Two-Headed Boy Part Two - Neutral Milk Hotel

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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Standard tuning. Capo on 1st fret. All chord shapes relative to this.
This is the easiest way of playing the song.

Format of the song:

Verse
Verse
Bridge
Verse
Chorus
Outro

The whole song is in 3/4.

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[Verse]

            
    Daddy plea

             
se hear this s

           
ong that I sin

g
            
    In your he

              
art there's a 

             
spark that jus

  
t screams
             
For a lover to

            
 bring a child

         
 to your chest
             
That could lay

             
 as you sleep 

             
and love all y

        
ou have left
             
Like your boy 

             
used to be, lo

            
ng ago wrapped

    
 in sheets
             
Warm and wet




[Verse]

            
    Blister pl

              
ease with thos

             
e wings in you

  
r spine
            
    Love to be

             
 with a brothe

     
r of mine
             
How he'd love 

            
to find your t

             
ongue in his t

eeth
             
In a struggle 

             
to find secret

             
 songs that yo

  
u keep
             
Wrapped in box

             
es so tight so

            
unding only at

 
 night
           
As you sleep


[Bridge]

           
    In my drea

             
ms you're aliv

             
e and you're c

  
rying
            
As your mouth 

             
moves in mine 

          
soft and sweet
            
Rings of flowe

              
rs around your

             
 eyes and I'll

     
 love you
            
For the rest o

       
f your life wh

en you're here
    
   
    


[Verse]

            
    Brother se

             
e we are one i

      
n the same
            
    And you le

             
ft with your h

              
ead filled wit

  
h flames
             
And you watche

             
d as your brai

             
ns fell out th

           
rough your tee

th
             
Push the piece

             
s in place, ma

             
ke your smile 

         
sweet to see
             
Don't you take

             
 this away, I'

            
m still wantin

     
g my face
            
On your cheek


[Chorus]

             
    And when w

             
e break we'll 

            
wait for our m

iracle
            
God is a place

             
 where some ho

   
ly spectacle
             
lies. When we 

            
break we'll wa

           
it for our mir

acle
            
God is a place

             
 you will wait

         
 for the rest 

of your
           
life.

 


[Outro]

          
Two headed boy
             
She is all you

       
 could need
             
She will feed 

       
you tomatoes
         
And radio wire

s
    
And retire to 

sheets
         
Safe and clean
          
But don't hate

 her
              
When she gets 

      
up to leave