Oh Comely Neutral Milk Hotel
[Intro]
[E](Strum the lower strings first, and then incorporate the higher strings
to get the same sound as Mangum does)
[Verse 1]
Oh comely,[C] I will be with you
when you lose your [E]breath
Chasing the only[C] meaningful
memory you thought you had l[E]eft
With some pretty, bright
and bubbly [C]terrible scene
That was doing her thing
on your [E]chest
But oh comely[C]
It isn't as pretty as
you'd like to [G]guess
In your memory, you're drunk on your awe to me
C E (He transitions the long "all" into the Ooohh comely next verse)
It doesn't mean anything at allllllllllll
[Verse 2]
Oh comely,[C] all of your friends
are all letting you b[E]low,
Bristling and ugly,[C] bursting with
fruits falling out from the h[E]oles
Of some pretty, bright, and bubbly [C]friend
You could need to say
comforting things in your e[E]ar
But oh comely,[C] there isn't such one
friend that you could find h[G]ere
Standing next to me, he's only my enemy
I'll [C]crush him with everything I own
[E]Say what you want to say
Hang for your hollow ways
[C]Moving your mouth to pull out
All your miracles [E]aimed
for [C]meeee[D]eeeee[G]ee[D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[Interlude]
[E]
[Verse 3]
Your [E]father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies
While [C]you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park
[E]Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums
The [C]music and medicine you needed for comforting
So [E]make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving
And [C]pluck all your silly strings, bend all your notes for me
[E]Soft silly music is meaningful magical
The [C]movements were beautiful, all in your ovaries
[E]All of them milking with green fleshy flowers
While [C]powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines
[E]Smelling of semen all under the garden
Was [C]all you were needing when you still believed in me
[E]Say what your want to say
Hang for your hollow ways
[C]Moving your mouth to pull out
All your miracles [E]aimed
for [C]meeee[D]eeeee[G]ee[D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[Interlude 2]
[E] Da da da, da da da, [C]da
Da da da, da da da, [E]da
C (fade out)
Da da da, da da da, daaaaaa
[Verse 4]
[E]I know they buried her body with others
Her [C]sister and mother and five-hundred families
And [E]will she remember me fifty years later?
I [C]wished I could save her in some sort of time machine
[E]Know all your enemies
We [C]know who our enemies are
[E]Know all your enemies
We [C]know who our enemies are
[Bridge]
[Am]
[Da] [da] [da] [da] [dadada]
da da [E]da da daaahhaaa
Ah [Am]da da da daa dadada
Ahh da da [E]da da daaahhaaa
[Am]
[Da] [da] [da] [da] [daaa] [dadada]
Deeee de de [E]de de de deeeeeee
[Outro]
[Am]Goldaline, my dear
We will fold and freeze together
[E]Far away from here
There is sun and spring and green forever
But [Am]now we move to feel for ourselves
inside some stranger's stomach
[E]Place your body here
Let your skin begin
to blend itself with [Am]miiiiii[E]iiine
De [Am]deee dede de de dadada
Ah dada[E]da da da daaaaa
[Am]
[Da] [da] [da] [daa] [da] [dadada]
Ah dada [E]da daaa daaaa daaaaa
Ahh daaaaaa daaaaaaa daaaaaaa ohhhhhh
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