These are the tabs to the album "On Avery Island" by Neutral Milk Hotel. I figured most of it out myself with help where noted. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Song Against Sex

And the ^Bbfirst one tore a picture Of a dead and hanging man Who was kissing foreign fishes That flew right out from his hands And when I ^Fput my arms around him Felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks And an ^Bbeerieness surrounded When his tongue began to speak And he said, "^F;Oh, boy, you are so pretty, Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string" And ^Bbwhen I finally kissed him The whole world began to ring Lost like a ^Fbell that's tipping over With two cracks along both sides And I ^Bbknew the world was over So I took a look outside And watched the ^Ffires that were reaching Up to the weather vanes and the tops of trees And the ^Bbwaiting scene and the Sunday dream - They're all waiting here for me ^F ^Bb

^BbDeli markets with their flower stands Their pretty girls and their burning men Hanging ^Fout on the hooks next to the window displays And I took out my tongue, twice removed from my face Across a ^Bbbridge and across the mountains Threw a nickel in the fountain To save my ^Fsoul from all these troubled times And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take to soothe my mind So I'm always ^Bbsober Always aching Always heading towards Mass suicide, occult figurines And wasted ^Fgas-station attendants Attending to their jobs And a ^Bbnice drive in the country Finds a nice cliff to drop off Oh, when this ^Flife just gets so grating All the grittiness of life But don't ^Bbtake those pills your boyfriend gave you You're too wonderful to die ^F ^Bb ^F ^Bb

^BbAnd the last one tore a picture From the pornographic page And all the pleasure points attacking All the looks of love were staged And it's a ^Flie that you've been given That just hurts you every day So why ^Bbshould I lie here naked When it's just too far away From any^Fthing we could call loving - Any love worth living for' So I'll ^Bbsleep out in the gutter You can sleep here on the floor And when I ^Fwake up in the morning I won't forget to lock the door 'Cause with a ^Bbmatch that's mean and some gasoline You won't see me anymore ^F ^Bb

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You've Passed (thanks to Liam Fletcher) Use a capo on the 1st fret to make this easier Intro C5 C5 e------------------------------------| B------------------------------------| G---5------------------5-------------| D---5------------------5-------------| X2 A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-1-----| E-1------------------1-----------5-5-| F e----------1--| B----------1--| G----------2--| D----------3--| A-1---1-3--3--| E---5------1--|

The lady is dy^Fing She bends back like a w^Fave As her spirit is climb^Fing Through the hospital wall and a^D#5way

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And I wanted to hold ^Fyou As you made your esc^Fape But now I should have tol^Fd you When your eyes were alive and a^D#5wake Always in life we all must make this ^Fmistake And so I ^G#go it ^Falone And the ^G#pressure is gr^Feat I hold ^G#on to my o^Fwn Oh please oh don't go a^D#5way

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I wanted to know ^Fyou Before you started to f^Fade But I gave everything ^Fto A lie and a farce and a f^D#5ake Always in life we all must make this mi^Fstake And so I ^G#go it ^Falone And the ^G#pressure is gr^Feat I hold ^G#on to my o^Fwn Oh please oh don't go a^D#5way I'd like to see you when all of these angry days blow a^Fway

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone Is Waiting

^FSomeone is waiting To swallow all the halos out of ^Cyou As your ^Fface blows through my windows Sending pieces flying all around the ^Croom

And I ^Flove you, and I want to Shoot all the superheroes from your ^Cskies Watch them ^Fbleeding from your ceiling As their empty anger falls out from their ^Ceyes All a^Bblone... ^F ^Bb ^F

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Baby For Pree

^CBlistering Pree, all smiling and swollen Makes ^Fbabies to breathe, with their hearts hanging open All ^Cover the sheets, as soft as beets in some brown Dresser^F drawer And with ^Cbees in her breath and the rest of her ringing, they'll ^FSting through her chest with a force hard and beating till ^CWonderfully wet she will get until she's soaked inside Her^F clothes, and there is no sorry to be sorry^E for For a roll around the ^Ffloor Some afternoon so sound and ^Esoft It made her swallow all her ^Fsweat With every bit of breath she ^Ecoughed And when the day it came to ^Fpour All her babies all across the bathroom ^Gfloor She will be swimming in them all forever ^Cmore

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marching Theme Ab is the main chord in this song. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where You'll Find Me Now

^CAll I perceive is wasted and broken ^FSilvery streams, sacred when spoken ^CSlam into me and into the ditch of deb^Fris And you ^Csmoke in the park and sleep in the greenery ^FEveryone barks and they are all still believing To ^Ctear out your heart would send all your secrets to ^Fme

But I let you ^Edown And swollen and ^Fsmall is where you'll find me ^Enow With that silver stripping ^Foff From my tongue you're tearing ^Eout And you'll never hear me ^Fta^Glk

^CYour teeth believe that teeth are for tearing ^FTear into me and the scent of you sweating ^CSmells good to me As long as we keep in our ^Fclothes

And ^Cout in the dark the world is still rolling ^FKids in their cars, cigarette smoking And ^Call that they are just reeks with the sweetest be^Flief

But I let you ^Edown And swollen and ^Fsmall is where you'll find me ^Enow With that silver stripping ^Foff My tongue you're tearing ^Eout And you'll never hear me ^Fta^Glk^C ^F ^C ^F

