Mgmt – Congratulations chords ver. 2

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#me|---2----3----------4------2----7-----0-----7----0-----6------4------------|B|---2----3----7-----5------3----7-----0-----8----0-----6------4------------|G|---2----4----7-----6------4----8-----0-----9----1-----6------4------------|D|---4----5----7-----6------4----9-----2-----9----2-----8------6------------|A|---4----5----5-----4------2----9-----2-----7----2-----8------6------------|E|---2----3----------------------7-----0-----0----0-----6------4------------|

Intro:

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F#m        GHere, you focus
D     C#m  Bm       G so I can  see your faces
    F#m       Bthe eyes are wrong

Riff 2:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---2---0------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------4--4----2---4---4---------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------2-----------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|    "How will I  know if it's working..."

    A    right?

F#m       Glight confuses
D      C#m  Bm       G the tiny   isles of bruises
    F#m     Bthe mangled lines

(Riff 2)
I see the signs of aging

D                DBut if I try to feel at all 
  Em               EmI am deceived my mind's affected
Dit's empty now
Das I lay down
EmI feel alright
Emmy heart is racing

F#m      GTurn the noise on
D         C#m   Bm      G I'd like to   feed my poison
  F#m     Bassembly lines

(Riff 2)
carry a velvet warning

F#m    Gto the yard
D          C#m   Bm       G it's just like striking matches
    F#m     Bthe 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)
              AAnd not your heart

F#m        GNow, 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)
              AAnd not your heart

2. Song for DAN TREACY

 D             Bm             G                   Gm/BbHe 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/Bbwith a tear in his eye, as the children walk by, he's thinking of a song

      D/A              Bm          Em      F#m     Fmthen 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          Emno rest for the mind, that's seen it all before

D                         Bm                 G                  Gm/Bband 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        Bmyou flip the glass and watch the hours quickening

      A    Amoh oh oh oh oh

        C#m         A        in the back of the station

    B               E                   G#m         Bmfluorescent lights about to quit their flickering

         A                        F#   well he speaks his mind, he says "what is crime?"

F#m                  F#m6Dan Treacy's eyes

D                     Bm             G      In the middle of the park, when the underground is dark

            Gm/Bbhe's a poet he's a lark

           D                 Bm               Emhe starts thinking about a place that no one knows


D                       Bm             Gand when the creeks run dry, he stays frozen in time

         Gm/Bbstrange lights in the sky
       
      D/A                     Bm                    Emstart blinking, I can see the car outside but he's listening

                  G#m                        Bmoh oh oh oh, he's listening, oh oh oh, he's listening, ah ah ah

          A           Amwhen he's making up his mind



C#m          A           B                   E         G#m   Bm   A  AmHe made his mind up, to get things done and overcome

C#m         A        B                E         G#m  Bm  A  AmHe made his mind up, yeah he's gonna let it go

C#m         A        B                E             G#m  Bm  A  Amhe made his mind up, in the park and at the station

C#m         A        B                E          G#m  Bm  A  Amhe made his mind up, yeah, he's gonna get it done

C#m         A        B                E         G#m  Bm  A  Amhe 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                            Byeah, he's gonna let it go, uh oh

               C#m        Bno matter the time, oh oh

          C#m              Bwhen the creeps run by, oh no

                 C#m           Bhe's making his mind up, oh oh oh oh

F#m                          Byeah he's gonna get it done whoa

F#m                                    Boh yeah, when the creeks run dry whoa oh

F#m                            Byeah, 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                                      Ebow 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#7in the long hall pipes are whispering
      G#7          G#7blues 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#7with a long sigh let the hissing in
        C#m    F#m        G#7stones 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#mit feels like someone's missing


4. Flash Delirium

Dm

FMild apprehension
      Dm                       A/EBlank dreams of the coming fun
F Distort the odds of a turnaround
    Dm                       AGut screams out next to none
           BSo turn it on
        ETune it in
         AAnd stay inert
         FYou say "I've got the backbone"
         Dm                    AThe back way to escape the gun
F Climbing a tree with a missing limb
        Dm            AAnd not saving anyone
           BAnd now it hurts
           ETo stay at home and see

AFlash 

The mirror ball's throwing mold
    DmYou can't get a grip if there's nothing to hold
        BSee the flash catch a white lily laugh and wilt
          ESo if you must smash a glass first fill it to the hilt

FPlants

As far as I know are still, 
C              A Still bending toward the light
          FAnd if we dance

Until the heart explodes
      Dm                AIt'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            AA case of Flash Delirium


FHere's a growing culture

Deep inside a corpse
DmAges stuck together
ATaking it to the source
FTimeless desperation
CPictures on a screen scream
Dm           A "hey people, what does it mean?"

