The National – Space Invader (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm F F C [Verse]
Dm F                    F   C
      It's a calculation I made a mistake on

Dm  F                         F    C
     I never should have said it like I said

Dm F                              F   C
       It will come to me later like a space invader

Dm F                              F   C
    And I won't be able to get it out of my head
[Chorus]
Am                C                 F
    What if I'd never written the letter

                   G                          Am
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?

             C                       F
What if I stayed on the C train until Lafayette?

     G
What if we never met?

Dm                        Am
What if I'd only just done what you told me

 F                  G
And never looked back?

 Dm                      Am
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway

F                G
And faded to black?
[Verse]
Dm F                    F        C
  It was too romantic, it was sad and frantic

Dm F                     F   C
       A paperback book in a storm drain

Dm F                         F    C
     It could go number one, if I copied a new one

Dm F                  F   C
     From a melody that I wish I had
[Chorus]
Am                C                 F
    What if I'd never written the letter

                   G                          Am
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?

             C                       F
What if I stayed on the C train until Lafayette?

     G
What if we never met?

Dm                        Am
What if I'd only just done what you told me

 F                  G
And never looked back?

 Dm                      Am
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway

F                G
And faded to black?

Am                C                 F
    What if I'd never written the letter

                   G                          Am
I slipped into the sleeve of the record I gave you?

             C                       F
What if I stayed on the C train until Lafayette?

     G
What if we never met?

Dm                        Am
What if I'd only just done what you told me

 F                  G
And never looked back?

 Dm                      Am
What if I'd only ducked away down the hallway

F                G
And faded to black?
[Verse] Dm F F C It will come to me later, like a space invader
Dm  F                          F     C
    And I won't be able to get it out of my head
[Outro] C
F   G   Am C 
(Until the end)