And ^Call I could want is silver and spinning ^FOut from your arms and into the pretty ^CPit of your heart, so simply and softly we'd ^Fflow

But I let you ^Edown And swollen and ^Fsmall is where you'll find me ^Enow With that silver stripping ^Foff My tongue you're tearing ^Eout And you'll never hear me ^Fta^Glk, ^CGlow Int^Fo you I will ^Cglow Int^Fo yo^Cu

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^BThere are beads that wrap ^BAround your knees that crackle into the dark Like a ^F#walk in the park like a hole in your head Like the feeling you get when you realize ^Ayou're ^Bdead, this time

We ride roller coasters into the ocean

We feel no emotion as we spi^Aral ^F#down to the world And I guess it's worth your time

Because there's some lives you live

And some you leave be^Ehind It gets hard to exp^Blain Th^Ee garden^F#head knows my ^Ename ^B ^E

Leave me a^Blone For you know this isn't the ^Efirst time In fact this is twice in a ^Brow That the angels have slipped through our ^Elandslide And filled up our garden with ^Bsnow And I don't wish the taste of your ^Einsides Or to call out your name through my ^Bphone For the glory boys at your ^Ebedside Will love you as long as your something t^Bo love ^EWill love you as long as your something t^Bo love ^E

Follow me ^Bthrough The city of frost covered ^Eangels I swear I have nothing to ^Bprove I just want to dance in your ^Etangles To give me some reason to ^Bmove Or to take on the world at all ^Eangles Requires a strength I can ^Buse So I'll meet you up high in your ^Eanger Of all that is hoping and waiting ^Bfor you ^EOf all that is hoping and waiting ^Bfor you

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three Peaches (thanks to HipsterDoucheba)

There ^Gis no dream So ^Ewake up run your lips across your fingers till you^G find Some scent of yourself that you can hold up ^Ehigh To remind yourself that you didn't ^Gdie On a day that was so crappy whole and happy you're a^Eli^Cve^E ^C ^E

And you ^Gseem so bruised and it's ^Ebeautiful As it's reflecting off from you as it^G shines And you're in the bathroom carving holiday de^Esigns into yourself Hoping no one will ^Gfind you but they found you

And they took you

And you somehow sur^Evi^Cve^Ed ^C ^E

There ^Gis no dream So ^Ewake up and if the holidays don't hollow out yo^Gur eyes Then press yourself against whatever you ^Efind To be beautiful and trembling with ^Glife

Because I'm so happy

I'm so ha^Eppy I'm so happy I'm so ha^Gppy That you didn't ^Edie

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naomi

^AbYour ^Aprettiness^E is seeping ^Abthrough Out ^Afrom the dres^Es I took from ^Abyou^A, ^E so pret^Abty ^A ^E ^AbAnd my ^Aemptine^Ess is swollen ^Abshut Al^Aways a ^Ewretch i have be^Abcom^Ae ^E So empty^Ab ^A ^B ^BPlease don't leave ^Eme

E C#m D A E C#m D A E

I'm ^C#mwatching ^DNao^Ami, full ^Ebloom I'm ^C#mhoping ^Dshe will ^Asoon exp^Elode In^C#mto one ^Dbillion ^Atastes and ^Etunes One ^C#mbillion ^Dangels ^Acome and ^BHold her ^Adown They could ^Bhold her ^Adown Until she ^Ecries^C#m ^D ^A

E C#m D A E

I'm ^C#mtasting ^DNaom^Ai's per^Efume It ^C#mtastes like ^Dshit and ^AI must ^Esay She ^C#mcomes and ^Dgoes most ^Aafter^Enoons One ^C#mbillion ^Dlovers ^Awave and ^Blove her ^Anow They could l^Bove her ^Anow and so could ^EI ^C#m ^D ^A

E C#m D A E

There ^C#mis no ^DNao^Ami in ^Eview She ^C#mwalks through ^DCambridge ^Astocks and ^Estrolls And ^C#mif she ^Donly ^Areally ^Eknew One ^C#mbillion ^Dangels ^Acould come and ^Bsave her ^Asoul They could ^Bsave her ^Asoul until she ^Eshin^C#mes ^DUn^Atil she ^Eshine^C#ms ^DUn^Atil she ^Eshine^C#ms ^DUn^Atil she ^Eshines

Ab A E Ab A E

So pre^Abtty^A ^E So pre^Abtty^A ^E So pre^Abtty^A ^E So pre^Abtty^A ^E ^B ^BAnd please, please don't leave^E me

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 8th (Thanks to Liam Fletcher) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|---6---0---4---0---2---2---4---4-| Repeat through entire song A|-7-------5-------3-------5-------| E|---------------------------------| Crawl across toward your window I'm calling softly from the street Always a lonely widow Half awake and sleeping on my feet I'm of age but have no children No quarter phone booth calls to home Just late television Inside my bedroom all alone There is no use in waiting Offer up your steps so I can climb Show me all your figure paintings Etched in the middle of the night Let me stretch upon your carpet Let me hear the rain tap on your street Knowing I am safe on the inside Blankets wrapped and drifting off to sleep ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye... You're on your own if you want to play this one. Good luck!

Neutral Milk Hotel - On avery island