The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal

The Past Is a Grotesque Animal easy guitar chords by Of Montreal

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Em

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • D

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Em

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • D

  • B

    2
  • E

  • Intro 1








    Verse 1
    The 
    past 
    is 
    grotesque 
    anim
    al 

    And 
    in 
    it
    eyes 
    you 
    see 

    How 
    completely 
    wrong 
    you 
    can 
    be 

    How 
    completely 
    wrong 
    you 
    can 
    be 

    Verse 2

    The sun 
    is 
    out, 

    it 
    melts 
    the snow 
    that 
    fell 
    yesterday 

    Makes 
    you 
    wonder 
    why 
    it 
    bothered 

    Verse 3

    fell 
    in 
    love 
    with 
    the 
    first 
    cute 

    girl 
    that 
    met 

    Who could 
    ap
    preciate 

    Georges 
    Bataille 

    Stand
    ing 
    at 
    Swedish 
    festival 
    discussing 

    "Story 
    of 
    the 
    Eye" 

    Discussing 
    "Story 
    of 
    the 
    Eye" 

    Verse 4

    It's 
    so 
    em
    barrassing 
    to 
    need 

    someone 
    like 
    do 
    you 

    How 
    can 
    ex
    plain, 

    need 
    you 
    here 
    and 
    not 
    here 
    too 

    How 
    can 
    explain, 

    I need 
    you 
    here 
    and 
    not 
    here 
    too 

    Verse 5

    I'm 
    flunking 
    out, 
    I'm 
    flunking 
    out, 

    I'm 
    gone, 
    I'm 
    just 
    gone 

    But 
    at 
    least 
    author 
    my 
    own 
    disaster 

    At 
    least 
    author 
    my 
    own 
    disaster 

    Verse 6

    Per
    formance 
    breakdown 
    and 

    don't 
    want 
    to 
    hear 
    it 

    I'm 
    just 
    not 
    avail
    able 

    Things 
    could 
    be 
    different 

    but 
    they're 
    not 

    Things 
    could 
    be 
    different 
    but 
    they're 
    not 

    Verse 7

    The 
    mousy 
    girl 
    screams, 

    "Violence! 
    Violence!" 

    The mousy 
    girl 
    screams, 

    "Violence! 
    Violence!" 

    She 
    gets 
    hys
    terical 
    because 

    they're 
    both 
    so 
    mean 

    And 
    it's 
    my 
    favorite 
    scene 

    But 
    the cruelty's 
    so 
    predictable 

    It 
    makes 
    you 
    sad 
    on 
    the 
    stage 

    Though 
    our 
    love 
    project 
    has 

    so 
    much 
    potential 

    But 
    it's 
    like 
    we 
    weren't 
    made 

    for 
    this 
    world 

    (Though I 
    wouldn't 
    really 
    want 
    to 

    meet 
    someone 
    who 
    was) 

    Verse 8
    Do I 
    have 
    to scream 
    in 
    your 
    face? 

    I've 
    been 
    dodging 
    lamps 

    and 
    vegetables 

    Throw 
    it 
    all 
    in 
    my 
    face, 
    don't 
    care 

    Verse 9
    Let's 
    just 
    have 
    some 
    fun 

    Let's 
    tear 
    this shit 
    apart 

    Let's 
    tear 
    the fucking 
    house 
    apart 

    Let's 
    tear 
    our fucking 
    bodies 
    apart 

    Interlude 1
    But 
    let's 
    just 
    have 
    some 
    fun 


    Verse 10
    Somehow 
    you've 
    red-rovered 

    the 
    gestapo 
    circling 
    my 
    heart 

    And 
    nothing 
    can 
    defeat 
    you 

    Verse 11
    No 
    death, 
    no 
    ugly 
    world 


    You've 
    lived 
    so 
    brightly 

    You've 
    altered 
    everything 

    I find 
    myself 
    searching 
    for old 
    selves 

    While 
    speeding 
    forward 
    through 
    the 
    plate 

    glass 
    of 
    maturing 
    cells 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 12
    I've 
    played 
    the 

    unraveler, the 
    parhelion 

    But even 
    apo
    calypse 
    is 
    fleeting 

    There's 
    no 
    death, 
    no 
    ugly 
    world 

    Verse 13
    Sometimes 
    wonder 
    if 
    you're 

    mythologizing me 
    like 
    do 
    you 

    Mythologiz
    ing me 
    like 
    do 
    you 

    Verse 14

    We 
    want 
    our 
    film 
    to 
    be 
    beautiful, 

    not 
    realistic 

    Perceive 
    me 
    in 
    the 
    radiance 

    of 
    terror 
    dreams 

    And 
    you 
    can 
    betray 
    me 

    You 
    can, 
    you 
    can 
    betray 
    me 

    Verse 15

    But 
    teach 
    me 
    something 
    wonderful 

    Crown 
    my 
    head, 
    crowd 
    my 
    head 

    With 
    your 
    lilting 
    effects 

    Project 
    your 
    fears 
    on 
    to 
    me, 

    need 
    to 
    view 
    them 

    See, 
    there's 
    nothing 
    to 
    them 

    promise 
    you, 

    there's 
    nothing 
    to 
    them 

    Verse 16

    I'm 
    so 
    touched 
    by 
    your 
    goodness 

    You 
    make 
    me 
    feel 
    so 
    criminal 

    How 
    do you 
    keep 
    it 
    together? 

    I'm 
    all, 
    all 
    unraveled 


    Verse 17
    But 
    you know, 
    no 
    matter 
    where 
    we 
    are 

    We're 
    always 
    touching 
    by 
    underground 

    Interlude 3
    wires 



    Verse 18
    I've 
    explored 
    you 
    with 
    the 

    detachment 
    of 
    an 
    analyst 

    But 
    most 
    nights 
    we've 
    raided 

    the 
    same 
    kingdoms 

    And 
    none 
    of 
    our 
    secrets 
    are 
    physical 

    None 
    of 
    our 
    secrets 
    are 
    physical 

    None 
    of 
    our 
    secrets 
    are 
    physical 
    now 

    Outro 1















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