Space Invader chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

DmDm FF
F C majorC

🎸 Verse:

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

🎸 Chorus:

A minorAm        C majorC         FF
  What if I'd never written the letter
          G+G             A minorAm
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?
       C majorC            FF
What if I stayed on the C majorC train until Lafayette?
   G+G
What if we never met?
DmDm            A minorAm
What if I'd only just done what you told me
 FF         G+G
And never looked back?
 DmDm           A minorAm
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway
FF        G+G
And faded to black?

🎸 Verse:

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

🎸 Chorus:

A minorAm        C majorC         FF
  What if I'd never written the letter
          G+G             A minorAm
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?
       C majorC            FF
What if I stayed on the C majorC train until Lafayette?
   G+G
What if we never met?
DmDm            A minorAm
What if I'd only just done what you told me
 FF         G+G
And never looked back?
 DmDm           A minorAm
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway
FF        G+G
And faded to black?

A minorAm        C majorC         FF
  What if I'd never written the letter
          G+G             A minorAm
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?
       C majorC            FF
What if I stayed on the C majorC train until Lafayette?
   G+G
What if we never met?
DmDm            A minorAm
What if I'd only just done what you told me
 FF         G+G
And never looked back?
 DmDm           A minorAm
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway
FF        G+G
And faded to black?

🎸 Verse:

DmDm FF        FF  C majorC

It will come to me later, like a space invader
DmDm FF             FF   C majorC
  And I won't be able to get it out of my head

🎸 Outro:

C majorC
FF  G+G  A minorAm C majorC
(Until the end)