Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s. On the band's two 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. They have been on an indefinite hiatus since 1998. 

Neutral Milk Hotel est un groupe de rock indépendant américain, fondé en 1989, et mené par Jeff Mangum (parolier, compositeur, interprète et guitariste) accompagné d'autres musiciens sur les deux albums du groupe (notamment Jeremy Barnes, Scott Spillane, Julian Koster et Robert Schneider). Par ailleurs, Neutral Milk Hotel fait partie du collectif Elephant 6. Le deuxième album du groupe, In the Aeroplane over the Sea (1998) a connu aux 

Neutral Milk Hotel waren eine amerikanische Indie-Rock Band aus Ruston, Louisiana. Sie waren bekannt für ihre eklektische Mischung von osteuropäischer Folklore, Soundcollagen und Free Jazz. Sänger und Songwriter Jeff Mangum beschrieb den Stil der Band einmal als fuzz-folk. Die Band veröffentlichte in den 1990er Jahren zwei Alben und zwei EPs. Besonders bekannt ist In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998), das von den Kritikern gefeiert wurde und noch heute oftmals als ein Klassiker des Indie-Rocks angesehen wird.

Dos álbumes, un EP y un single es el escaso legado artístico que nos ha dejado Jeff Mangum y sus Neutral Milk Hotel  antes de desvanecerse. Su leyenda se hace mayor cada año que pasa, siendo reivindicado por artistas de toda clase (desde Arcade Fire  hasta Animal Collective pasando por Devendra Banhart o Franz Ferdinand) y con una masa de fans cada vez más grande. Quizás sea esa leyenda la que provoca que Jeff Mangum rechace la opción de volver a los escenarios junto a sus compañeros en la banda: Jeremy Barnes, Scott Spillane y Robert Schneider (productor de sus dos álbumes). 

G               A                C                 G

Engine

Oh, Merge: A Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation

C				G
The only girl I've ever loved
C				G
Was born with roses in her eyes
C				G		
But then they buried her alive 
			D
One evening 1945
C		D			G			
With just her sister at her side 
D					C			
And only weeks before the guns 
D					G	
All came and rained on everyone 
D					C
Now she's a little boy in Spain 
D					G
Playing pianos filled with flames
D					C
On empty rings around the sun
D					C
All sing to say my dream has come
C					G
But now we must pick up every piece
C				G		
Of the life we used to love 
C			G		
Just to keep ourselves
C				D
At least enough to carry on
C					G
And now we ride the circus wheel
C						G
With your dark brother wrapped in white
C				G
Says it was good to be alive
		D
But now he rides a comet's flame 

C		D			G
And won't be coming back again
G			D		C
The Earth looks better from a star
D				G					
That's right above from where you are 
D			C		
He didn't mean to make you cry 
			D			G
With sparks that ring and bullets fly 
		D			C
On empty rings around your heart
			D			C
The world just screams and falls apart 
			C			G
But now we must pick up every piece
	C			G	
Of the life we used to love
C				
Just to keep ourselves
G		D
At least enough to carry on

	G			C		G
And here's where your mother sleeps
	G			C		G		D	
And here is the room where your brothers were born
G		C	G	
Indentions in the sheets 
		G		C			G		D
Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
C	G	C	G	
And it's so sad to see the world agree 
		G			C		D
That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
G			C		D			G
All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes

Holland 1945

INTRO

F, Bb, F, C, Bb x2


F
  When you were young
             C              Bb       F
You were the king of carrot flowers
                          C                    Bb     C
And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees
                          Bb                   F
In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet

Bb, F, C, Bb

F                                       C            Bb        F
  And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder
                                     C              Bb      C
And your dad would throw the garbage all across the floor
                               Bb                       F
As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for

Bb, F, C, Bb

F
  And this is the room 
         C                   Bb        F
One afternoon I knew I could love you
                         C              Bb    C
And from above you how I sank into your soul
                             Bb              F
Into that secret place where no one dares to go

Bb, F, C, Bb

F                                      C          Bb        F
  And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking
                               C                 Bb   C
And dad would dream of all the different ways to die
                            Bb               F
Each one a little more than he could dare to try

Bb, F, C, Bb, F x4

King Of Carrot Flowers

Intro: C, Am, F, G

C                Am
What a beautiful face
                     F
I have found in this place
                 G
That is circling all around the sun
C                Am
What a beautiful dream
                        F
That could flash on the screen
                 G                    C
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
     Am
Soft and sweet
       F                 G                 C--Am--F--G
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me


C                   Am
And one day we will die
                   F
And our ashes will fly
                   G
From the aeroplane over the sea
C                  Am
But for now we are young
                  F
Let us lay in the sun
                G                      C
And count every beautiful thing we can see
     Am
Love to be
       F               G                 C--Am--F--G
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me


C              Am
What a curious life
                   F
We have found here tonight
                    G
There is music that sounds from the street
C                       Am
There are lights in the clouds
                 F
Anna's ghost all around
                       G                           C
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
      Am
Soft and sweet
        F                  G               C--Am--F--G
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees


Am                   F
Now, how I remember you
                            C
How I would push my fingers through your mouth
                      G
To make those muscles move
                                   Am
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
                               F
And now we keep where we don't know
                            C
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
                           G
With one you loved so long ago
                           Am--F--C--G
Now he don't even know his name


C                Am
What a beautiful face
                     F
I have found in this place
                 G
That is circling all around the sun
C                     Am
And when we meet on a cloud
                     F
I'll be laughing out loud
                      G          C
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
      Am
Can't believe
     F                  G           C--Am--F--G
How strange it is to be anything at all

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

The strum pattern is D,D,U,U,D,U and that just repeats
 throughout, except in the third verse where the chords and 
strum pattern changes. When you get to the G, Am, G part, you 
will play a single down strum for each chord, then resume the 
regular pattern on the C. 


