Holland, 1945 Uke tab by Neutral Milk Hotel (Baritone Chords)

5 Chords used in the song: C, G, D, D7, Am

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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Year:  1998
Difficulty: 
3.1
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
The strum pattern is D D,D D,U,U,D D,U and that just repeats
throughout, except in the third verse where the chords and
strum pattern changes. When you get to the G G, Am Am, G G part, you
will play a single down strum for each chord, then resume the
regular pattern on the C C.


Intro: C C, G G, C C, G G

C C G G
The only girl I've ever loved

C C G G
Was born with roses in her eyes

C C G G
But then they buried her alive

D D C C
One evening nineteen forty-five

D D G G
With just her sister at her side

D D C C
And only weeks before the guns

D D G G
All came and rained on everyone

D D C C
Now she's a little boy in Spain

D D G G
Playing pianos filled with flames

D D C C
On empty rings around the sun

D D C C G G
All sing to say my dream has come



C C G G
But now we must pack up every piece

C C G G
Of the life we used to love

C C
Just to keep ourselves

G G D D D7 D7
At least enough to carry on



C C G G
And now we ride the circus wheel

C C G G
With your dark brother wrapped in white

C C G G
Says it was good to be alive

D D C C
But now he rides a comet's flame

D D G G
And won't be coming back again

D D C C
The Earth looks better from a star

D D G G
That's right above from where you are

D D C C
He didn't mean to make you cry

D D G G
With sparks that ring and bullets fly

D D C C
On empty rings around your heart

D D C C G G
The world just screams and falls apart



C C G G
But now we must pack up every piece

C C G G
Of the life we used to love

C C
Just to keep ourselves

G G D D D7 D7
At least enough to carry on



G G Am Am G G C C G G
And here's where your mother sleeps

G G Am Am G G C C G G D D
And here is the room where your brothers were born

G G Am Am G G C C G G
In-den-tions in the sheets

G G Am Am G G C C G G D D
Where their bo-dies once moved but don't move anymore

C C G G C C G G
And it's so sad to see the world agree

C C G G D D
That they'd rather see their faces filled with flies

G G Am Am G G G G D D G G
Oh, and I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes


C C, G G, C C, D D, D7 D7, C C, G G

Uke tab by , 07 Feb 2010

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About this song: Holland, 1945

Holland, 1945 is about Anne Frank, who was a young girl living in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. While hiding from the Nazis, she kept a diary that has since become a classic piece of literature.

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