MGMT - Congratulations (Official Video) Chords
Tempo:
124.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] Dead [Em] in the water, [C] it's [G] not a paid [Am]
vacation.
[G] Sons [Em] and daughters, city [C] officials attend [Am] demonstrations.
[G] It's hardly [Em] a sink or swim [C] when all is well [D] if it took itself.
[G] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[G] Out [Em] with the whimper, [C] it's not a [Am] place of glory.
[G] You look down from [Em] the temple as people [C] endeavor to [G] make [Am] it a story.
[G] And chisel [Em] a marble worth, [C] but all is lost [D] if it's never heard.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] I've got someone to make reports [D] and tell me how my money's spent.
[C] To book my stays and draw my plans [D] so I can tell what's really there.
And all I need's a great big [Am] [G] congratulations.
[Em]
[G] [C] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[G] Keep [Em] your dreams, [C] you pay [Am] attention for me.
[G] As strange [Em] as it seems, I'd rather [C] dissolve [G] than have you [Am] ignore me.
[G] The ground [Em] may be moving fast, [C] but I tied my boots [D] to a broken [G] mast.
[Em]
[C] [D]
[G] The [Em] difference's clear, [C] you throw it in [Am] the cauldron.
[G] Rust and [Em] veneer, [C] dusk and dawn, [G] Stannis [Am] and Baldwin.
[G] You start with [Em] a simple stock [C] of all the ways [D] and salt to taste.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] Damn my luck and damn these friends.
[D] To give all the more in back their smiles.
[C] To save my face with half-assed [D] gills.
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn.
Spread my arms and soak up [G] congratulations.
[Em] [C] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [Am]
[G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] Dead [Em] in the water, [C] it's [G] not a paid [Am]
vacation.
[G] Sons [Em] and daughters, city [C] officials attend [Am] demonstrations.
[G] It's hardly [Em] a sink or swim [C] when all is well [D] if it took itself.
[G] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[G] Out [Em] with the whimper, [C] it's not a [Am] place of glory.
[G] You look down from [Em] the temple as people [C] endeavor to [G] make [Am] it a story.
[G] And chisel [Em] a marble worth, [C] but all is lost [D] if it's never heard.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] I've got someone to make reports [D] and tell me how my money's spent.
[C] To book my stays and draw my plans [D] so I can tell what's really there.
And all I need's a great big [Am] [G] congratulations.
[Em]
[G] [C] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[G] Keep [Em] your dreams, [C] you pay [Am] attention for me.
[G] As strange [Em] as it seems, I'd rather [C] dissolve [G] than have you [Am] ignore me.
[G] The ground [Em] may be moving fast, [C] but I tied my boots [D] to a broken [G] mast.
[Em]
[C] [D]
[G] The [Em] difference's clear, [C] you throw it in [Am] the cauldron.
[G] Rust and [Em] veneer, [C] dusk and dawn, [G] Stannis [Am] and Baldwin.
[G] You start with [Em] a simple stock [C] of all the ways [D] and salt to taste.
[G] [C]
[G]
[C] Damn my luck and damn these friends.
[D] To give all the more in back their smiles.
[C] To save my face with half-assed [D] gills.
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn.
Spread my arms and soak up [G] congratulations.
[Em] [C] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [C] [Am]
[G]
Key:
G
C
Em
Am
D
G
C
Em
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Dead [Em] in the water, _ _ [C] it's [G] not a paid [Am] _
vacation.
_ [G] _ _ Sons [Em] and daughters, city [C] officials attend [Am] demonstrations.
_ _ [G] _ It's hardly [Em] a sink or swim [C] when all is well [D] if it took itself.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Out [Em] with the whimper, _ [C] it's not a [Am] place of glory.
_ [G] _ You look down from [Em] the temple as people [C] endeavor to [G] make [Am] it a story.
_ [G] _ And chisel [Em] a marble worth, [C] but all is lost [D] if it's never heard.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ I've got someone to make reports [D] and tell me how my money's spent.
[C] To book my stays and draw my plans [D] so I can tell what's really there.
And all I need's a great big [Am] _ [G] congratulations.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Keep [Em] your dreams, _ [C] you pay [Am] attention for me.
_ [G] _ As strange [Em] as it seems, I'd rather [C] dissolve [G] than have you [Am] ignore me.
_ [G] _ The ground [Em] may be moving fast, [C] but I tied my boots [D] to a broken _ [G] mast.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ The [Em] difference's clear, _ _ [C] you throw it in [Am] the cauldron.
_ [G] _ _ Rust and [Em] veneer, _ [C] dusk and dawn, [G] Stannis [Am] and Baldwin.
_ _ [G] _ You start with [Em] a simple stock [C] of all the ways [D] and salt to taste.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Damn my luck and damn these friends.
[D] To give all the more in back their smiles.
[C] To save my face with half-assed [D] gills.
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn.
Spread my arms and soak up [G] congratulations.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Dead [Em] in the water, _ _ [C] it's [G] not a paid [Am] _
vacation.
_ [G] _ _ Sons [Em] and daughters, city [C] officials attend [Am] demonstrations.
_ _ [G] _ It's hardly [Em] a sink or swim [C] when all is well [D] if it took itself.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Out [Em] with the whimper, _ [C] it's not a [Am] place of glory.
_ [G] _ You look down from [Em] the temple as people [C] endeavor to [G] make [Am] it a story.
_ [G] _ And chisel [Em] a marble worth, [C] but all is lost [D] if it's never heard.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ I've got someone to make reports [D] and tell me how my money's spent.
[C] To book my stays and draw my plans [D] so I can tell what's really there.
And all I need's a great big [Am] _ [G] congratulations.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Keep [Em] your dreams, _ [C] you pay [Am] attention for me.
_ [G] _ As strange [Em] as it seems, I'd rather [C] dissolve [G] than have you [Am] ignore me.
_ [G] _ The ground [Em] may be moving fast, [C] but I tied my boots [D] to a broken _ [G] mast.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ The [Em] difference's clear, _ _ [C] you throw it in [Am] the cauldron.
_ [G] _ _ Rust and [Em] veneer, _ [C] dusk and dawn, [G] Stannis [Am] and Baldwin.
_ _ [G] _ You start with [Em] a simple stock [C] of all the ways [D] and salt to taste.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Damn my luck and damn these friends.
[D] To give all the more in back their smiles.
[C] To save my face with half-assed [D] gills.
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn.
Spread my arms and soak up [G] congratulations.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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