bm A Am
he made his mind up, 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 B
no matter the time, oh oh
C#m B
when the creeps run by, oh no
C#m B
he's making his mind up, oh oh oh oh
F#m B
yeah he's gonna get it done whoa
F#m B
oh yeah, when the creeks run dry whoa oh
F#m B
yeah, he's gonna listen to his soul,
F#m F#m
yeah, when the creeps walk by and say, "come here boy, look me in the eye"
F#m6 E
bow to the heart, back to the beat of Dan Treacy
3. Someone's Missing
E C#m A B
Someone's telling the toll to me
G# F#m Am
I'm cut and I'm weeping like a rubber tree
E C#m A B
but i don't care who's left behind
G# F#m Am
lost revelations that I'll never find
C#m F#m G#7
in the long hall pipes are whispering
G#7 G#7
blues prepared for anti-christening
E C#m A B
somewhere there's an honest soul
G# F#m Am
to mirror teeth where neon lures troll
E C#m A B
and what's extinct might come alive
G# F#m Am
a purple smoke in some internal shrine
C#m F#m G#7
with a long sigh let the hissing in
C#m F#m G#7
stones deformed by gentle kissing and
G#7
all the closed eyes start to glisten
G#
but it feels like someone's missing
G#
yeah it feels like someone's missing
B
yeah it feels like someone's missing
B
yeah it feels like someone's missing
E C#m A F#m
it feels like someone's missing
4. Flash Delirium
Dm
F
Mild apprehension
Dm A/E
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(hold)
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 C/B 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 G#
Six six, five five red battleships
C/G
Forty earthlike planets
A
Three holes two tits
B/F#
One fork in it's side
E
Zero tears in their eyes
(double time)
F
Sue the spiders
Sink the Welsh
G#
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
C/G
Undercooked
Overdone
A
Mass adulation not so funny
B/F#
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
E
Silly money
A
You're my honey
5. I Found A Whistle
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C Am F Am
Hey I found a whistle that hangs like a charm
C Am F G
And when my noose is tied I could blow it and fall down into your
Em D Em B7
Arms. fifteen centuries of dissolution and grief
C G F
to return a yellow trickster and a thief
(Repeat for all verses)
Ending
C G F C
This time I found a whistle that works every time
C G F E7
Yeah I found a whistle that works, hangs like a charm
C G F C
I found a whistle that works every time
C G F E7
Yeah I found a whistle that works, closes my eye every-
F G C
time. A whistle, I forgot it, I forgot it this time
6. Siberian Breaks
Am C Am C
Bbm Cm Bbm Cm
A
Am C
Sleep as the goer
Am C
the bridge that watches the light speed through
Bbm Cm
And cries while the spirit stumbles
Bbm Cm Amaj7
and inside missile for the protection of you
Am C
Maybe it's silent
Am C
the voice can't bear anymore strain
Bbm Cm
but speaks without even knowing
Bbm Cm Amaj7
and streams out of sight in the direction of truth
Amaj7 Em Amaj7 Em
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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 C
wide open arms can feel so cold, so cold
Feel so cold
Em Gb D Dbm Bm E
A
Balance the books, the ledges, the loons
Gbm
the disappointed look on the faces
E
that squint at the moon
Dbm Bm
I've seen it with shadows enhanced
Dbm D
and then vote to decide who'll advance
A
Silver jet plane, making a turn
Gbm E
exciting the brain that expects it to crash and then burn
Dbm Bm
it's not the life lesson I'd've guessed
Dbm D
if you're conscious you must be depressed
A Dbm
or at least cynical
Em
But someone might still eat the steaks
Gb
even if they're tough
D
Spending the day
Dbm
chewing the fat
Bm E A
floating away isn't rough but it's not enough
A
Oh Marianne, pass me the joint
the sandpaper's tan
Gbm E
go-getters are surfing the point
Dbm Bm
and London's a scratch on the lens
Dbm D
it's over before it begins
A
Silk 'round her neck falls down to her shoulders
Gbm E
