Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Tuning: Open C6 (G C E A)
Key: G major (G A B C D E F# G)
Time signature: 3/4 (or 6/8)
Tempo: 183 bpm (or 61)
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jopksww-Y_g



[Intro]

   


[Verse 1]

             
What a beautif

            
ul face I have

              
 found in this

             
 place, that i

           
s circling all

 'round the su

n
             
What a beautif

            
ul dream that 

              
could flash on

             
 the screen, i

              
n a blink of a

             
n eye and be g

          
one from me
            
Soft and sweet

             
, let me hold 

              
it close and k

            
eep it here wi

      
th me


[Verse 2]

             
And one day we

            
 will die, and

              
 our ashes wil

             
l fly from the

           
 aeroplane ove

r the sea
             
But for now we

            
 are young, le

              
t us lay in th

             
e sun, and cou

             
nt every beaut

              
iful thing we 

   
can see
            
Love to be, in

             
 the arms of a

             
ll I'm keeping

             
 here with me


[Interlude]

       


[Verse 3]

             
What a curious

            
 life we have 

              
found here ton

             
ight, there is

             
 music that so

unds from the 

street
             
There are ligh

            
ts in the clou

              
ds, Anna's gho

             
st all around 

              
hear her voice

             
 as its rollin

              
g and ringing 

         
through me
            
Soft and sweet

             
, how the note

              
s all bend and

             
 reach above t

       
he trees


[Bridge]

            
Oh how I remem

             
ber you, how I

              
 would push my

            
 fingers throu

gh your mouth
              
To make those 

             
muscles move, 

              
that made your

              
 voice so smoo

         
th and sweet
              
But now we kee

              
p where we don

             
't know, all s

              
ecrets sleep i

            
n winter cloth

es
              
With one you l

              
oved so long a

             
go, now he don

              
't even know h

       
is name


[Verse 4]

             
What a beautif

            
ul face I have

              
 found in this

             
 place, that i

           
s circling all

 'round the su

n
             
And when we me

            
et on a cloud,

              
 I'll be laugh

             
ing out loud, 

              
I'll be laughi

             
ng with everyo

      
ne I see
            
Can't believe 

             
how strange it

             
 is to be anyt

           
hing at all



Chords:
G    (0 2 3 2)
Em   (0 4 3 2)
C    (0 0 0 3)
D    (2 2 2 0)

Clarification:
Chordname (G C E A)



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//Robert