Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex (Guitar)

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[Intro] (Talking, followed by barre F chord, Bb) (counts in) Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus2 Eb

E|---------------------------------------|
B|-9---------8------6-6-8---8--let ring--|
G|-8---------8------8-8-8---8------------|
D|-8---------8------8-8-8---8------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

Bb
And the first one tore a picture

Of a dead and hanging man Who was kissing foreign fishes That flew right out of his hand F And when I put my hands around him I felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks

Bb
And an eeriness surrounded me

When his tongue began to speak and he said,

F
Oh boy you are so pretty

Enough to wrap up tight in rice paper strings

Bb
And when I finally kissed him

The whole world began to ring,

F
Lost like a bell that's tipping over

With two cracks along both sides and I

Bb
knew the world was over

So I took a look outside

F
And watched the fires that were reaching up

to the weathervane and tops of trees

Bb
And the waiting scene and the sunday dream

They're all waiting here for me (chord changes similar during trumpets\chorus) [Verse 2]

Bb
Deli markets and the flower stands

Pretty girls and the burning men

F
Hanging out on the hooks next to window displays

And I took out my tongue twice removed from my face

Bb
Across a bridge and across the mountains

Threw a nickel in a fountain

F
To save my soul from all these troubled times

And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take to soothe my mind so I'm

Bb
Always sober

Always aching Always heading toward Mass suicide, occult figurines

F
And wasted gas station attendants

Attending to their jobs

Bb
And a nice drive in the country

Find a nice cliff to drop off, oh

F
And this life just gets so grating

All the grittiness of life, but don't

Bb
Take those pills your boyfriend gave you

You're too wonderful to die [Verse 3] (trombone part)

Bb
And the last one tore a picture

From the pornographic page And all the pleasure points attacking All the looks of love were staged

F
And it's a lie that you've been given

And it hurts you every day

Bb
So why should I lay here naked

When it's just too far away from anything

F
we could call love,

Any love worth living for

Bb
So I'll sleep out in the gutter

You can sleep here on the floor

F
And when I wake up in the morning

I'll forget to lock the door

Bb
Cause with a match that's mean and some gasoline

You won't see me any more