Song For Dan Treacy ver2 Chords - MGMT






MGMT - Song for Dan Treacy Chords

by Ryan McGrath

100% transcribed by me. Please inform me of any mistakes, however I don't think 
there are any, if at all.

Lyrics taken from - 
http://artists.letssingit.com/mgmt-lyrics-song-for-dan-treacy-lbb1ddp - 
and slightly edited for grammar and corrections.

Chords are listed as regular or flat, never sharp, for ease of playing. This is 
regardless of key.

Examples of chords and their notations:

D = D major

Gb = G flat major

Em = E minor

Gbm = G flat minor

Cdim. = C diminished

Bbdim. = B flat diminished




Part A (0:00 - 0:22)


D                     Gbm
He spends his time

                 G
or maybe half of his time

                            Bbdim.
or part of the time wandering

           D                 Gbm               Em
'round the creeks and cobble stones of hackney lanes


D                          Gbm
with a tear in his eye

       G                                    Bbdim.
as the children walk by, he's thinking of a song

     D                Gbm          Em
then stops to paint a picture of a frown

Gb        F
walking around


Part B (0:23 - 0:40)


EmCmGmGb   F

EmCmGmGb   F

Em


Part A (0:41 - 1:02)


D                    Gbm
Dan Treacy's smile

           G                                         Bbdim.
leaves you trying to decide who's the victim, what's the crime?

   D
no rest for the mind

       Gbm         Em
that's seen it all before


D                                 Gbm
and I don't know where he lives

           G
but he's a myth of a man

                  Bbdim.
and Texas Bob the cameraman

   D              Gbm             Em
is off to fix his seat before the show

          Gb           F
yeah, but where did he go?


Part B (1:03 - 1:14)


EmCmGmGb   F

EmCmGmGb   F


Part C (1:15 - 1:32)


   Dbm            A
To know when your time's up

    B                  E               Abm       Bm
you flip the glass and watch the hours quickening

   A        Am
oh oh oh oh oh


       Dbm         A
In the back of the station

     B              E                  Abm       Bm
fluorescent lights about to quit their flickering


Part D (1:33 - 1:42)


                A
Well he speaks his mind

                B
he says "What is crime?"

            Bm
Dan Treacy's eyes


Part A (1:43 - 2:01)

Note:
The chords from "In the middle..." to "...lark" are not actually played in the song, but
for things like acoustic covers I thought it might be helpful to include them, so I did.

D                            Gbm
In the middle of the park

         G
when the underground is dark,

                   Bbdim.
he's a poet he's a lark

          D                Gbm               Em
He starts thinking about a place that no one knows


D                               Gbm
And when the creeks run dry

         G
he stays frozen in time

                      Bbdim.
strange lights in the sky

      D
start blinking

              Gbm
I can see the car outside 


Part E (2:02 - 2:11)


Em
But he's listening, ooh ooh ooh ooh

Abm
he's listening, ooh ooh ooh

Bm
he's listening, ahh ahh ahh

         A
and he's making up his mind


Part C (2:12 - 3:09)

Note:
The lyrics and instrumentation of this second Part C are different,
however the chords remain the same.

Dbm         A
He made his mind up

   B                   EAbmBmA  Am
to get things done and overcome


Dbm         A
He made his mind up

B               E  AbmBmA  Am
yeah he's gonna let it go


Dbm         A
He made his mind up

B               E              AbmBmA  Am
in the park and at the station


Dbm         A
He made his mind up

B                E     AbmBmA  Am
yeah, he's gonna get it done


Dbm         A
He made his mind up

B                   E           AbmBmA  Am
ooh yeah he's gonna get it done


Dbm         A
He made his mind up

B         E            AbmBm


Part F (3:10 - 4:09)

A                              B
yeah, he's gonna let it go, uh oh

              Gbm
no matter the time

   B
oh oh

         Gbm
when the creeps run by

   B
oh no

                Gbm
he's making his mind up

      B
oh oh oh oh

Gbm                              B
yeah he's gonna get it done whoa oh

   Gbm                                B
oh yeah, when the creeks run dry whoa oh

Gbm                            B
yeah, he's gonna listen to his soul,

Gbm
yeah, when the creeps walk by and say

Cdim.
"Come here boy, look me in the eye"

bow to the heart, back to the beat of

E
Dan Treacy