Picking pattern for verse and chorus (optional - you can just strum too):
For Dm:
e|------1------------|
B|--3-------3----3---|
G|----2-------2------|
D|-0-----------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------| (x2)
For C:
e|------0------------|
B|----------3--------|
G|--0--------0---0---|
D|----2--------2-----|
A|-3-----------------|
E|-------------------| (x2)
(and so on for the rest of the chords)
[Verse]
Dm C G
Evil S I yes to find a shore,
C G F
A beast 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
[Refrain]
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 just playing a C at the end here,
you can match the sound of MGMT a little better if
you play the riff below. When you finish it, go right
into the Dm of the next verse.)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--5---5---5---5-----|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
A|3---1---------------|
E|--------5---3-------|
[Verse]
Dm C G
Christ is cursed of fathers and mothers
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
[Refrain]
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
(Here there is a similar riff as before. I strum or pick this
depending on how intense I want it to sound. Again, go right into
the next part after finishing this.)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--5---5---5---5--5--|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|3---1------------x--|
E|--------5---4----3--|
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
