Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh sister

^GOh sister, don't be afraid of me I won't be nailing you down in the nursery ^CJust like the rest of them did With those watery, wandering fingers that slipped That were supposed to be ^Gglorious and fi^Cne^G

^GOh sister, won't you believe in me I only wanted to be hard on the family ^CHere with you now in this silly infirmary Your mother makes frantic and drunk calls from Germany ^GAll of the t^Cim^Ge

^GOh sister, sweet brown and beulahry And milk from your blisters on your grandmother's jewelry ^Cthere in the parlor all naked in front of me

Making archery ^Ganimal des^Cign^Gs ^EmRose Wallace Goldeline just mo^Cves her mouth over anything ^GWith fleshy free and flowering lik^De oranges out in the open ^EmBut don't you waste your sins again ^CShe don't need you or won't fuck your friends ^GAnd you, you're American self i^Dmportant boiling over ^EmTo prove that she must still exist ^Cshe moves herself about her fist ^Gand won't ever never give a shit ^Dabout all those words you're wasting ^EmTo gain some pret^Cty bright and bubbly ^Gwondrous dream You'd like to ^Dkill and cling And claim her as your own ^EmBut don't you worry ^CAll those dainty and dir^Gty emotions just g^Do away and fade out on their own ^GSister, now that you're leaving Our fingers will falter Our lungs will be leaking ^CAll over each other and without even speaking We'll know that it's over and smiling or greeting ^GWhatever comes ne^Cxt^G

^GAnd oh sister You're getting married with some angry twister That you'll have to carry home dr^Cunk every evening from the cemetery And if he makes it back half alive you can bury him ^GUnder your she^Cets^G

^GAnd oh sister now that you're greaving I can not imagine there is any meaning ^Cforgetting you ever could once had the feeling that made you keep on and pretend you were breathing of ^Gall of this w^Corl^Gd In an age of empty rings ^DI don't want to feel a th^Cing I don't even want to k^Gnow ^{C G}

and Rose Wallace Goldel^Dine don't you ever die on ^Cme Don't you own the way you g^Go