the older I get, the more I suspect there's a trick
Dbm Bm
but really there's no trick at all
Dbm D
that doesn't result in a fall
A Dbm
or a faltering
Em
But something might spit out the bait
Gb
even if it's real
D
Rolling away
Dbm
missing the spoke
Bm E A Dbm
close to the ground like a wheel but it's not joke
D
Holding the line
Dbm
clutching the phone
Bm E A
nobly wasting the night, but it isn't right
Gb
it's not right
D
Smelling for blood
Dbm
praying for rain
Bm E A
running away isn't rough, but it's not enough
Eb Gm Cm Fm Cm
The low tide is telling me that it's over,
Bb Dm Gm
to breathe in everything exposed
Eb Gm Cm Fm Cm
and comes back to cover me with a breaker
Bb Dm Gm
being here's always changing too
Cm Bb F Eb Dm G
Am G Em
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
The empty sky surrounds me but I can't see at all
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
wide open arms can feel so cold
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
and you can sit beside me and tell me what it's worth
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
but I hope I die before I get sold
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
I hope I die before I get sold
Dm Bdim. Am G Em A
I'd rather die before I get sold
Dm C Bdim.
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
C
can will signs of life to return
Dm C Bdim.
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
what's never created or destroyed
Fmaj7 x8, Cmaj7 x8, Fmaj7 x8
Am C
Wake as the swell peaks
Am C
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 C
Forces you see breathe
Am C
can always go into hiding
Bbm Cm
and wait 'til it passes over
Bbm Cm
or stay far gone for all eternity
A x8, Abm x8
7. Brian Eno
Dm
So tired
Bbm
Soul searching
Am
I followed the sounds to a cathedral
Dm Bbm Am
Imagine my surprise to find that they were produded by Brian Eno
Verse:
Dm
Past the gates
Bbm
Quite stark
Am Asus2
The roses trimmed and the windows dark
Dm Bbm
I see the walls through a limestone crack
Am Asus2
Not red, not blue, not yellow, but black
Gm Am (barre)
And all the space left for you
Gm
If the sky was synthesized you'd probably know
Dm Bbm
He taught me many things
Am Asus2
The wisdom of o' bleak stratagems
Dm Bbm
The prophet of a sapphire soul
Am Asus2
Presented through creative freedoms
Gm Am (barre)
And everything I say is true
Gm
'Cause if i was telling lies it'd probably show
Chorus:
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!)
Dm Bbm
When I was stuck he'd make me memorize elaborate curses
Am Asus2
Tinctures and formulas
Dm Bbm
To ditch the choir and flip the verses
Gm Am (barre)
My whole foundation came unglued
Gm
When I tried to humanize by ambient light
Chorus:
Dipping swords in metaphors yeah
But what does he know?
He's go the whole world behind him
He's Brian Eno (Brian Eno)
Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
Breakdown:
Dm Bbm Am
He promised pretty worlds and all the silence I could dream of
Dm Bbm
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!)
8. Lady DaDa's Nightmare
Who knows? Make whoosing noises for four minutes I guess.
9. Congratulations
G F#/G Em D C B/C Am G7 C7
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The verse is just a simple chord progression:
*Note: The chords are pretty much above the exact syllables
of each lyric.
Verse 1:
G F#/G Em D
Dead in the water
C B/C Am
It's not a paid vacation
G F#/G Em D C
The sons and daughters of city officials
B/C Am
Attend demonstrations
G F#/G Em D
It's hardly a sink or swim
C B/C Am
When all is well if the ticket sells
Break 1:
G F#/G Em D C B/C Am Am
Verse 2:
G F#/G Em D
Out with a wimper
C B/C Am
It's not a blaze of glory
G F#/G Em
You look down from your temple
D C B/C Am
As people endeavor to make it a story
G F#/G Em D
And chisel a marble word
C B/C Am
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 F#/G Em D C B/C 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
