Holand 1945
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Muted strumming during "One... Two... ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!"
The only girl I've ever loved
Was born with roses in her eyes
But then they buried her alive
One evening Nine-teen-forty-five
With just her sister at her side
And only weeks before the guns
All came and rained on everyone
Now she's a little boy in Spain
Playing pianos filled with flames
On empty rings around the sun
All sing to say my dream has come
But now we must pick up every piece
Of this life we used to love
Just to keep ourselves at least
Enough to carry on!
And now we ride the circus wheel
With your dark brother wrapped in white
Says it was good to be alive
But now he rides a comet's flame
And won't be coming back again
The Earth looks better from a star
That's right above from where you are
He didn't mean to make you cry
With sparks that ring and bullets fly
On empty rings around your heart
The world just screams and falls apart
But now we must pick up every piece
Of the life we used to love
Just to keep ourselves at least
Enough to carry on!
And here's where your mother sleeps
And here is the room where your brothers were born
In-den-tions in the sheets
Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
And it's so sad to see the world agree
That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes
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Readable chord sheet for Holand 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel
[C] [G] [C] [G] Muted strumming during "One... Two... ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!" [C] [G] [C]The only girl I've ever l[G]oved [C]Was born with roses in her [G]eyes [C]But then they buried her a[G]live One evening [D]Nine-teen-forty-f[C]ive With just her [D]sister at her s[G]ide And only [D]weeks before the g[C]uns All came and [D]rained on every[G]one Now she's a [D]little boy in S[C]pain Playing pi[D]anos filled with f[G]lames On empty [D]rings around the [C]sun All sing to [D]say my dream has [G]come But now we must [C]pick up every [G]piece Of this [C]life we used to [G]love Just to [C]keep ourselves at [G]least Enough to carry [D]on! [C]And now we ride the circus [G]wheel [C]With your dark brother wrapped in [G]white [C]Says it was good to be a[G]live But now he [D]rides a comet's [C]flame And won't be c[D]oming back a[G]gain The Earth looks [D]better from a [C]star That's right a[D]bove from where you [G]are He didn't m[D]ean to make you [C]cry With sparks that [D]ring and bullets [G]fly On empty [D]rings around your [C]heart The world just [D]screams and falls [G]apart But now we must [C]pick up every [G]piece Of the [C]life we used to [G]love Just to [C]keep ourselves at l[G]east Enough to carry [D]on! An[G]d her[A]e's whe[B]re you[C]r mother [G]sleeps An[G]d he[A]re [B]is the [C]room where your [G]brothers were [D]born I[G]n-de[A]n-ti[B]ons [C]in the s[G]heets Where their [C]bodies once m[G]oved but don't [C]move any[D]more And it's so [C]sad to [G]see the [C]world a[G]gree That they'd [C]rather see their [G]faces fill with f[D]lies All when I'd [C]want to keep white [D]roses in their e[G]yes [C] [G] [C] [G]