Two-Headed Boy chords by
Neutral Milk Hotel (Official Version)
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Key: G majorDifficulty: Beginner

Intro 1

G

G

G

G

Verse 1
G G 
 
B B 
 
Two-headed boy
G G 
 
B B 
 
All floating in glass
G G 
 
B B 
 
The sun it is passed
C C 
 
G G 
 
Now it's blacker than black
C C 
 
D D 
 
I can hear as you tap on your jar
C C 
 
G G 
 
I am listening to hear where you are
C C 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
I am listening to hear where you are
G G 
 
G G 
 

Verse 2
G G 
 
B B 
 
Two-headed boy
G G 
 
B B 
 
Put on sunday shoes
G G 
 
B B 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And dance round the room to accordion keys
C C 
 
D D 
 
With the needle that sings in your heart
C C 
 
G G 
 
Catching signals that sound in the dark
C C 
 
G G 
 
Catching signals that sound in the dark

Bridge 1
D D 
 
C C 
 
We will take off our clothes
And they'll be placing
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
fingers through the notches in your spine
And when all is breaking
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Everything that you could keep inside
Now your eyes ain't moving
Am7 Am7 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
Now   they just lay there in their climb

Verse 3
G G 
 
B B 
 
Two-headed boy
G G 
 
B B 
 
With pulleys and weights
G G 
 
B B 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Creating a radio played just for two
C C 
 
D D 
 
In the parlor with a moon across her face
C C 
 
G G 
 
And through the music he sweetly displays
C C 
 
G G 
 
Silver speakers that sparkle all day
C C 
 
Made for his lover who's floating and choking
D D 
 
C C 
 
with her hands across her face
G G 
 
And in the dark

Bridge 2
D D 
 
C C 
 
We will take off our clothes
And they'll be placing
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
fingers through the notches in your spine
And when all is breaking
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Everything that you could keep inside
Now your eyes ain't moving
Am7 Am7 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
Now   they just lay there in their climb
D D 
 
D D 
 

Verse 4
G G 
 
B B 
 
Two-headed boy
G G 
 
B B 
 
There's no reason to grieve
G G 
 
B B 
 
The world that you need
C C 
 
G G 
 
is wrapped in gold silver sleeves
C C 
 
D D 
 
Left beneath christmas trees in the snow
C C 
 
G G 
 
And I will take you and leave you a  lone
C C 
 
G G 
 
Watching spirals of white softly flow
C C 
 
Over your eyelids and all you did
D D 
 
D D 
 
Will wait until the point when you let go

Outro 1

C

C

G

G

C

C

G

G

C

C

C

C

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG B C D Am7

Chords

G
B
C
D
Am7

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Am7: x-0-2-0-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Two-Headed Boy by Neutral Milk Hotel, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Two-Headed Boy the way Neutral Milk Hotel intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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