{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2069655,"song":"The Alien","artist":"Manchester Orchestra","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11450928-the-alien-chords-by-manchester-orchestra/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2069655?type=chord","rating":4.99511,"votes":154,"content":"Tune half step down\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D/F#[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|\r\nB|------1-----1-----1-----|------------------------|------0-----0------0------|------1-----1-----1-----|\r\nG|--------2-----2-----2---|------2-----2-----2-----|--------0------0------0---|--------0-----0-----0---|\r\nD|----2-----2-----2-----2-|----0---0-----0-----0---|----0-----0------0------0-|----2-----2-----2-----2-| x4\r\nA|-0----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-3----------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|-2--------2-----2-----2-|-3------------------------|------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n   The lights were low enough, you guessed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You swapped your conscience with your father's medication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n   Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   And on the way, you wrote out a self-made declaration[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n   And when you got to Pleasant Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You forced the traffic to erase your family demons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n   And made a pact with you and god[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   If you don't move, I swear to you I'm gonna make ya[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-------8-----8-----8-----|-------7-----7-----7-----|-----------------------------|-------8-----8-----8-----|\r\nB|---------8-----8-----8---|---------8-----8-----8---|-------12-----12-----12------|---------8-----8-----8---|\r\nG|---9-------9-----9-----9-|---9-------9-----9-----9-|---12----12-----12-----12----|---9-------9-----9-----9-|\r\nD|-----10------------------|-----9-------------------|-----12-----12-----12-----12-|-----10------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------|-7-----------------------|-10--------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nE|-8-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-8-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDo you need me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDo you need me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDo you need me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDo you need me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-------5-----5-----5-----|-------------------------|-------3-----3-----3-----|-------3-----3----3-----|\r\nB|---------5-----5-----5---|-------7-----7-----7-----|---------3-----3-----3---|---------5----5-----5---|\r\nG|---5-------5-----5-----5-|---7-----7-----7-----7---|---4-------4-----4-----4-|---5-------5----5-----5-|\r\nD|-----7-------------------|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----5-------------------|-----5------------------| x4\r\nA|-------------------------|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------|\r\nE|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   When the first officer arrived[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   It happened to be the high school bully of your brother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   When you finally recognized[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Can you hear me, what's your name?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You could not speak just laid amazed at all the damage[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   As the high school's letting out[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   All the kids are sayin' the same thing that they used to[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's an alien[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's an alien[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's an alien[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's an alien[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   The lights are low enough you guessed[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Hospital food, there's never enough medication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   The doctor asked about your ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You said your mom said you were made from a revelation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   The revelation never scares[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Your fear came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Were you just finally letting go?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Did you mean to take out all those people with you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDidn't mean to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDidn't mean to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDidn't mean to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDidn't mean to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh I didn't mean ------------------ to[/tab]\r\n            (Take the time to learn to let you go)\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh I didn't mean ---------- to[/tab]\r\n              (Don't let me go)\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo I didn't mean ------------------ to[/tab]\r\n            (Take the time to learn to let you go)\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh I didn't mean ----------- to[/tab]\r\n              (Never let you go)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTime is here to take your last amendments and believe them on your own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTime is here to take you by the hand and leave you there alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTime has come to take the last commandment and to carve it into stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTime has come to take you by the hand and leave you here alone[/tab]","plain_text":"Tune half step down\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nAm  D  G  C\nAm  D  G  C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            (Take the time to learn to let you go)\n\n              (Don't let me go)\n\n            (Take the time to learn to let you go)\n\n              (Never let you go)\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm  G\nAm  G","chords":["Am","D/F#","G","C","B","D","A","E","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}