The Alien
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verse 1
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Am D/F# G C
e|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
B|------1-----1-----1-----|------------------------|------0-----0------0------|------1-----1-----1-----|
G|--------2-----2-----2---|------2-----2-----2-----|--------0------0------0---|--------0-----0-----0---|
D|----2-----2-----2-----2-|----0---0-----0-----0---|----0-----0------0------0-|----2-----2-----2-----2-| x4
A|-0----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-3----------------------|
E|------------------------|-2--------2-----2-----2-|-3------------------------|------------------------|
Am D/F#
The lights were low enough, you guessed
G C
You swapped your conscience with your father's medication
Am D/F#
Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville
G C
And on the way, you wrote out a self-made declaration
Am D/F#
And when you got to Pleasant Hill
G C
You forced the traffic to erase your family demons
Am D/F#
And made a pact with you and god
G C
If you don't move, I swear to you I'm gonna make ya
Chorus 1
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C Em G C
e|-------8-----8-----8-----|-------7-----7-----7-----|-----------------------------|-------8-----8-----8-----|
B|---------8-----8-----8---|---------8-----8-----8---|-------12-----12-----12------|---------8-----8-----8---|
G|---9-------9-----9-----9-|---9-------9-----9-----9-|---12----12-----12-----12----|---9-------9-----9-----9-|
D|-----10------------------|-----9-------------------|-----12-----12-----12-----12-|-----10------------------|
A|-------------------------|-7-----------------------|-10--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-8-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-8-----------------------|
C Em
Do you need me?
G C
Do you need me?
C Em
Do you need me?
G C
Do you need me?
verse 2
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Am D G C
e|-------5-----5-----5-----|-------------------------|-------3-----3-----3-----|-------3-----3----3-----|
B|---------5-----5-----5---|-------7-----7-----7-----|---------3-----3-----3---|---------5----5-----5---|
G|---5-------5-----5-----5-|---7-----7-----7-----7---|---4-------4-----4-----4-|---5-------5----5-----5-|
D|-----7-------------------|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----5-------------------|-----5------------------| x4
A|-------------------------|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------|
E|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|------------------------|
Am D
When the first officer arrived
G C
It happened to be the high school bully of your brother
Am D
When you finally recognized
G C
You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you
Am D
Can you hear me, what's your name?
G C
You could not speak just laid amazed at all the damage
Am D
As the high school's letting out
G C
All the kids are sayin' the same thing that they used to
Chorus 2
C Em
It's an alien
G C
It's an alien
C Em
It's an alien
G C
It's an alien
Interlude
Am D G C
Am D G C
verse 3
Am D
The lights are low enough you guessed
G C
Hospital food, there's never enough medication
Am D
The doctor asked about your ears
G C
You said your mom said you were made from a revelation
Am D
The revelation never scares
G C
If you came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors
Am D
Were you just finally letting go?
G C
Did you mean to take out all those people with you?
Chorus 3
C Em
Didn't mean to
G C
Didn't mean to
C Em
Didn't mean to
G C
Didn't mean to
C Em
Oh I didn't mean ------------------ to
(Take the time to learn to let you go)
G C
Oh I didn't mean ---------- to
(Don't let me go)
C Em
No I didn't mean ------------------ to
(Take the time to learn to let you go)
G C
Oh I didn't mean ----------- to
(Never let you go)
Outro
Am G
Am G
Am G
Time is here to take your last amendments and believe them on your own
Am G
Time is here to take you by the hand and leave you there alone
Am G
Time has come to take the last commandment and to carve it into stone
Am G
Time has come to take you by the hand and leave you here alone
How to play The Alien
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.