MGMT - Weekend Wars: Guitar Chords

Learn to play 'Weekend Wars' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Weekend Wars Guitar Chords and Lyrics by MGMT

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'Weekend Wars' smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Dm                       C  G
Evil S I yes to find a shore
   C                  G         F
A beast that doesn't quiver anymore
    Dm                    C                 F
And we could crush some plants to paint my walls
             Am                          F
And I won't try to fight in the weekend wars

Was I? I was too lazy to bathe
Or paint or write or try to make a change
Now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch
And I don't have to love or think too much

A Dm     C      F      A             A#
Instant battle plans written on the sidewalk
A Dm    C      F      A            A#
Mental mystics in a twisted metal car
A Dm     C     F      Gm   A   A#        C
Tried to amplify the sound of light and love

Christ is cursed of fathers and martyrs
Might even take a knife to split a hair
Or even scare the children off my lawn
Giving us time to make the makeshift bombs

Every mess invested was a score
We couldn't use computers anymore
But it's difficult to win unless you're bored
And you might have to plan for the weekend wars

A Dm     C       F           A          A#
Try to break my heart I'll drive to Arizona
A Dm      C      F       A               A#
It might take a hundred years to grow an arm
A     Dm      C      F      Gm   A  A#        A
I'll sit and listen to the sound of sand and cold

Dm      C       F      A               A#
Twisted diamond heart, I'm the weekend warrior
A Dm   C        F      A              A#
My predictions are the only things I have
A Dm  C     F      Gm   A  A#         C
I can amplify the sound of light and love

C/G                   A#/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
                  A#
When I open up my mouth
                         F
There's a reason I don't win
                    C/G
I don't know how to begin
                      A#/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
                  A#
When I open up my mouth
                         F
There's a reason I don't win
                    C/G
I don't know how to begin

[Outro with fade out]
C/G                   A#/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
                  A#
When I open up my mouth
                         F
There's a reason I don't win
                    C/G
I don't know how to begin
C/G                   A#/F
I'm a curse and I'm a sound
                  A#
When I open up my mouth
                         F
There's a reason I don't win
                    C/G
I don't know how to begin


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play 'Weekend Wars' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'Weekend Wars' by MGMT.