Oh Comely

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[Intro]
E
(Strum the lower strings first, and then incorporate the higher strings
to get the same sound as Mangum does)
[Verse 1]
C
Oh comely, I will be with you
E
when you lose your breath
C
Chasing the only meaningful
E
memory you thought you had left
With some pretty, bright
C
and bubbly terrible scene
That was doing her thing
E
on your chest
C
But oh comely
It isn't as pretty as
G
you'd like to guess
In your memory, you're drunk on your awe to me
C E
It doesn't mean anything at allllllllllll (He transitions the long "all" into the Ooohh comely next verse)
[Verse 2]
C
Oh comely, all of your friends
E
are all letting you blow,
C
Bristling and ugly, bursting with
E
fruits falling out from the holes
C
Of some pretty, bright, and bubbly friend
You could need to say
E
comforting things in your ear
C
But oh comely, there isn't such one
G
friend that you could find here
Standing next to me, he's only my enemy
C
I'll crush him with everything I own
E
Say what you want to say
Hang for your hollow ways
G
Moving your mouth to pull out
E
All your miracles aimed
C D G D G D G D
for meeeeeeeeeee
[Interlude]
E
[Verse 3]
E
Your father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies
C
While you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park
E
Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums
C
The music and medicine you needed for comforting
E
So make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving
C
And pluck all your silly strings, bend all your notes for me
E
Soft silly music is meaningful magical
C
The movements were beautiful, all in your ovaries
E
All of them milking with green fleshy flowers
C
While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines
E
Smelling of semen all under the garden
C
Was all you were needing when you still believed in me
E
Say what your want to say
Hang for your hollow ways
G
Moving your mouth to pull out
E
All your miracles aimed
C D G D G D G D
for meeeeeeeeeee
[Interlude 2]
E C
Da da da, da da da, da
E
Da da da, da da da, da
C
Da da da, da da da, daaaaaa
[Verse 4]
E
I know they buried her body with others
C
Her sister and mother and five-hundred families
E
And will she remember me fifty years later?
C
I wished I could save her in some sort of time machine
E
Know all your enemies
C
We know who our enemies are
E
Know all your enemies
C
We know who our enemies are
[Bridge]
Am
Da da da da dadada
E
da da da da daaahhaaa
Am
Ah da da da daa dadada
E
Ahh da da da da daaahhaaa
Am
Da da da da daaa dadada
E
Deeee de de de de de deeeeeee
[Outro]
Am
Goldaline, my dear
We will fold and freeze together
E
Far away from here
There is sun and spring and green forever
Am
But now we move to feel for ourselves
inside some stranger's stomach
E
Place your body here
Let your skin begin
Am E
to blend itself with miiiiiiiiine
Am
De deee dede de de dadada
E
Ah dadada da da daaaaa
Am
Da da da daa da dadada
E
Ah dada da daaa daaaa daaaaa
Am
Ahh daaaaaa daaaaaaa daaaaaaa ohhhhhh

Oh Comely chords and lyrics

Free chords for Oh Comely by Neutral Milk Hotel. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
to get the same sound as Mangum does)
[Verse 1] 
With some pretty, bright
That was doing her thing
It isn't as pretty as
In your memory, you're drunk on your awe to me
[Verse 2]
You could need to say
Standing next to me, he's only my enemy
Hang for your hollow ways
[Interlude]
E
[Verse 3]
Hang for your hollow ways
[Interlude 2]
[Verse 4]
[Bridge]
[Outro]
We will fold and freeze together
There is sun and spring and green forever
inside some stranger's stomach
Let your skin begin

Oh Comely Chords by Neutral Milk Hotel

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