The National - Alien: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Alien" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Alien ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Alien" smoothly on your ukulele.

Am                          F
Try not to worry there's a voiceover
C          G
Go on, go quiet for a change
Am                    F
We can dial down the daylight a little
C                             G
I think the candy blue sky's messing with our brains

Am                    F
We must have hit our heads
                       C
Don't expect familiar feelings
                            G
No one knows what to talk about
                               Dm
Just come lay down here on the couch

Chorus:
           C
Drop down out of the clouds you're in
Em       G
Drop down like an alien
Dm              C
I'll go outside, cry, and come right back in
Em       G
Drop down like an alien

I'll find you something fun to wear
That goes along with all your feelings
We'll go extremely vivid
Buttoned up and unrevealing
I can be your nurse or something
Bring you watermelon nicotine
I can hold a swimmer here
To the shore by a string

Hurry up, we don't have time
Avalanches in my mind
I'm getting buried in this dream
It's just as soapy as it seems

Chorus

Am                     F
There's this one old idea I'm having
C                         G
Stuck in a car wash somewhere and you can't
       Am
stop laughing
                          F
Off the rails and no one's coming to get us
C                          G
I think I like it here, so I'm gonna let 'em
forget us

Hurry up, we don't have time
Avalanches in my mind
I'm getting buried in this dream
It's just as soapy as it seems

Chorus - x2

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

C

Ukulele chord C

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F

Ukulele chord F

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Alien" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Alien" by The National.

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