Mistaken for Strangers chords by
The National 
Key: F major•
Intro 1
Am
Bb
C
F
C
Csus4
C
Am
Bb
C
Csus4
F
You have to
Verse 1
do it running
Bb
But you do everything that
F
they ask you to
Csus4
'Cause you don't mind seeing
C
Am
F
your_ self in a pic_ ture
Am
Bb
As long as you look faraway,
F
C
F
C
Csus4
as long as you look removed
Verse 2
F
Showered and blue-blazered,
Bb
F
fill yourself with quarters
Showered and blue-blazered,
fill yourself with quarters
Verse 3
Dm
You get mis_ taken for strangers
F
by your own friends
Bb
When you pass them at night
F
Under the sil_ very,
Bb
silvery Citibank lights
F
Am
Arm in arm in arm and eyes and eyes,
glazing under
Verse 4
G
Oh, you wouldn't want an angel
F
watching over you
Bb
Surprise, surprise,
F
they would_ n't wanna watch
Bb
An_ other un-innocent,
F
elegant el_ egant fall
Am
Into the un-magnificent lives lives
of adults
Bb
C
Am
C
Verse 5
F
Make up something to believe
Bb
in your heart of hearts
F
So you have something to wear
C
Csus4
on your sleeve of sleeves
So you swear,
F
Am
F
Bb
you just saw a feathery woman
F
Carry a blindfolded man
Csus4
through the trees
Am
Showered and
Verse 6
F
blue-blazered,
Bb
F
fill yourself with quarters
Showered and blue-blazered,
Bb
F
fill yourself with quarters
Dm
You get mis_ taken for strangers
Verse 7
Dm
F
by your own friends
Bb
When you pass them at night
F
Under the sil_ very,
Bb
silvery Citibank lights
F
Am
Arm in arm in arm and eyes and eyes,
glazing under
G
Oh, you wouldn't want an
Verse 8
G
angel
F
watching over you
Bb
Surprise, surprise,
F
they would_ n't wanna watch
Another un-innocent,
Bb
F
elegant el_ egant fall
Am
Into the un-magnificent lives lives of adults
Dm
You get mis_ taken for strangers
Verse 9
Dm
F
by your own friends
Bb
When you pass them at night
F
Under the sil_ very,
Bb
silvery Citibank lights
F
Am
Arm in arm in arm and eyes and eyes,
glazing under
Gm
Oh, you wouldn't
Verse 10
want an angel
F
watch_ ing over you
Bb
Surprise, surprise,
F
they would_ n't wanna watch
Bb
An_ other un-innocent,
F
elegant el_ egant fall
Am
Into the un-magnificent lives lives of adults
Outro 1
Am
Dm
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Am
G
Gm
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Am
Gm
F
C
Bb
F
Bb
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