Am I An Alien Here chords by Wolf Parade

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: EADGBE

Intro:
E minorEm G+G A minorAm D MajorD x4

Verse 1:
E minorEm         A minorAm             E minorEm
I had a dream you left me for someone who was mean to me
             A minorAm  D MajorD
So I cried and left for Mexico
E minorEm             A minorAm        E minorEm               A minorAm
Where I tried to learn to surf by riding a machine that I kept beside the window
    D MajorD        E minorEm G+G A minorAm D MajorD E minorEm G+G A minorAm
It was not a good way to be
D MajorD         E minorEm G+G A minorAm D MajorD E minorEm G+G A minorAm D MajorD
Not a good way to be

Veres 2:
E minorEm            A minorAm               E minorEm           A minorAm
I had a dream I was in school, I was learning from the best how to overcome my blues
D MajorD      E minorEm          A minorAm              E minorEm
They said, here's a spider in a bowl, here's Poseidon's white bull
                A minorAm     D MajorD
Now, just pretend you have the right to choose

Chorus:
    G+G  D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
And I said, am I an alien here?
D MajorD       C majorC     G+G
Here in the cave of my skull
D MajorD      C majorC      G+G
Crawling around in the dark
D MajorD       C majorC   E minorEm
Dark to the ones I love

Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G A minorAm D MajorD x4

Bridge:
E minorEm    D MajorD      A minorAm     D MajorD       E minorEm
 Put fodder on the fire, get water from the well
     D MajorD       A minorAm
It's a simple kind of life
E minorEm    D MajorD     A minorAm      D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD     C majorC
 And happiness is easy, it's a story that you tell, it's a teardrop in your eye

Instrumental:
B minorBm E minorEm x4

Verse 3:
E minorEm   G+G        A minorAm      D MajorD       E minorEm         G+G    A minorAm  D MajorD
And I had a dream that he died, and he died, then he died, and then papa died too
E minorEm     G+G       A minorAm       D MajorD        E minorEm
  And somewhere in the world an evil genius was on the rise
      G+G        A minorAm
And then Bowie died, and everybody said
    C majorC
Well, what are we gonna do?


Chorus:
G+G D MajorD     C majorC   G+G
  A minorAm I an alien here?
D MajorD      C majorC      G+G
Here in the cave of my skull
D MajorD      C majorC      G+G
Crawling around in the dark
D MajorD      C majorC   BB   F#F# E MajorE BB  F#F# E MajorE
Dark to the ones I love
G+G D MajorD     C majorC   G+G
  A minorAm I an alien here?
D MajorD    C majorC
Here in my room

Outro:
E minorEm G+G A minorAm D MajorD x4