Am I An Alien Here by Wolf Parade Guitar Chords
[Intro]
Dm F Gm C x4
[Verse 1]
Dm Gm Dm
I had a dream you left me for someone who was mean to me
Gm C
So I cried and left for Mexico
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Where I tried to learn to surf by riding a machine that I kept beside the window
C Dm F Gm C Dm F Gm
It was not a good way to be
C Dm F Gm C Dm F Gm C
Not a good way to be
[Veres 2]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
I had a dream I was in school, I was learning from the best how to overcome my blues
C Dm Gm Dm
They said, here’s a spider in a bowl, here’s Poseidon’s white bull
Gm C
Now, just pretend you have the right to choose
[Chorus]
F C Bb F
And I said, am I an alien here?
C Bb F
Here in the cave of my skull
C Bb F
Crawling around in the dark
C Bb Dm
Dark to the ones I love
[Instrumental]
Dm F Gm C x4
[Bridge]
Dm C Gm C Dm
Put fodder on the fire, get water from the well
C Gm
It’s a simple kind of life
Dm C Gm C F C Bb
And happiness is easy, it’s a story that you tell, it’s a teardrop in your eye
[Instrumental]
Am Dm x4
[Verse 3]
Dm F Gm C Dm F Gm C
And I had a dream that he died, and he died, then he died, and then papa died too
Dm F Gm C Dm
And somewhere in the world an evil genius was on the rise
F Gm
And then Bowie died, and everybody said
Bb
Well, what are we gonna do?
[Chorus]
F C Bb F
Am I an alien here?
C Bb F
Here in the cave of my skull
C Bb F
Crawling around in the dark
C Bb A E D A E D
Dark to the ones I love
F C Bb F
Am I an alien here?
C Bb
Here in my room
[Outro]
Dm F Gm C x4
Am