Chord Booklet

of Montreal

10 songs|63 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

C#m

Bb/A

F#m

F#m7

B/F

E/C

Ddim

C#aug

G#dim

C#9

A#6

A#7

A/G

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

F/E

D/Db

Edim7

C/G

G#aug

B/A

G#m

C#5

G#5

Bbm

E/D

G#m7

C#7

Ebm

Fdim

F#dim

Aaug

Cdim

F/A

Bdim

A#dim

D#m

Gdim

Empyrean Abattoir

Key: C#mHard

C#m

Bb/A

F#m

F#m7

B/F

E/C

C#mWinter isn't much here

Just a flinching centigraEde

Though the gB7rasses all look jaundiced and the

A7Poplar branches Eflayed

BOoh-o-oh, the pAoplar branches Eflayed

C#mBefore your hysterical silence,

You came rapping at my doEor

With yourB7 body as a sacrament

A7Your mind a killing Efloor

BOoh-o-oh, your mAind a killing Eflaw

Refrain 1:

G#I've been trying to quell my angG#er

And not feel bCitter about alFl the darkness you gave

But as Aalways there's that Bb/Adevice that I cannot dAisengage

Bb/AOooh

C#mJust as a Red Terror, you tried to kill what you couldn'tE rein

B7And now you're back in Knoxville masturbA7ating your father's Epain

BOoh-o-oh, masturbAating your father's Epain

Refrain 2:

G#Stealing from his oration of filthG# ,

I repeat the Cwickedness to forFce reactions out of you

ABut it never hurts as Bb/Adeeply as I Awant it to

Bb/Ammm

Bb/Aooh

Bb/Aoooh

Bb/A

C#mI think I'll mix my medicine and explore it 'til I'm duEll

B7You made my sky a graveyard and my Amoon a funerEal

BOoh-o-oh, my Amoon a fEuneral

F#mBF#m7F#

F#mB/FAA

CNow it's just a sFystem of subtraEctioFn, oCh yGeah

E B I won't even tGurn around to nBotice your reactDioCn

CNow it's just a sFystem of subtraEctioFn, oCh yGeah

E B I won't even fGeel the hatefulB vibing of your Dfaction

CNow it's just a sFystem of subtracEtion

CWhatever GhappenGed to Cyour Gstar Gnow?

FNo one GcareFs whFo youG areF now, oFh, oh, oh, G C

F OBh-oh, G Coh-oh

B YEou were once beloved, by my people

E/CNow it's bad luck to Beven say your name

G COho, F oBho, G Coho

B EWhen I see you it feels so awkward

E/CI try to be cool but itB's such a drag

G COho, F oBho, G Coho

FmI waited for you on our feral streets

ESmelling other people's piss

DHow could you tGhink you see me bAackwards, babe

EYou ain't eAven seen the blBikk fang, babe

DIt's not acriGmonious C

Final Chorus:

'CCause now it's only syFstems of subtracEtiFon, Coh Gyeah

E IB won't even tuGrn around to loBok at your reacDtion

CNow it's just a sFystem of subtractEion

CWhatever GhappenGed toC your Gstar Gnow?

FNo oGne caFres Fwho Gyou aFre nFow

CYou uGsed Gto shaCre mGy broGken throne

FNow yGou sFing Fflat Galone Fnow, oh, oh, oh, ohC. E

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An Ode To The Nocturnal Muse

