E A* E B A When you were young, you were the king of carrot flowersE A* E B A And how you built a tower tumbling through the treesB A E In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feetA E B A [Verse 2]E A* E B A And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulderE A* E B A And dad would throw the garbage all across the floorB A E As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were forA E B A [Verse 3]E A* E B A And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love youE A* E B A And from above you how I sank into your soulB A E Into that secret place where no one dares to goA E B A [Verse 4]E A* E B A And your mom would drink until she was no longer speakingE A* E B A And dad would dream of all the different ways to dieB A Each one a little more than he could dare toE A* E B A try E A* E B A (x3) (Part Two)E E|-----0-------0---------| B|-------0-----0---------| G|---1-------1-----------| (x10) D|-2-------2-------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|(From x5) I love you, Jesus ChristJesus Christ, I love you, yes I B E|-----2-----------| B|-----4------4----| G|---4--------4----| (x2) D|----------4------| A|-2------2--------| E|-----------------|doE E E E I love you, Jesus ChristE E Jesus Christ, I love youB Yes I do And on the lazy daysB The dogs dissolve and drain awayB The world it goes and all awaitsB The day we are awaiting E A E B (x4) (Part Three) (tempo change) [Intro] E A* E B* (x2) [Verse 1]E Up and over we goE through the wave and undertowE B I will float until I learn how to swimE Inside my mother in a garbage binB Until I find myself againB Again, oh-oh-oh-oh E A* E B* (x2) [Verse 2]E Up and over we goE Mouths open wide and spitting stillE B I will spit until I learn how to speakE Up through the doorway as the sideboards creakB With them never proclaiming meB Me, oh E A* E B* (x2) [Verse 3]E Up and over we goE The weight it sits on down and I don't knowE B I will shout until they know what I meanE I mean the marriage of a dead dog singB And a synthetic flying machineB Machine, E A* E B* (x2) oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh [Outro] E A* E B* (x2) Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh
The King Of Carrot Flowers Parts 1 2 And 3
Neutral Milk Hotel
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