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:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mgmt/220118.html ]
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.