Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh comely

^E(Strum the lower strings first, and then incorporate the higher strings to get the same sound as Mangum does)

Oh comely,^C I will be with you when you lose your ^Ebreath Chasing the only^C meaningful memory you thought you had l^Eeft

and bubbly ^Cterrible scene That was doing her thing on your ^Echest But oh comely ^C

you'd like to ^Gguess In your memory, you're drunk on your awe to me It ^Cdoesn't mean anything at alllllllll^Elll (He transitions the long "all" into the Ooohh comely next verse)

Oh comely,^C all of your friends are all letting you b^Elow, Bristling and ugly,^C bursting with fruits falling out from the h^Eoles Of some pretty, bright, and bubbly ^Cfriend

comforting things in your e^Ear But oh comely,^C there isn't such one friend that you could find h^Gere

I'll ^Ccrush him with everything I own ^ESay what you want to say

^GMoving your mouth to pull out All your miracles ^Eaimed for ^Cmeeee^Deeeee^Gee ^{D G D G D}

Your ^Efather made fetuses with flesh licking ladies While ^Cyou and your mother were asleep in the trailer park ^EThunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums The ^Cmusic and medicine you needed for comforting So ^Emake all your fat fleshy fingers to moving And ^Cpluck all your silly strings, bend all your notes for me ^ESoft silly music is meaningful magical The ^Cmovements were beautiful, all in your ovaries ^EAll of them milking with green fleshy flowers While ^Cpowerful pistons were sugary sweet machines ^ESmelling of semen all under the garden Was ^Call you were needing when you still believed in me ^ESay what your want to say

^GMoving your mouth to pull out All your miracles ^Eaimed for ^Cmeeee^Deeeee^Gee ^{D G D G D}

^E Da da da, da da da, ^Cda Da da da, da da da, ^Eda Da da da, da da da, ^Cdaaaaaa

^EI know they buried her body with others Her ^Csister and mother and five-hundred families And ^Ewill she remember me fifty years later? I ^Cwished I could save her in some sort of time machine ^EKnow all your enemies We ^Cknow who our enemies are ^EKnow all your enemies We ^Cknow who our enemies are

^Am Da da da da dadada da da ^Eda da daaahhaaa Ah ^Amda da da daa dadada Ahh da da ^Eda da daaahhaaa Da ^Amda da da daaa dadada Deeee de de ^Ede de de deeeeeee

^AmGoldaline, my dear We will fold and freeze together ^EFar away from here

But ^Amnow we move to feel for ourselves inside some stranger's stomach ^EPlace your body here

to blend itself with ^Ammiiiiii^Eiiine De ^Amdeee dede de de dadada Ah dada^Eda da da daaaaa Da ^Amda da daa da dadada Ah dada ^Eda daaa daaaa daaaaa Ahh daaaaaa daaaaaaa daaaaaaa ^Amohhhhhh