Key: DHard

Ddim

C#aug

G#dim

C#m

C#9

A#6

A#7

DI love to Ddimsleep I B7lovFe my bed

GAD

because it brings strange dreams to me

C#augACmF

and life's much better when I'm asleep I can see anything

CmF

don't have to worry about anything

DDdimB7F

I know you love to sleep you love your pillows

GAD

because they bring sweet dreams to you

C#augA

and life's much better when you're asleep

CmFCmF

you can do anything don't have to fuss over anything

ABmG#dim

I can't wait to be old growing senile together

DdimCDmEmCm

holding hands and both completely out of our heads

we won't notice when we're dead

C#mGFACCmC9CF

we'll be too busy dreaming too busy dreaming we'll be too busy dreaming

DDdimB7FGAD

C#augA

life's much better when you're asleep

CmFCmF

you can do anything don't have to fuss over anything

well, there's nothing quite as great

it's my favorite mental state

C#9DAmFA#6

subconscious stream of thought creates avant garde films in my mind

GGA#6AGG

and watching them is how I like to spend my time

DDdimB7F

I love to sleep I love my bed

GAD

because it brings strange dreams to me

C#augACmF

and life's much better when I'm asleep I can see anything

CmF

don't have to worry about anything

DDdimB7F

I know you love to sleep you love your pillows

GAD

because they bring sweet dreams to you

C#augA

and life's much better when you're asleep

CmFCmF

you can do anything don't have to fuss over anything

ABmG#dim

I can't wait to be old growing senile together

DdimCDmEmCm

holding hands and both completely out of our heads

we won't notice when we're dead

C#mGFACCmC9CF

we'll be too busy dreaming too busy dreaming we'll be too busy dreaming

A#7

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Sirens Of Your Toxic Spirit

Key: BmHard

A/G

F#m

C#m

cool song from of Montreal's newest album, Lousy with Sylvianbriar. i basically learned

how to play this song by watching the acoustic version on Youtube. i'm pretty sure this

is how Kevin plays it on guitar. i thought someone would've uploaded it by now, but no

one has and i have some free time rn so i thought i might as well do it.

the song is arpeggiated the whole way through. i'm not going to tab it out, but it's

easy. there are also some bass notes between the chord changes, mostly descending or

ascending, depending on the root notes (for example when changing from Bm to E you play

also this little hammer on on the B string before you change from E7 to A that echoes

the vocal melody. it's pretty easy to figure out.

BmWhat I recall

ERemembered past is insanity A A/G

And the clattF#mer F#m B F#m F#m B

BmMisapprehensions are

EKilling you but not fast enouAgh A/G

To really mattF#mer F#m B F#m F#m B

BThe flume of your struggle is

DFlooded with sorrow and it

BPoisons everybody near it D A

I'm not a patrC#mon of yours anymore F

B B7 (play the 7th w/ yr pinky, 5th fret E string)

Don't want to hear it

The sirE7ens of your toxic spirit F#m B F#m

E7E7A

BmOf your addictions and

EShiftingness inheritedA A/G

From your fatherF#m F#m B F#m F#m B

BmI know you struggle to

EKeep them in check but at this point A A/G

Why even bother?F#m F#m B F#m F#m B

BThe flume of your struggle is

DFlooded with sorrow and it

BPoisons everybody near it D A

I'm not a patrC#mon of yours anymore F

Don't want to hear it B B7

The sirE7ens of your toxic spirit F#m B F#m

E7E7A

BmWell, friendships you have left

EDo not derive from love, they're jusAt a work form A/G

Of chaF#mrity F#m B F#m F#m B

BmI've wounded you and

EYou've wounded you too, at least we can feAel good A/G

About the paritiF#mes F#m B F#m F#m B

BThe flume of your struggle is

DFlooded with sorrow and it

BPoisons everybody near it D A

I'm not a patrC#mon of yours anymore F

Don't want to hear it B B7

The sirE7ens of your toxic spirit F#m B F#m

E7A

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Fugitive Air

Key: BHard

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

F/E

D/Db

Edim7

C/G

G#aug

BACA

FGFCDE

EI do wrong, strictly speakinFg, Gjust for myself, because it

EMakes me feel like a real man to Fhold heGgemony over my business, and I

DmI refuse to Cbe abused by the Cmaj7milieu of Fmaj7wistful decay

DBesides I'm used to Eall of my scruples deFserting F/Eme D

D/DbLike they've Cdone today E7

The Blady from the block hunched over on the Astoop

With her Cwithered old titty Aout,

Sayin' I've been Frolled so Gmany Ftimes, it's just

CFeeding the pigeons

BNow her grandson swings a little rabbit by the leg

AWhile his Cmother's playing two wooden Aflutes

I want to Frepo some Gfugitive Fair

To esCcape this street'Ds vagaEry aesthetic

Has Eanybody here seen my old friend blob?

