Time to Pretend MGMT
this is 'time to pretend' by MGMT:
standard tuning-
e
[B]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[E]
Intro:
(sound FX)
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------|
(intro riff)
guitar 1 (maybe keyboard)
e|-------------------|-------------------| B|--10---10---10---10|---8---7---8---10--| G|7----7----7----7---|-7---7---7---7-----| x4 D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------|
i also like playing it like this (although its not fully correct
it sounds more filling and cool):
e|------------------------|---------------------------| B|-------10----------10---|-------10----------10------| G|----11----11----11----11|----12----12----12----12---| D|-12----------12---------|-12----------12------------| A|------------------------|---------------------------| E|------------------------|---------------------------|
guitar 1 repeats 4 times, on the 2nd
time this riff joins in:
(main riff)
e|-12-10-9-------14-14----| B|---------12-10----------| G|------------------------| x5 D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------|
the above riff is played 5 times with guitar 1 behind it.
for the second last note of the above riff a D chord is played behind the note on the
and 3rd time the riff is played:
e|--------------| B|--------------| G|----7---------| D|----7---------| A|----5---------| E|--------------|
(clean channel)
on the fifth time of the main riff the 14 on the e string is only played once, these are
chords that join in with the heavy fuzz box (or synth.).
e|---|-------|--------|--------|--------| B|---|-------|--------|--------|--------| G|-7-|---12--|---7----|---7----|---7----| X4 (FROM A G) D|-7-|-7-12--|-7-7----|-7-7----|-7-7----| A|-5-|-7-10--|-7-5----|-7-5----|-7-5----| E|---|-5-----|-5------|-5------|-5------|
[D] [A] [G] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
on the 2nd time through these chords on the
last A D the lead fills join in:
e|--17--|-17--19--|--14--|--14--| B|------|---------|------|------| G|------|---------|------|------| X3 D|------|---------|------|------| A|------|---------|------|------| E|------|---------|------|------|
ON THE FIFTH TIME OF THE CHORDS, WHEN IT GETS TO THE LAST A D INSTEAD OF PLAYING IT IT
TO G ON THE 3RD FRET FOR 4 BARS
e|----|---|---|---| B|----|---|---|---|
G|--12|-12|-12|-12|
D|--12|-12|-12|-12|
A|--10|-10|-10|-10|
E|----|---|---|---|
[G] [G] [G] [G]
the lead fill behind the chords:
e|--17--|--17--|--17--|--17--19--|--14--|--14--| B|------|------|------|----------|------|------| G|------|------|------|----------|------|------| D|------|------|------|----------|------|------| A|------|------|------|----------|------|------| E|------|------|------|----------|------|------|
straight after the 4 bars it jumps straight back to the first set of chords BUT instead
playing the A G it goes from D to the A Ds.
after the last A D it goes back to the Gs (whole thing repeats 2x).
after the last time it goes to like a bridge:
e|----|----|----|----| B|----|----|----|----| G|-14-|-14-|-11-|-12-| D|-14-|-14-|-11-|-12-| A|-12-|-12-|-9--|-10-| E|----|----|----|----|
then pretty much goes to the start of the song again (main riff) except for the chords:
e|----|-----| B|----|-----| G|-7--|-----|x4 D|-7--|--5--| A|-5--|--5--| E|----|--3--|
with the main riff behind it for nine times BUT on the 9th time only play the 14 on the
string once.
a little pause with sound FX and singing.
then the intro riff starts up for 8x with these chords behind it:
e|------|------||-------|------|------|------| B|------|------||-------|------|------|------| G|---7--|---7--||---12--|---7--|---7--|---7--|x3 (from A G) D|-7-7--|-7-7--||-7-12--|-7-7--|-7-7--|-7-7--| A|-7-5--|-7-5--||-7-10--|-7-5--|-7-5--|-7-5--| E|-5----|-5----||-5-----|-5----|-5----|-5----|
[A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [G] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
after 5 times of the main riff this riff comes back on:
e|--17--|-17--19--|--14--|--14--| B|------|---------|------|------| G|------|---------|------|------| X2 D|------|---------|------|------| A|------|---------|------|------| E|------|---------|------|------|
then this riff with the bunch of Gs
e|--17--|--17--|--17--|--17--19--|--14--|--14--| B|------|------|------|----------|------|------| G|------|------|------|----------|------|------|x2 D|------|------|------|----------|------|------| A|------|------|------|----------|------|------| E|------|------|------|----------|------|------|
pretty much from then on it repeats from the bridge.
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