Intro: C, G, C, G 

C                    G
The only girl I've ever loved

C                      G
Was born with roses in her eyes

C                         G 
But then they buried her alive

            D              C
One evening nineteen forty-five

              D             G
With just her sister at her side

         D                C
And only weeks before the guns

             D              G
All came and rained on everyone

            D             C  
Now she's a little boy in Spain

           D               G
Playing pianos filled with flames

         D                C
On empty rings around the sun

            D                C     G
All sing to say my dream has come



                C             G
But now we must pack up every piece

       C               G
Of the life we used to love

        C 
Just to keep ourselves

   G                     D   D7
At least enough to carry on



C                      G
And now we ride the circus wheel

C                              G
With your dark brother wrapped in white

C                      G 
Says it was good to be alive

           D               C
But now he rides a comet's flame

             D            G
And won't be coming back again

                D             C
The Earth looks better from a star

              D                   G
That's right above from where you are

          D                C     
He didn't mean to make you cry

                 D                G
With sparks that ring and bullets fly

         D                 C 
On empty rings around your heart

               D                  C      G
The world just screams and falls apart



                C             G
But now we must pack up every piece

       C               G
Of the life we used to love

        C 
Just to keep ourselves

   G                     D   D7 
At least enough to carry on



    G      Am    G    C      G
And here's where your mother sleeps

    G    Am G   C               G             D
And here is the room where your brothers were born

G  Am  G     C      G 
In-den-tions in the sheets

            G  Am   G    C               G       D 
Where their bo-dies once moved but don't move anymore

            C      G       C      G 
And it's so sad to see the world agree

            C                G                 D
That they'd rather see their faces filled with flies

G   Am  G           G          D              G        
Oh, and I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes


C, G, C, D, D7, C, G

Holland, 1945

G

G          B
Two headed boy
    G           B
All floating in glass
    G          B
The sun it has passed
         C            G 
Now it's blacker than black
      C                      D
I can hear as you tap on your jar
     C                           G
I am listening to hear where you are
     C                           G
I am listening to hear where you are

G          B
Two headed boy
G              B
Put on sunday shoes
    G               B        C        G
And dance round the room to accordion keys
         C                         D
With the needle that sings in your heart
         C                         G
Catching signals that sound in the dark
         C                         G
Catching signals that sound in the dark
        D            C           
We will take off our clothes
                       G                   D               C
And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine
                           G                  D             C
And when all is breaking , everything that you could keep inside
                            Am                                  D
Now you're eyes ain't moving now, they just lay there in their cloud

G          B
Two headed boy
     G           B
With pulleys and weights
   G      B        C              G
Creating a radio played just for two
       C                            D
In the parlor witha moon across her face
    C                            G
And through the music he sweetly displays
       C                        G
Silver speakers that sparkle all day
             C                        Am                                D    C
Made for his lover who's floating and choking with her hands across her face
           G            D             C
And in the dark we will take off our clothes
                        G                  D               C
And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine
                          G               D               C
And when all is breaking, everything that you could keep inside
                            Am                                  D
now you're eyes ain't moving now, they just lay there in their clouououououd


G          B
Two headed boy
          G         B 
There's no reason to grieve 
    G              B                  C           G
The world that you need is wrapped in gold silver sleeves
     C                              D
Left beneath Christmas trees in the snow
           C                      G
And I will take you and leave you alone
         C                       G
Watching spirals of white softly flow
          C
Over your eyelids and all you did
                                       D
Will wait until the point when you let go
C                G
Dee dee dee dee de

Two-headed Boy

G
Sweet communist
              
The communist daughter
D                    
Standing on the sea-weed water
C
Semen stains the mountain tops
C                          
semen stains the mountain tops
     G
With cocoa leaves along the border
D
Sweetness sings from every corner 
C
Cars careening from the clouds
C
The bridges burst and twist around
    G
And wanting something warm and moving
D
Bends towards herself the soothing 
C
Proves that she must still exist
C
She moves herself about her fist
      G
Sweet communist

The communist daughter 
D
Standing on the sea-weed water
C
Semen stains the mountain tops
C
semen stains the mountain tops

Communist Daughter

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

                 B A E
Waiting here for you

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

B                                             E
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

         A  E
Dee, de de de de...

Bridge:
A E A E B A E

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

B                                              E
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
         A E
Dee, de de de de...

End:
E A E B E

Ghost

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

F                                                   C
Someone is waiting to swallow all the halos out of you
        F
As your face blows through my window
                                    C
Sending pieces flying all around my room
F
And I love you and I want to 
                                     C
Shoot all the super heroes from your skies
           F
Watch them bleeding

From your ceiling
                                          C
As their empty anger falls out from their eyes
        F
All alone

Someone Is Waiting

A|-----------------------------------
E|--0-4-3-----2-3-----0-3-0---2-3-2--
C|--------2-2-----2-0-------2--------
G|-----------------------------------

April 8th

C        
Blistering Pree, all smiling and swollen
F
Makes babies to breathe, with their hearts hanging open 
C
All over the sheets, as soft as beets in some brown 
F
Dresser drawer 
C
And with bees in her breath and the rest of her ringing, they'll 
F
Sting through her chest with a force hard and beating till 
C
Wonderfully wet she will get until she's soaked inside 
F
Her clothes, and there is no sorry to be sorry for
E
For a roll around the floor 
F
Some afternoon so sound and soft
E
It made her swallow all her sweat 
F
With every bit of breath she coughs
E
And when the day it came to 
F
Pour all her babies all across 
G
The bathroom floor
C
She will be swimming in them all forever more

A Baby For Pree

On Avery Island

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

Oh, Merge: A Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation

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