FOh, has Ganybody seen where he's gone?

What he Ethinks I owe him is his former life

But Fhow can I Gunmake someone else's mistakes?

DmI guess I was his Canti-hero

Cmaj7The bitter word Fmaj7on his lips

DI hope I never Efeel a terror like

FWhen F/Eyou've disDcovered D/Dbyour auCtonomy had E7flipped

CI feel like I possess Edim7only the Fbad aspects

Edim7Of invisiGbility,F but none of the Cgood ones E7

CAre we walking mausoleums of Edim7scented Frotting flesh?

Edim7Mother always Gliked you best

FLiked your teeth Cupon her breast

CPaint him with the oils from the Edim7eyes of Fstreet cats

Through Edim7some shitty Gwitchcraft

FAnd apply it to their Cbrows and geniE7talia

CI had no idea how Edim7deeply I Fwounded you

But I Edim7don't need no forGgiveness

FAnd no level of conCtrition will ever E7do

CEdim7FEdim7GFCE7

CEdim7FEdim7GFC

CCC/GG#augAmG#augFFmaj7Cmaj7

Notes:

The "C D E" in the intro and fourth verse is played barred

at the 3rd, 5th, and 7th frets, but it sounds great if you

drop down to the open E shape for the "E F# G" that follows.

I know the D/Db sounds weird, but I was able to isolate the

acoustic guitar track, and that's what he's playing. Focus

on the descending root notes on the A string like he does.

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You Are An Airplane

Key: CHard

B/A

G#m

guitar riff #2:

guitar riff #3:

CFCF

(guitar riff #1 x2)

just before the afternoon creeps in

just before it gets too hot to be outside

BB/AG#m

I like to lay on my back in the grass and

BB/AG#mG

watch the airplanes go by and I dream

BmFBC

that you are an airplane shooting across the sky

you are an airplane

GAG#m

you?re a strong and dangerous machine

when you fall you?ll fall down so fast

GACm

when you crash I want to go down with you

we?ll make such a horrible mess

CFCF

(guitar riff #1 x2)

just before the eyeball appears

just before the little birds go to sleep

BB/AG#m

I like to stand on my head and pretend

BB/AG#mGBmF

that I am a control tower and that you are an airplane

and I talk you safely to the ground

you are an airplane

GAG#m

you?re a strong and dangerous machine

when you fall you?ll fall down so fast

GACm

when you crash I want to go down with you

we?ll make such a horrible mess

AmGF

the way you live your life makes me nervous

if you were to die

FAAAm

I?d have no reason to be alive

AmGm

'cause you are my only friend

(guitar riff #2 x2)

you are an airplane

GAG#m

you?re a strong and dangerous machine

when you fall you?ll fall down so fast

GACm

when you crash I want to go down with you

we?ll make such a horrible mess

(guitar riff #3)

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I Felt Like Smashing My Head Through A Clear Glass Window

Key: C#Hard

C#5

G#5

Bbm

All day long C#5

I felt like A5

SmashC#5ing my head through a cA5lear glass wiG#5ndow

But instead C#5

I went out A5

And smasC#5hed up a phone booth arA5ound the coG#5rner

CI never had the chance to chFoose my own parents

CI never knew why I should Gbe stuck with mine

CMommy's always trying Bbnot to eat

GAnd Daddy's always smelling like he's piCckled in booze

CI never had the chance to chFoose my own name

FI never knew why I should Dbe stuck with mine

CMommy's always talking about fBbamily pride

GAnd Daddy's always hiding from Chis weekend bride

All day long C#5

I felt like A5

SmashC#5ing my head through a cA5lear glass wiG#5ndow

But instead C#5

I went out A5

And smasC#5hed up a station wagon A5around the G#5corner

CI looked in the mirror aFnd told myself

C"At least I don't look like tGhem, at least"

CMommy's like a filmstar in a diBbstorted mirror

GDaddy's like a guy who lost his stComach in the war

CI went to shake hands with the PreFsident in Miami

FI went to a rock show to see MDick Jagger

CYou'll never beGlieve it, the suBbmrprise of my lFife

DThey had paint on their faces just like my MCommy

CAm I going crazy, or is it just you, DGaddy?

