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Intro: C, G, C, G Muted strumming during "One... Two... ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!" C, G 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 Nine-teen-forty-five 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 G All sing to say my dream has come C G But now we must pick up every piece C G Of this life we used to love C G Just to keep ourselves at least D Enough to carry on! [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/neutral-milk-hotel/264752.html ] 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 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 G Just to keep ourselves at least D Enough to carry on! G A B C G And here's where your mother sleeps G A B C G D And here is the room where your brothers were born G A B C G In-den-tions in the sheets C G C 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 C D G All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes C G C G |