Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in 1989 in Ruston, Louisiana. On the band's full-length albums, Mangum played with a number of other musicians, notably Jeremy Barnes (drums), Scott Spillane (horns), Julian Koster (musical saw/banjo/accordion/bass guitar) and producer-instrumentalist Robert Schneider. Neutral Milk Hotel was one of the original members of the Elephant Six Collective, based in Athens, Georgia.
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The same three chords (E,A,B) are repeated for quite a long time in this song, listen to the song for the exact strumming patterns/chord changes.
Chords Used:
E: 022100 A: x02220 B: x24442
[Verse 1]
E Ghost, ghost I know you live within me Feel as you fly In thunderclouds above the city Into one that I A Loved with all that was left within me Until we tore in two E Now wings and rings and there's so many BAE Waiting here for you
[Chorus]
E And she was born in a bottle rocket, 1929 With wings that ring around a socket A Right between her spine A All drenched in milk and holy water E Pouring from the sky E I know that she will live for ever B She won't ever die BE She goes and now she knows she'll never be afraid B To watch the morning paper blow E Into a hole where no one can escape AE Dee, de de de de...
[Bridge]
AEAEBAE
[Verse 2]
E And one day in New York City baby A girl fell from the sky From the top of a burning apartment building A Fourteen stories high A And when her spirit left her body E How it split the sun E I know that she will live for ever All goes on and on and on and
[Chorus]
BE She goes and now she knows she'll never be afraid B To watch the morning paper blow E Into a hole where no one can escape AE Dee, de de de de...