The National - Space Invader

[Intro]

Dm F
F C

[Verse]

Dm F F C
It’s a calculation I made a mistake on
Dm F F C
I never should have said it like I said
Dm F F C
It will come to me later like a space invader
Dm F F C
And I won’t be able to get it out of my head

[Chorus]

Am C F
What if I’d never written the letter
G Am
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?
C F
What if I stayed on the C train until Lafayette?
G
What if we never met?
Dm Am
What if I’d only just done what you told me
F G
And never looked back?
Dm Am
What if I’d only ducked away down the hallway
F G
And faded to black?

[Verse]

Dm F F C
It was too romantic, it was sad and frantic
Dm F F C
A paperback book in a storm drain
Dm F F C
It could go number one, if I copied a new one
Dm F F C
From a melody that I wish I had

[Chorus]

Am C F
What if I’d never written the letter
G Am
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?
C F
What if I stayed on the C train until Lafayette?
G
What if we never met?
Dm Am
What if I’d only just done what you told me
F G
And never looked back?
Dm Am
What if I’d only ducked away down the hallway
F G
And faded to black?

Am C F
What if I’d never written the letter
G Am
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?
C F
What if I stayed on the C train until Lafayette?
G
What if we never met?
Dm Am
What if I’d only just done what you told me
F G
And never looked back?
Dm Am
What if I’d only ducked away down the hallway
F G
And faded to black?

[Verse]

Dm F F C

It will come to me later, like a space invader
Dm F F C
And I won’t be able to get it out of my head

[Outro]

C
F G Am C
(Until the end)