The Alien chords by Manchester Orchestra

To simplify the chords we will use a capo on 4th fret.

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
  • Capo: 4th fret
  • Chords: Em, A, D, G, Bm
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Guitar ChordsUkulele Chords
 Em – 022000
A – x02220
D – xx0232
G – 320003
Bm – x24432
  Em – 0402
A – 2100
D – 2220
G – 0232
Bm – 4222
The Alien

Track Info

[Intro]
Em The lights were low enough,
A
you guessed
D You swapped your conscience with
G
your fathers medication
Em A Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville D And on the way wrote out a
G
self-made declaration
Em A And when you got to Pleasant Hill D You forced the traffic to
G
erase your family demons
Em A And made a pact with you and God D If you don't move

I swear to you
G
I'm gonna make ya
[Chorus]
G Bm Do you need me? D G Do you need me? G Bm Do you need me? D G Do you need me? [Verse]
Em A When the first officer arrived D It happened to be the
G
high school bully of your brother
Em A When you finally recognized D You felt some guilt that you had
G
even let him touch you
Em A Can you hear me? What's your name? D You could not speak just laid
G
amazed at all the damage
Em A And as the high school's letting out D All the kids saying the
G
same thing that they used to

[Chorus]
G Bm It's an a-lien D G It's an a-lien G Bm It's an a-lien D G It's an a-lien [Verse]
Em A The lights are low enough, you guessed D Hospital food, there's
G
never enough medication
Em A The doctor asked about your ears D You said your mom said you were
G
made from a revelation
Em A The revelation never scares D If you came from your drunken dad
G
and a pair of scissors
Em A You just finally letting go? D Did you mean to take out
G
all those people with you?
[Chorus]
G Bm Didn't mean to D G Didn't mean to G Bm Didn't mean to D G Didn't mean to [Chorus]
G Bm Oh I didn't mean to (Oh

I didn't take the time to

learn to let you go)
D G Oh I didn't mean to

(Never letting go)
G Bm No I didn't mean to (Oh

I didn't take the

time to learn to let you go)
D G Oh I didn't mean to

(Never letting go)
[Interlude]
Em Em D D
Em Em D D
[Outro]
Em Time is here to take your last amendments
D
and believe them on your own
Em Time is here to take you by the hand
D
and leave you there alone
Em Time has come to take the last commandment
D
and to carve it into stone
Em Time has come to take you by the hand
D
and leave you here alone

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