BbmAm I going nuts, or is it just you, MoFmmy?

CAm I plain gGone, or is it jBbmust the wForld?

DDaddy, I'd rather have you dFead than cCrazy

BbmTrying to talk to them is like eFating chicken dinner when you're

aGngry

BbmTrying to get their love is like watFching ice cream melt when

you're hGungry

BbmThey gave me a watch that's guaGranteed not to break

But my MFommy and DBbmaddy broke Gup last fCall

CAm I going crazy, or is it just you, DGaddy?

BbmAm I going nuts, or is it just you, MoFmmy?

CAm I plain Ggone, or is it jBbmust the wForld?

DMommy, I'd rather have you dFead than cCrazy

All day long C#5

I felt like A5

SmashC#5ing my head through a cA5lear glass wiG#5ndow

But instead C#5

I went out A5

And smasC#5hed up a church arA5ound the coG#5rner

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In The Army Kid

Key: EHard

E/D

C#m

EE/DC#mEE/DC#mABEE/DC#m

EE/DC#m

riding to the station on the bus

EE/DC#m

'cause I want to pick out some books

but Jen, she's a librarian

EE/DC#m

and she hunts my butt to this day

EE/DC#m

usually the bills make me stay

the night at banks so

EE/DAGEA

sorry, but you're just not my type

you know I'll walk you home anyway

did you know I had a funny dream

and in it I was in the army

EE/DC#mEE/DC#mAB

EE/DC#m

riding to the station on the bus

EE/DC#m

'cause I want to pick out some books

but Jen, she's a librarian

EE/DC#m

and she hunts my butt to this day

EE/DC#m

usually the bills make me stay

the night at banks so

EE/DAG

it's time to get down, spin on the ground

and say I want to turn the daytime into dusk

EE/DAG

if you're very tired, we can simply retire

and say "I want to turn the nighttime into day"

sorry, but you're just not my type

you know I'll walk you home anyway

did you know I had a funny dream

and in it I was in the army

EE/DAGEAADGCADGC

EE/DC#m

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Triumph Of Disintegration

Key: G#mHard

G#m7

C#7

Ebm

G#m

Ddim

Fdim

G#m7 The last ten dC#7ays have been a motherfucker,

F I didn't know if EbmI'd survive.

G#mOoh ooh, ooh Cooh ooh, ooh Fooh ooh ooh ooh Ebmooh.

G#mThe voice with the synapse that Ccalls,

Blood bats into action has nowF entered the tablelandEbms.

G#m It's only natural to Cfeel a little imbalanced,

It's a F symptom of your hyEbmsterical need to be understood.

G#mOoh. C F Ebm

You had to forgive your enemy 'cause,

It was making you psychotic to keep fighting him inside of your head.

But how could you allow these people that you don't even respect,

To rape your self-concept and make your inner world an ugliness?

Ooh.

G#mOoh. C F Ebm

G#mC

FThrashed through the forest like a Btormented Cbrute,

I had to Dmake myself a Bmonster just to Dfeel something,

Ugly eFnough to be tBrue.

And then scratching G#mwildly at the mirror in my Cheart to see their doleful faces.

FWhat is the flaw in just Brunning aCway?

DRunning aBway fixes Deverything,

How can I, Fwhy should I stBay?

Just to view the G#mtriumph of disintegration?

G#mCFEbm

To live beneath language, or far above,

It's really not that different.

At least now that the one thing that is good about me,

Has begun to express itself in malicious ways.

Ooh.

G#mOoh. C F Ebm G#m C

FThrashed through the forest like a Btormented Cbrute,

I had to Dmake myself a Bmonster just to Dfeel something,

Ugly eFnough to be tBrue.

