o--------------------------------------o | "Holland, 1945" | | from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | | by NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL | o--------------------------------------o G 355433 C x35553 D x57775 A 577655 ---------------------------------------- C ...two, one-two-three-four.. C G (twice) ---------------------------------------- C G The only girl I've ever loved C G Was born with roses in her eyes C G But then they buried her alive D C One evening 1945 D G With just her sister at her side D C And only weeks before the guns D G All came and rained on everyone D C Now she's a little boy in Spain D G Playing pianos filled with flames D C On empty rings around the sun D C G All sing to say my dream has come ---------------------------------------- C G But now we must pick 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 ---------------------------------------- C G And now we ride the circus wheel C G With your dark brother wrapped in white C G Says it was good to be alive D C But now he rides a comet's flame D G And won't be coming back again D C The Earth looks better from a star D G That's right above from where you are D C He didn't mean to make you cry D G With sparks that ring and bullets fly D C On empty rings around your heart D C G The world just screams and falls apart ---------------------------------------- C G But now we must pick 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 ---------------------------------------- G A C C G And here's where your mother sleeps G A C C G D And here is the room where your brothers were born G A C G Indentions in the sheets G A C C G D Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore C G C G And it's so sad to see the world agree C G D That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies G A C C G D G All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes C G C D C G