The National - Mistaken for Strangers: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Mistaken for Strangers" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Mistaken for Strangers Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The National

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

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

            F/A                   F/A#
You have to do it running but you do everything
that they
F/C                  Csus4
ask you to cause you don’t mind seeing
    F/A                  F/A#
yourself in a picture as long as you look
    F/C                 Csus4
faraway, as long as you look removed

F/A               F/A#
showered and blue-blazered,
 F/C                Csus4
fill yourself with quarters
F/A               F/A#
showered and blue-blazered,
 F/C                Csus4
fill yourself with quarters

Chorus:
           Dm                          F
You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends
          A#                           F
when you pass them at night under the silvery,
silvery
 A#                     F              Am
citibank lights, arm in arm in arm and eyes
and eyes glazing under
        Gm                     F
Oh you wouldn’t want an angel watching over.
    A#                    F
Surprise, surprise, they wouldn’t wannna watch
  A#                  F
another uninnocent, elegant fall into the
   Am
unmagnificent lives of adults

Make up something to believe in your heart of hearts
So you have something to wear on your
sleeve of sleeves
So you swear you just saw a feathery woman
Carry a blindfolded man through the trees

Showered and blue-blazered
Fill yourself with quarters
Showered and blue-blazered
Fill yourself with quarters


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Csus4

Guitar chord Csus4

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F

Guitar chord F

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 "Mistaken for Strangers" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Mistaken for Strangers" by The National.

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