Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel

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[Intro]

(Strum the low

er strings fir

st, and then i

ncorporate the

 higher string

s
to get the same sound as Mangum does)


[Verse 1] 
          
Oh comely, I w

ill be with yo

u
              
when you lose 

     
your breath
              
Chasing the on

  
ly meaningful
              
memory you tho

              
ught you had l


eft
                             
With some pretty, bright
           
and bubbly ter

rible scene

That was doing her thing
        
on your chest
              
But oh comely


                                    
It isn't as pretty as
              
you'd like to 


guess

In your memory, you're drunk on your awe to me
             
It doesn't mea

              
n anything at 

            
allllllllllll 

(He transition

s the long "al

l" into the Oo

ohh comely nex

t verse)

[Verse 2]
          
Oh comely, all

 of your frien

ds
              
are all lettin

       
g you blow,
              
Bristling and 

     
ugly, bursting

 with
              
fruits falling

              
 out from the 

 
holes
              
Of some pretty

              
, bright, and 

       
bubbly friend

You could need to say
              
comforting thi

             
ngs in your ea

r
              
But oh comely,


 there isn't s

uch one
              
friend that yo

              
u could find h


ere

Standing next to me, he's only my enemy
     
I'll crush him

 with everythi

ng I own

Say what you w

ant to say

Hang for your hollow ways

Moving your mo

uth to pull ou

t
              
All your mirac

         
les aimed
            
for meeeeeeeee

      
ee


[Interlude]



[Verse 3]
     
Your father ma

de fetuses wit

h flesh lickin

g ladies
      
While you and 

your mother we

re asleep in t

he trailer par

k

Thunderous spa

rks from the d

ark of the sta

diums
    
The music and 

medicine you n

eeded for comf

orting
   
So make all yo

ur fat fleshy 

fingers to mov

ing
    
And pluck all 

your silly str

ings, bend all

 your notes fo

r me

Soft silly mus

ic is meaningf

ul magical
    
The movements 

were beautiful

, all in your 

ovaries

All of them mi

lking with gre

en fleshy flow

ers
      
While powerful

 pistons were 

sugary sweet m

achines

Smelling of se

men all under 

the garden
    
Was all you we

re needing whe

n you still be

lieved in me

Say what your 

want to say

Hang for your hollow ways

Moving your mo

uth to pull ou

t
              
All your mirac

         
les aimed
            
for meeeeeeeee

      
ee


[Interlude 2]
             
  Da da da, da

        
 da da, da
              
  Da da da, da

        
 da da, da
              
  Da da da, da

        
 da da, daaaaa

a


[Verse 4]

I know they bu

ried her body 

with others
    
Her sister and

 mother and fi

ve-hundred fam

ilies
    
And will she r

emember me fif

ty years later

?
  
I wished I cou

ld save her in

 some sort of 

time machine

Know all your 

enemies
   
We know who ou

r enemies are

Know all your 

enemies
   
We know who ou

r enemies are


[Bridge]

   Da da da da

 dadada
      
da da da da da

aahhaaa
   
Ah da da da da

a dadada
          
Ahh da da da d

a daaahhaaa
   
Da da da da da

aa dadada
            
Deeee de de de

 de de deeeeee

e


[Outro]

Goldaline, my 

dear
We will fold and freeze together

Far away from 

here

There is sun and spring and green forever
    
But now we mov

e to feel for 

ourselves

inside some stranger's stomach

Place your bod

y here

Let your skin begin
              
to blend itsel

            
f with miiiiii


iiine
      
De deee dede d

e de dadada
       
Ah dadada da d

a daaaaa
   
Da da da daa d

a dadada
             
Ah dada da daa

       
a daaaa daaaaa
              
Ahh daaaaaa da

              
aaaaaa daaaaaa

  
a ohhhhhh