On Avery Island album chords – Neutral Milk Hotel

 These are the tabs to the album "On Avery Island" by Neutral Milk Hotel. I figured 
most of it out myself with help where noted. Enjoy!
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Song Against s**


         Bb 
And the first one tore a picture
Of a dead and hanging man
Who was kissing foreign fishes
That flew right out from his hands
            F 
And when I put my arms around him
Felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks
        Bb 
And an eerieness surrounded
When his tongue began to speak
                   F 
And he said, "Oh, boy, you are so pretty,
Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string"
     Bb 
And when I finally kissed him
The whole world began to ring
             F 
Lost like a bell that's tipping over
With two cracks along both sides
       Bb 
And I knew the world was over
So I took a look outside
                 F 
And watched the fires that were reaching
Up to the weather vanes and the tops of trees
         Bb 
And the waiting scene and the Sunday dream - 
                                  F Bb 
They're all waiting here for me

 Bb 
Deli markets with their flower stands
Their pretty girls and their burning men
         F 
Hanging out on the hooks next to the window displays
And I took out my tongue, twice removed from my face
          Bb 
Across a bridge and across the mountains
Threw a nickel in the fountain
            F 
To save my soul from all these troubled times
And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take to soothe my mind 
               Bb 
So I'm always sober
Always aching 
Always heading towards
Mass suicide, occult figurines
            F 
And wasted gas-station attendants
Attending to their jobs
       Bb 
And a nice drive in the country
Finds a nice cliff to drop off
               F 
Oh, when this life just gets so grating
All the grittiness of life
           Bb 
But don't take those pills your boyfriend gave you
                             F Bb F Bb 
You're too wonderful to die

 Bb 
And the last one tore a picture
From the p***ographic page
And all the pleasure points attacking
All the looks of love were staged
            F 
And it's a lie that you've been given
That just hurts you every day
        Bb 
So why should I lie here naked
When it's just too far away
         F 
From anything we could call loving -
Any love worth living for?
         Bb 
So I'll sleep out in the gutter
You can sleep here on the floor
            F 
And when I wake up in the morning
I won't forget to lock the door
               Bb 
'Cause with a match that's mean and some gasoline
                          F Bb 
You won't see me anymore

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You've Passed (thanks to Liam Fletcher)


Use a capo on the 1st fret to make this easier

Intro
     C5 C5 
e------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G---5------------------5-------------|
D---5------------------5-------------| X2
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-1-----|
E-1------------------1-----------5-5-|

            F 
e----------1--|
B----------1--|
G----------2--|
D----------3--|
A-1---1-3--3--|
E---5------1--|

               F 
The lady is dying
                        F 
She bends back like a wave
                       F 
As her spirit is climbing
                                <spa

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