Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945

^C Two, one, two, three, four (muted strumming -----|)

^CThe only girl I've ever l^Goved ^CWas born with roses in her ^Geyes ^CBut then they buried her a^Glive One evening ^DNine-teen-forty-f^Cive With just her ^Dsister at her s^Gide And only ^Dweeks before the g^Cuns All came and ^Drained on every^Gone Now she's a ^Dlittle boy in S^Cpain Playing pi^Danos filled with f^Glames On empty ^Drings around the ^Csun All sing to ^Dsay my dream h^Cas c^Gome

But now we must ^Cpick up every ^Gpiece Of this ^Clife we used to ^Glove Just to ^Ckeep ourselves at ^Gleast Enough to carry ^Don!

^CAnd now we ride the circus ^Gwheel ^CWith your dark brother wrapped in ^Gwhite ^CSays it was good to be a^Glive But now he ^Drides a comet's ^Cflame And won't be c^Doming back a^Ggain The Earth looks ^Dbetter from a ^Cstar That's right a^Dbove from where you ^Gare He didn't m^Dean to make you ^Ccry With sparks that ^Dring and bullets ^Gfly On empty ^Drings around your ^Cheart The world just ^Dscreams and f^Calls a^Gpart

But now we must ^Cpick up every ^Gpiece Of the ^Clife we used to ^Glove Just to ^Ckeep ourselves at l^Geast Enough to carry ^Don!

An^Gd her^Ae's whe^Bre you^Cr mother ^Gsleeps An^Gd he^Are ^Bis the ^Croom where your ^Gbrothers were ^Dborn I^Gn-de^An-ti^Bons ^Cin the s^Gheets Where their ^Gbod^Aies^B once m^Coved but don't ^Gmove any^Dmore And it's so ^Csad to ^Gsee the ^Cworld a^Ggree That they'd ^Crather see their ^Gfaces fill with f^Dlies ^GAll wh^Aen ^BI'd w^Cant to k^Geep white r^Doses in their ^Geyes