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Song For Dan Treacy

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MGMT are a psychedelic pop band which formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. The band consists of Andrew VanWyngarden (lead vocals, multiple instruments) and Ben Goldwasser (multiple instruments, vocals). The duo was signed to Columbia Records in 2006 and have since released four albums: "Oracular Spectacular" (2007), "Congratulations" (2010), "MGMT" (2013) and "Little Dark Age" (2018). They are best known for their 2008 singles "Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel" and "Kids", all of which were worldwide hits.

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Four years of hard work!

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D Bm
He spends his time
G
or maybe half of his time
Bb
or part of the time wandering
D Bm Em
round the creeks and cobble stones of hackney lanes
D Bm
with a tear in his eye
G Bb
as the children walk by he's thinking of a song
D Bm Em
then stops to paint a picture of a frown
Gbm Fm
walking around

Em Cm Gm Gbm Fm x2

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E|--5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-----------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
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D Bm
Dan Treacy's smile
G Bb
leaves you trying to decide who's the victim what's the crime
D
no rest for the mind
Bm Em
that's seen it all before
D Bm
and I don't know where he lives
G
but he's a myth of a man
Bb
and Texas Bob the cameraman
D Bm Em
is off to fix his sit before the show
Gbm Fm
yeah but where did he go

Em Cm Gm Gbm Fm x2

C#m A
to know when your time's up
B E G#m Bm
you flip the glass and watch the hours quickening
A Am
oh oh oh oh oh
C#m A
in the back of the station
B E G#m Bm
fluorescent lights about to quit their flickering
A
well he speaks his mind
Gb
he says what is crime
Gbm Gbm6
Dan Treacy's eyes

D Bm
In the middle of the park
G
when the underground is dark
Gm Bb
he's a poet he's a lark
D Bm Em
he starts thinking about a place that no one knows
D Bm
and when the creeks run dry
G
he stays frozen in time
Gm Bb
strange lights in the sky
D
start blinking
Bm Em
I can see the car outside but he's listening
G#m
he's listening
A Am
and he's making up his mind

C#m A
He made his mind up
B E G#m Bm A Am
to get things done and overcome
C#m A
He made his mind up
B E G#m Bm A Am
yeah he's gonna let it go
C#m A
he made his mind up
B E G#m Bm A Am
in the park and at the station
C#m A
he made his mind up
B E G#m Bm A Am
yeah he's gonna get it done
C#m A
he made his mind up
B E G#m Bm A Am
ooh yeah he's gonna get it done
C#m A B E G#m Bm
he made his mind up

A B
yeah he's gonna let it go uh oh
C#m
no matter the time
B
oh oh
C#m
when the creeps run by
B
oh no
C#m
he's making his mind up
B
oh oh oh oh
Gbm B
yeah he's gonna get it done whoa
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
Gbm
come here boy look me in the eye
Gbm6
bow to the heart back to the beat of
E
Dan Treacy