The National - Alien

[Intro]
Am
Am F C Gadd11 G

[Verse 1]
Am F
Try not to worry there’s a voiceover
C Gadd11 G
Go on, go quiet for a change
Am F
We can dial down the daylight a little
C Gadd11 G
I think the candy blue sky’s messing with our brains

[Pre-Chorus]
Am F
We must have hit our heads
C
Don’t expect familiar feelings
G
No one knows what to talk about
Dm
Just come lay down here on the couch

[Chorus]
C
Drop down out of the clouds you’re in
Em G
Drop down like an alien
Dm C
I’ll go outside, cry, and come right back in
Em G
Drop down like an alien

[Post-Chorus]
Am Fmaj7 C G

[Verse 2]
Am Fmaj7
I’ll find you something fun to wear
C
That goes along with all your feelings
G
We’ll go extremely vivid
Am
Buttoned up and unrevealing
Fmaj7
I can be your nurse or something
C
Bring you watermelon nicotine
G Am
I can hold a swimmer here to the shore by a string

[Pre-Chorus]
Fmaj7
Hurry up, we don’t have time
C
Avalanches in my mind
G
I’m getting buried in this dream
Dm
It’s just as soapy as it seems

[Chorus]
C
Drop down out of the clouds you’re in
Em G
Drop down like an alien
Dm C
I’ll go outside, cry, and come right back in
Em G
Drop down like an alien

[Bridge]
Am F
There’s this one old idea I’m having
C G Am
Stuck in a car wash somewhere and you can’t stop laughing
F
Off the rails and no one’s coming to get us
C Gadd11 G
I think I like it here, so I’m gonna let ’em forget us

[Pre-Chorus]
Dm C
Hurry up, we don’t have time
Em
Avalanches in my mind
G
I’m getting buried in this dream
F
It’s just as soapy as it seems

[Chorus]
C
Drop down out of the clouds you’re in
G
Drop down like an alien
F C
I’ll go outside, cry, and come right back in
Dm C G
Drop down like an alien

[Guitar Solo]
F C Dm C G
F C Dm C G

[Chorus]
F C
Drop down out of the clouds you’re in
Dm C G
Drop down like an alien
F C
I’ll go outside, cry, and come right back in
Dm C G F
Drop down like an alien