Holland 1945 chords by Neutral Milk Hotel

Intro: G

Muted strumming during "One... Two... ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!"

G

G
The only girl I've ever loved
G
Was born with roses in her eyes
G
But then they buried her alive
            C
One evening Nine-teen-forty-five
              G
With just her sister at her side
         C
And only weeks before the guns
             G
All came and rained on everyone
            C
Now she's a little boy in Spain
          G
Playing pianos filled with flames
         C
On empty rings around the sun
            G
All sing to say my dream has come

                G
But now we must pick up every piece
        G
Of this life we used to love
        G
Just to keep ourselves at least
                D
Enough to carry on!


G
And now we ride the circus wheel
G
With your dark brother wrapped in white
G
Says it was good to be alive
           C
But now he rides a comet's flame
              G
And won't be coming back again
                C
The Earth looks better from a star
              G
That's right above from where you are
           C
He didn't mean to make you cry
                 G
With sparks that ring and bullets fly
         C
On empty rings around your heart
               G
The world just screams and falls apart



                G
But now we must pick up every piece
       G
Of the life we used to love
        G
Just to keep ourselves at least
                D
Enough to carry on!



  G
And here's where your mother sleeps
  D
And here is the room where your brothers were born
 G
In-den-tions in the sheets
            D
Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
            G
And it's so sad to see the world agree
            D
That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
             G
All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes