Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945

^CThe only ^Ggirl I've ever loved ^CWas born ^Gwith roses in her eyes ^CBut then ^Gthey buried her alive One ev^Dening 1945 ^CWith ^Djust he^Gr sister at her side ^DAnd only we^Ceks before the guns ^DAll came an^Gd rained on everyone ^DNow she's a^C little boy in Spain ^DPlaying pia^Gnos filled with flames ^DOn empty ri^Cngs around the sun ^DAll sing to^C say my dream has come ^CBut now we ^Gmust pick up every piece ^COf the li^Gfe we used to love ^CJust to^G keep ourselves ^CAt least ^Denough to carry on ^CAnd now we ^Gride the circus wheel ^CWith your dar^Gk brother wrapped in white ^CSays it w^Gas good to be alive But ^Dnow he rides a comet's flame

^CAnd w^Don't be^G coming back again ^GThe Ear^Dth lo^Coks better from a star ^DThat's ri^Gght above from where you are ^DHe didn^C't mean to make you cry With s^Dparks t^Ghat ring and bullets fly On e^Dmpty ri^Cngs around your heart The wo^Drld jus^Ct screams and falls apart But no^Cw we mu^Gst pick up every piece Of^C the li^Gfe we used to love ^CJust to keep ourselves ^GAt le^Dast enough to carry on

An^Gd here'^Cs whe^Gre your mother sleeps An^Gd here ^Cis th^Ge roo^Dm where your brothers were born ^GInden^Ctio^Gns in the sheets Wher^Ge the^Cir bodi^Ges on^Dce moved but don't move anymore ^CAnd^G it^C's ^Gso sad to see the world agree That^G they'd^C rath^Der see their faces fill with flies ^GAll whe^Cn I'd^D want t^Go keep white roses in their eyes