Neutral Milk Hotel

The King Of Carrot Flowers (part I, Ii & Iii)(Chords)

Neutral Milk Hotel

Key: F

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Verse 1:

F Bb F C Bb When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers F Bb F C Bb And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees C Bb In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet F Bb F C Bb F Bb F C Bb And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder F Bb F C Bb And your dad would throw the garbage all across the floor C Bb As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for F Bb F C Bb F Bb F C Bb And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you F Bb F C Bb And from above you how I sank into your soul C Bb Into that secret place where no one dares to go F Bb F C Bb F Bb F C Bb And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking F Bb F C Bb And dad would dream of all the different ways to die C Bb Each one a little more than he could dare to try

Verse 2:

Riff
E|-----1-----------| 
B|-------1-------1-| 
G|---2---------2---| 
D|-3---------3-----|
A|-----------------| 
E|-----------------| 
Riff I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love you C Yes I do F I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love you C Yes I do And on the lazy days The dogs dissolve and drain away The world it goes And all awaits F The day we are awaiting

Verse 3:

F All I know We go through the weight and undertow C I will float until I learn how to swim F Inside my mother in a garbage bin C Until I find myself again Bb Again, oh All I know We go mouths open wide and spit in stuff I will spit until I learn how to speak Up through the doorway as the sideboards creak With them ever proclaiming me, me, oh All I know We go the way the steps fell down and I don't know I will shout until they know what I mean I mean the marriage of a dead dog sing And a synthetic flying machine, machine, oh

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