Kevin Devine – Holland 1945 chords

This is Kevin Devine's cover of Neutral Milk Hotel's Holland 1945, as played on his live 
"Live At Austin City Limits Music Festival 2007"

Intro: C

Muted strumming during "One... Two..."

C	                GThe only girl I've ever loved
C		          GWas born with roses in her eyes
C			   GBut then they buried her alive
	    D        COne evening 1945
	      D		    GWith just her sister at her side
         D		   CAnd only weeks before the guns
             D	  	    GAll came and rained on everyone
            D		   CNow she's a little boy in Spain
           D		    GPlaying pianos filled with flames
         D     		  COn empty rings around the sun
            D		     GAll sing to say my dream has come


                C	    GBut now we must pick up every piece
       C              GOf the life we used to love
        C	  GJust to keep ourselves
            C		    DAt least enough to carry on

Same as Verse 1:
And now we ride the circus wheel
With your dark brother wrapped in white
Says it was good to be alive
But now he rides a comet's flame
And won't be coming back again
The Earth looks better from a star
That's right above from where you are
He didn't mean to make you cry
With sparks that ring and bullets fly
On empty rings around your heart
The world just screams and falls apart

                C	    GBut now we must pick up every piece
       C              GOf the life we used to love
        C	  GJust to keep ourselves
            C		    DAt least enough to carry on

		    C	     GAnd here's where your mother sleeps
		C		G		DAnd here is the room where your brothers were born
       C	 GIndentions in the sheets
			C		G	DWhere their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
            C	   G	   C	    GAnd it's so sad to see the world agree
 			     C		    DThat they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
	     C		        D	       GAll when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes

Play C, G repeating until the end