And then scratching G#mwildly at the mirror in my Cheart to see their doleful faces.

FWhat is the flaw in just Brunning aCway?

DRunning aBway fixes Deverything,

How can I, Fwhy should I stBay?

Just to see the G#mtriumph of disintegration?

CVictories of devastation?

FBCDBDFB

G#mFBCDBD

FBG#mCDdimFdimF

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Dour Percentage

Key: CHard

Ebm

Bbm

CWe've woken up alone, Emno song to sing us off the edge;

Fthe speakers have blown. DmThis planet is an Forphanage.

CDeep abandonment issues Eat our core

but if Dmnot each other

there's ****-all Gto really keep hustlin' for.

CAin't got no ride

Emleast not one that returns our message

Four parents aside, Dmthis planet is an Forphanage.

CAnd it Emcheapens Amus the way Fyou and i

GTorment each other

DmIt's just the way we Gcombine.

CmTime for you to decide here on the concrete

you a winter soldier or just Fmplaying yourself and me too?

CmI got your letter and it Ebmhurt me so many ways

Abhad no breath to respond.

FmBoy, you let your brothers down!Cm

EbYou inhabit your own personal Abghetto,

but no one's forcing you Ebto stay there.

Our Abcircle's not so Gcannibalistic, baby.

CWe've woken up alone, Emno song to sing us off the edge;

Fthe speakers have blown. DmThis planet is an Forphanage.

CDeep abandonment issues Eat our core

but if Dmnot each other

there's ****-all Gto really keep hustlin' for.

CAin't got no ride

Emleast not one that returns our message

Four parents aside, Dmthis planet is an Forphanage.

CAnd it Emcheapens Amus the way Fyou and i

GTorture each other

DmIt's just the way we Gcollide.

CmIt's time too make up your mind here in this cellar.

Are you gonna betray yourself Fmor come join us up on the dais?

CmThe conspiracy that's forever Ebmunfolding in your head,

it's just Abnot real.

FmBoy, you let your people down!Cm

EbI murdered so much of Abmyself here

just to try and Ebaccommodate you.

AbYou know I saved your Glife a little, too, hey brother.

FGFG

CmI don't resent you but i Abcan't settle the debt of our

Bbmserrated history and Cmblows i haven't got over yet.

CAnd it Emcheapens Amus the way Fyou and i

GTorment each other.

CEmFDmF

CEm

FGC

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10.

Y The Quale And Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst Id Be A Yellow Feathered Loon

Key: CHard

F#dim

G#aug

Aaug

Cdim

F/A

Bdim

A#dim

D#m

G#dim

C#m

Gdim

I'd be a yellow feathered ClooD7n for you Fbaby

be a F#dimGerman shepherd on the G#augmoon Aaug for you Cdimbaby

be a Ggranulated Aspoon for you Dbaby

FF/AD

I'd be a camper in a photograph for you

then when the sun has set

BdimA#dimF

romantic times have passed and our conversations are a bore

ABD#mCBAD#m

I'll become a different man so you can get to know me again

GG#dim

CD7F

I'd be a rubber banded flute for you baby

F#dimG#augAaugCdim

be an union parachute for you baby

GAD

be a baby that's a mute for you baby

FF/AD

I'd be an insecurity in a Tibetan's head for you

then when the sun has set

BdimA#dimF

romantic times have passed and our conversations are a chore

ABD#mCBAD#m

I'll become a different man so you can get to know me again

GG#dim

AG#dimDED

I'd be a uniform on an imbecile for you

C#mDBGdimC

if you want me to die trying I will die to please you I will

GG#dim

CD7F

I'd be a pepperminted rook for you baby

F#dimG#augAaugCdim

be an unhappy organ donor's book for you baby

GAD

be a straw covered in scum and gook for you baby

FF/AD

I'd be a wrestler in a tuxedo shirt for you

AG#dimDADED

I'd be an antacid with a brown wig on for you

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