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Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - 1998
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tabbed by Eric - JesseLaceyIsGod
ilikesubs123@aol.com
I find this the easier yet still 100% correct way to play this song, Enjoy :]
tuning: EADGBE (standard) - "Jeff Mangum"
strumming may not be totally right, but that's easy to figure out on your own :]
here we go
Intro: (0:00)
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(0:10)
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"When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers..."
(0:15)
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"And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees."
(0:20)
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"In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet."
(0:26)
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(0:30)
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"And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder..."
(0:36)
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"And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor..."
(0:41)
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"As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for."
(0:47 - 0:56)
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(0:57)
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"And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you..."
(1:02)
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"And from above you how I sank into your soul..."
(1:07)
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"Into that secret place where no one dares to go."
(1:12)
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(1:18)
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"And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking..."
(1:23)
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"And dad would dream of all the different ways to die..."
(1:28)
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"each one a little more than he could dare to..."
(1:33 - end)
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(singing) "tryyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyy..."
That's it.
great song.
easy song.
Jeff Mangum = <3hero