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Neutral Milk Hotel
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
E

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E

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Verse 1
E
E

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C
C

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Oh comely, I will be with you
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E

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when you lose your breath
C
C

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Chasing the only meaningful memory

you thought you had left
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E

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With some pretty bright and bubbly
C
C

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Terrible scene that was doing

her thing on your chest
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E

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C
C

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But oh comely, It isn't as pretty
D/A
D/A
2

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as you'd like to guess
G
G

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In your memory you're drunk

on your awe to me
C
C

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It doesn't mean anything at all
Verse 2
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E

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C

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Oh comely, all of your friends are
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E

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all letting you blow bristling and ugly
C
C

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Bursting with fruits

falling out from the holes
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E

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Of some pretty bright and bubbly
C
C

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friend you could need to say

comforting things in your ear
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E

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But oh comely,
C
C

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There isn't such one friend
D/A
D/A
2

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that you could find
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G

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Here standing next to me only my enemy
C
C

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I'll crush him with everything I own
Chorus 1
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E

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Say what you want to say

hang for your hollow ways
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G

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Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracle
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E

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C
C

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D/A
D/A
2

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Hey, for me
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G

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D/A
D/A
2

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G

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D/A
D/A
2

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G

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D/A
D/A
2

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E
E

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E

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Verse 3
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E

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Your father made fetuses with flesh
C
C

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licking ladies while you and your mother were

asleep in the trailer park
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E

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Thunderous sparks from the dark
C
C

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of the stadiums, the music and medicine

you needed for comforting
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E

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So make all your fat fleshy fingers
C
C

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to moving and pluck all your silly strings

and bend all your notes for me
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E

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Soft silly music is meaningful magical
C
C

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The movements were beautiful
D/A
D/A
2

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all in your ovaries
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E

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All of them milking with green fleshy flowers
C
C

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While powerful pistons were

sugary sweet machines
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E

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Smelling of semen all under the garden
C
C

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was all you were needing
Chorus 2

when you still believed in me
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E

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Say what you want to say

and hang for your hollow ways
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G

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Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracle
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E

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C
C

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D/A
D/A
2

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Hey, for me
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G

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D/A
D/A
2

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G

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D/A
D/A
2

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D/A
D/A
2

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E
E

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Interlude 1
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E

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Tarara- rarara, ra
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E

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Tarara- rarara, ra
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E

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Tarara- rarara, ra
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Verse 4
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E

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I know they buried her body with others
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C

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Her sister and mother and five hundred
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E

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families, and will she remember me fifty years
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C

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later I wished I could save her in some

sort of time machine
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E

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Know all your enemies
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We know who our enemies are
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Know all your enemies
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We know who our enemies are
Interlude 2
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Am
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E
E

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Da-da... Da-da... Da- da... Da-da...
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Da- da... Dih-dih...
Bridge 1
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Goldaline my dear

We will fold and freeze together
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E

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Far away from here

There is sun and spring and green forever
Am
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But now we move to feel

For ourselves inside some strangers stomach
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E

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Place your body here

Let your skin begin to blend itself
Outro 1
Am
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E
E

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With mine Ti- di-di...
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E
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Am
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Da- da... Da-da... Da

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • E

  • C

  • D/A

    2

  • G

  • Am

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Oh Comely by Neutral Milk Hotel is E major.

The primary chords used in Oh Comely are E, C, D, G, Am.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, C, D, G, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

If the simplified chords are too easy, you can visit the original chords page for a more advanced arrangement.

The tempo of Oh Comely is approximately 60 beats per minute.

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