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NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL- SONG AGAINST SEX Track 1, On Avery Island (1996) Written by Jeff Mangum, horn arrangements by Robert Schneider Basically just four bars of B and two of F# for the whole song Transpose +2 and capo second for easier chords and the same sound [Intro] (studio chatter and noises) e|----------------------| B|-----4-3-1-3-----4----| G|-3-3---------3-3---3--| D|-3-3---------3-3------| A|-1-1---------1-1------| E|----------------------| [Verse 1]
And the Bbfirst one tore a picture BbOf a dead and hanging man BbWho was kissing foreign fishes BbThat flew right out from this hands And when I Fput my arms around him FI felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks And an Bbeeriness surrounded BbWhen his tongue began to speak And he said "Oh Fboy you are so pretty" F"Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string", And Bbwhen I finally kissed him BbThe whole world began to ring Lost like a Fbell that's tipping over FWith two cracks along both sides And I Bbknew the world was over BbSo I took a look outside And watched the Ffires that were reaching FUp to the weather vane and the tops of trees And the Bbwaiting scene and the Sunday dream BbThey're all waiting here for me
[Instrumental]
FHoBbrn part (this repeats through verses 2 and 3) F Bb e|-----------| |---------------| B|-----------| |---------------| G|-----------| |---------------| D|-5-4-4-5-7-| |-10p11h10-7-4--| A|-----------| |---------------| E|-----------| x2 |---------------| x2
[Verse 2]
BbDeli markets with their flower stands BbAnd pretty girls and the burning men Hanging Fout on the hooks next to the window displays FAnd I took out my tongue twice removed from my face Across a Bbbridge and across the mountains BbThrew a nickel in a fountain To save my Fsoul from all these troubled times FAnd all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take To soothe my mind so I'm Bbalways sober BbAlways aching, BbAlways heading towards, BbMy suicide, occult figurines And wasted Fgas-station attendants FAttending to their jobs And a Bbnice drive in the country BbFinds a nice cliff to drop off Oh when this Flife just gets so grating FAll the grittiness of life But don't Bbtake those pills your boyfriend gave you BbYou're too wonderful to die
[Instrumental] F Bb F Bb [Verse 3]
BbAnd the last one tore a picture BbFrom the pornographic page BbWhen all the pleasure points attacking BbAll the looks of love were staged And it's a Flie that you've been given FThat just hurts you every day So why Bbshould I lay here naked BbWhen it's just too far away From anyFthing we could call loving FAny love worth living for So I'll Bbsleep out in the gutter BbYou can sleep here on the floor And when I Fwake up in the morning FI won't forget to lock the door Because with a Bbmatch that's mean and some gasoline BbYou won't see me anymore
[Outro] F Bb