Em                 Am                          Em
I had a dream you left me for someone who was mean to me
                          Am    D
So I cried and left for Mexico
Em                         Am                Em                             Am
Where I tried to learn to surf by riding a machine that I kept beside the window
        D                Em G Am D Em G Am
It was not a good way to be
D                 Em G Am D Em G Am D
Not a good way to be

[Veres 2]
Em                       Am                             Em                      Am
I had a dream I was in school, I was learning from the best how to overcome my blues
D           Em                   Am                            Em
They said, here's a spider in a bowl, here's Poseidon's white bull
                                Am         D
Now, just pretend you have the right to choose

[Chorus]
        G    D        C     G
And I said, am I an alien here?
D             C          G
Here in the cave of my skull
D           C           G
Crawling around in the dark
D             C     Em
Dark to the ones I love

[Instrumental]
Em G Am D x4

[Bridge]
Em       D           Am         D             Em
  Put fodder on the fire, get water from the well
         D             Am
It's a simple kind of life
Em       D          Am            D             G              D         C
  And happiness is easy, it's a story that you tell, it's a teardrop in your eye

[Instrumental]
Bm Em x4

[Verse 3]
Em     G               Am           D             Em                 G        Am   D
And I had a dream that he died, and he died, then he died, and then papa died too
Em         G             Am             D                Em
   And somewhere in the world an evil genius was on the rise
           G                Am
And then Bowie died, and everybody said
       C
Well, what are we gonna do?


[Chorus]
G  D         C     G
   Am I an alien here?
D            C           G
Here in the cave of my skull
D           C           G
Crawling around in the dark
D            C      B      F# E B    F# E
Dark to the ones I love
G  D         C     G
   Am I an alien here?
D       C
Here in my room

[Outro]
Em G Am D x4
Bm