Holland, 1945 Chords by Neutral Milk Hotel

[Start]

[Intro]
C G C G C
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[Verse]
                   G7   C    
The only girl I've ever loved
                    G7     C   
Was born with roses in her eyes
                         G7   
But then they buried her alive
            G           C        
One evening in nineteen fortyfive
                        G       
With just her sister at her side
                      C       
And only weeks before the guns
    G                          
All came and rained on everyone
                          C    
Now she's a little boy in Spain
D                          G     
Playing pianos filled with flames
                      C      
On empty rings around the sun


[Chorus]
                              G7  
I'll sing to say my dream has come
           C            G          
But now we must pack up every piece
   C                G      
Of the life we used to love
        C             
Just to keep ourselves
G                  D       
At least enough to carry on


[Verse]
C                     G            C
■ And now we ride the circus wheel ■
                       G          C    
With your dark brother wrapped in white
                    G       
Says it was good to be alive
                   C            
But now he rides a comet's flame
          D              G    
And won't be coming back again
                            D7    
The Earth looks better from a star
C      D7                     G      
That's right above from where you are
   D                          
He didn't mean to make you cry
                          G          
With sparks that ring and bullets fly
                      D         
On empty rings around your heart
C              D           C     G7   
The world just screams and falls apart


[Chorus]
G          C            G          
But now we must pack up every piece
   C                       
Of the life we used to love
G       C             
Just to keep ourselves
G                  D       
At least enough to carry on
G                C    G            
And here's where your mother sleeps
            C              G             D    G   
And here is the room where your brothers were born
C               G         
Indentations in the sheets
                   C              G          D      
Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
         C  Cmaj7 G      Cmaj7     G    
And it's so sad   to see the world agree
C                      G           D           G    
That they'd rather see their faces filled with flies
         C        G       D     Dsus4    G     C   
All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes


[Solo]
G C D C G
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[Outro]