The Past is a Grotesque Animal by of Montreal Standard tuning. Play the bar chords, but don't strum the chord entirely each time... the bottom half or upper half depending on which part of the song. that kind of goes for strumming pattern as well. Improvise everything, seeing as there's no black and white to chords of this song. You can probably swap the F with A# if it drives you nuts, and if some glaring mistake in the chords, I'll change it here if you figure it out. Gm [3 5 5 3 3 3 ] A# [6 8 8 7 6 6 ] Dm [x 5 7 7 6 5 ] F [x 8 10 10 10 8 ] Gm A# The past is a grotesque animal and in it's eyes you see Dm how completely wrong you can be

how completely wrong you can ^Fbe the ^Gmsun is out it melts the snow that fell yesterday makes you ^A#wonder why it ^Dmbothered

^Dmi fell in love with the first cute girl that i met Gm who could appreciate George Bataille A# Dm standing at a Swedish festival discussing the "story of the eye" discussing the "story of^F the eye"

^Gmit's so embarrassing to need someone like i do you A# Dm how can i explain i need you here and not here too F how can i explain i need you here and not here too

^GmI'm flunking out i'm gone i'm just gone but at ^A#least i author my own disaster ^Dm F at least i author my own disaster

^Gmperformance breakdown and i don't want to hear it i'm just not a^A#vailable Dm things could be different but they're not things could be different but they're ^Fnot the mousy ^Gmgirl screams "violence! violence!"

the mousy girl screams "violence! violence!" A# she gets hysterical Dm cause they're both so mean and it's my favorite scene Gm but the cruelty's so predictable it makes you sad on the stage

though our love project has so much potent^A#ial but it's like we weren't made for this world though i ^Dmwouldn't really want to meet someone who was ^F

Gm do i have to scream in your face?

i've been dodging lamps and ^A#vegetables throw it all in my face i don't ^Dmcare

let's just have some fun A# let's tear this shit apart let's tear the fucking house apart

let's tear our fucking bodies apart^Gm A# but let's just have some fun

^Dmsomehow you've red rovered the gestapo circling my heart and nothing can defeat you no death no ugly world ^Gmyou've lived so brightly you've altered everything i ^A#find myself searching for old selves Dm F Gm while speeding forward through the plate glass of maturing cells

i've played the un^A#raveler the parhelion but even ^DmApocalypse is fleeting there's no death no ugly world sometimes i ^Gmwonder if you're mythologizing me like i do you mythologizing ^A#me like i do you we want our film to be ^Dmbeautiful not realistic perceive me in the ^Fradiance of terror dreams and you can betray me ^Gm you can ^A#

you can betray me

^Dmbut teach me something wonderful crown my head crowd my head with your ^Flilting effects

project your fears on to me i need to view them

^Gmsee there's nothing to them A# i promise you there's nothing to them i'm so touched by your goodness you make me ^Dmfeel so criminal how do you ^Fkeep it together? i'm all all unraveled ^Gm but you know no ^A#matter where we are we're always touching by underground wires

^Dmi've explored you with the detachment of an analyst but ^Fmost nights we've raided the same kingdoms ^Gmand none of our secrets are physical none of our secrets are ^A#physical A# Dm none of our secrets are physical now

Of Montreal - Past is a grotesque animal