B   E   A

F                FmComfort keeps us nice
   C               ASo quick to donate everything
    B                               EDie wolken drifting blinding smiles circling 
    F      Fm       CAnd time's tingling spines
 A                 BAttaching hands to floor
    E           The rosy-tinted 

AFlash

The hot dog's getting cold
           DmAnd you'll never be as good as the Rolling Stones
          BWatch the birds in the airport gathering dirt
          ECrowd 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             GAnd even if this hall collapses
C                  Am                 B I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust
                     EThat our heads won't bust

F                  G#Six six, five five red battleships
      C/GForty earthlike planets
      AThree holes two tits
    B/F#One fork in it's side
     EZero tears in their eyes

(double time)
FSue the spiders

Sink the Welsh
G#Stab your facebook

Sell sell sell
C/GUndercooked

Overdone
AMass adulation not so funny
B/F#Poisoned honey

Pseudo science
ESilly money
                 AYou're my honey

5. I Found A Whistle

C             Am           F            AmHey 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              B7Arms. fifteen centuries of dissolution and grief
     C             G               Fto return a yellow trickster and a thief

(Repeat for all verses)

Ending
     C              G            F           CThis time I found a whistle that works every time
C              G            F      E7Yeah I found a whistle that works, hangs like a charm
C         G            F           CI found a whistle that works every time
C              G            F      E7Yeah I found a whistle that works, closes my eye every-
F                     G                        Ctime. 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

	Transition:

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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

DmSo tired
BbmSoul searching 
AmI followed the sounds to a cathedral
Dm            Bbm                     Am                                            Imagine my surprise to find that they were produded by Brian Eno

Verse:
DmPast the gates
BbmQuite stark
Am                       Asus2The roses trimmed and the windows dark
Dm                       BbmI see the walls through a limestone crack
Am                     Asus2Not red, not blue, not yellow, but black
Gm                        Am (barre)And all the space left for you
GmIf the sky was synthesized you'd probably know

Dm           BbmHe taught me many things
Am               Asus2The wisdom of o' bleak stratagems
Dm               BbmThe prophet of a sapphire soul
Am               Asus2Presented 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                   BmI can tell that he's kind of smiling
GBut what does he know?
D               BmWe're always one step behind him
GHe's Brian Eno (Brian Eno)
ABrian Eno! (Brian Eno!)

Dm                           BbmWhen I was stuck he'd make me memorize elaborate curses
Am           Asus2Tinctures and formulas 
Dm                     BbmTo ditch the choir and flip the verses
Gm                    Am (barre)My whole foundation came unglued
GmWhen 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                AmHe promised pretty worlds and all the silence I could dream of 
Dm         BbmBrian Peter George St. John
Le Baptiste de la Salle Eno

D                     Bm                      GWell all alone by the oldest stone where the shade trees grow 
(What does he know?)
D                  Bm                     GThe creature by the water feature with a ghostly glow 
(Brian Eno!)
D                           BmYeah, he's making sure that time's preserved well 
GWe reap what we sow 
(What does he know?)
D               BmWe're always one step behind him 
GHe's Brian Eno! (Brian Eno!)
D                         BmYeah, I can tell that he's doing well yeah
GWhat does he know? (What does he know?!)
D             BmI'm always one step behind him
GHe'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    C7e|--3----2-----0---------0----0----0-----1------0----------------------------|B|--0----0-----0----3----1----1----1-----0------1----------------------------|G|--0----0-----0----2----0----0----2-----0------3----------------------------|D|--0----0-----2----0----2---------2-----0------2----------------------------|A|--2----------2---------3----2----0-----2------3----------------------------|E|--3----2-----0-------------------------3-----------------------------------|


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      AmIt's not a paid vacation
G      F#/G       Em           D       C    The sons and daughters of city officials 
 B/C          AmAttend demonstrations
G       F#/G      Em        D    It's hardly a sink or swim
     C         B/C       AmWhen 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      AmIt's not a blaze of glory
G           F#/G            Em    You look down from your temple 
   D        C        B/C         AmAs people endeavor to make it a story
G       F#/G     Em      D    And chisel a marble word
    C        B/C         AmBut all is lost if it's never heard

Break 2:

G   C7   G   G7

Chorus:

CBut I've got someone to make reports
DThat tell me how my money's spent
CTo book my stays and draw my blinds
DSo I can't see what's really there
DAnd 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