Little Dark Age - MGMT

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MGMT is my favourite band and I knew as soon as LDA dropped that my band and I had to cover this.
Figured I'd share with all y'all :) Enjoy!

[Verse 1]

          
Breathing in t

           
he dark, lying

        
 on its side
          
The ruins of t

           
he day painted

       
 with a scar
          
And the more I

            
 straighten ou

             
t, the less it

         
 wants to try
          
The feelings s

           
tart to rot, o

              
ne wink at a t


ime, oh

[Chorus 1]

         
  Forgiving wh

             
o you are for 

          
what you stand

     
 to gain
           
Just know that

             
 if you hide, 

          
it doesn't go 


away
           
When you get o

             
ut of bed don'

        
t end up stran

ded
            
Horrified with

             
 each stone, o

#
n the stage my

 little dark a

ge


  
x4 (until vers

e comes back i

n)

[Verse 2]

          
Picking throug

           
h the cards, k

              
nowing what's 


nearby
          
The carvings o

           
n the face say

             
 they find it 

#
hard
          
And the engine

            
's failed agai

             
n, all limits 

    
of disguise
          
The humor's no

           
t the same com

           
ing from denia

l, oh


[Chorus 2]

         
  I grieve in 

            
stereo, the st

           
ereo sounds st


range
           
I know that if

             
 you hide, it 

        
doesn't go awa

y
           
If you get out

             
 of bed and fi

     
nd me standing
            
All alone, ope

         
n-eyed, burn t

he page my lit

tle dark age


[Instrumental]

        x2


[Chorus 3]

         
  I grieve in 

            
stereo, the st

           
ereo sounds st


range
           
You know that 

             
if it hides, i

          
t doesn't go a


way
           
If I get out o

             
f bed You'll s

       
ee me standing
            
all alone, Hor

         
rified, On the

 stage My litt

le dark age


 
x4 (until brid

ge comes in)

[Bridge]

         
Giddy with del

#
ight
              
Seeing what's 

    
to come
          
The image of t

  
he dead
              
Dead ends in m

  
y mind


[Chorus 4]

         
  Policemen sw

             
ear to god lov

           
e's seeping fr

      
om the guns
           
I know my frie

             
nds and I woul

          
d probably tur

      
n and run
           
If you get out

             
 of bed, come 

        
find us headin

g
            
For the bridge

              
, bring a ston

    
e, all the rag

e my little da

rk age


[Chorus 3]

         
  I grieve in 

            
stereo, the st

           
ereo sounds st


range
           
I know that if

             
 you hide, it 

        
doesn't go awa

y
           
If you get out

             
 of bed and fi

     
nd me standing
            
All alone, ope

         
n-eyed, burn t

he page my lit

tle dark age

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