The National - Looking for Astronauts: Guitar Chords

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

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Em                    G     D/F#
We're out looking for astronauts,
looking for astronauts
We're out looking for astronauts,
looking for astronauts
It's a little too late, too late,
too late for this
Isn't it a little too late for this?
Little too late, too late for this
Isn't it a little too late for this?

     G              Am            D
You know you have a permanent piece
Am            G              D
Of my medium-sized American heart

We're out looking for astronauts,
looking for astronauts
We're out looking for astronauts,
looking for astronauts
Are we gone
Come on yeah, we know we're gone
Bye bye bye
Bye bye bye, we know we're gone

Take all your reasons and take them away
To the middle of nowhere, and on your way home
Throw from your window your record collection
They all run together and never make sense
But that's how we like it, and that's all we want
Something to cry for, and something to hunt

Are we gone
Come on yeah, we know we're gone
Bye bye bye
Bye bye bye we know we're gone

We're out looking for astronauts,
looking for astronauts
We're out looking for astronauts,
looking for astronauts
It's a little too late, too late, too late for this
Isn't it a little too late for this
Little too late, too late for this
Isn't it a little too late for this
You know you have a permanent piece
Of my medium-sized American heart
So don't wear the watch
When you're out with the cunts
You can break what you have,
but the rest of it's mine

Take all your reasons and take them away
To the middle of nowhere, and on your way home
Throw from your window your record collection
They all run together and never make sense
But that's how we like it, and that's all we want
Something to cry for, and something to hunt


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar 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 "Looking for Astronauts" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Looking for Astronauts" by The National.

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