Neutral Milk Hotel - Song against sex
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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
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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