Chords for My Dream Girl Don't Exist by Neutral Milk Hotel
Tempo:
89.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m]
[E] [G]
[E] [A]
[G] Okay, this next song is [D] a companion [G] to another [B] song, but it probably won't ever come [G] out.
[N] But I write these long songs and then they get cut up a bit.
[E]
[D#] [B] [C#]
[A] [E] [B] [C#]
[E] [B] [C#m]
[E] [B] [A]
My [B] dream girl don't exist.
[C#]
And at the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
[C#m]
She didn't know that [E] I'd be hanging [Bm] around.
[C#]
[A] So her parents [E] buried her in the [Bm] ground.
[C#]
To this day I [E] can still hear the [B] sound of her life and [E] outer [B] flame.
[E]
[A] My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#]
Just you and [E] I and this [B] TV.
And this illness [E] seems to feel so [B] strange.
[C#m]
[A] Like a henchman that's about to [B] hang.
[C#]
[B] The moon up [E] like a ball and [B] chain.
[E] And set its hands up [C#] high.
[A] [B] [E]
And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] To build a world so [A] real and strong.
[B]
[G]
[B] [C#] [A] [Em]
[A] [Em] My dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] She's just a photograph [E] on a history [B] book.
[C#] [A] And I believe she [E] had a voice and [B] name.
[C#m] [B] Three children [E] on the coast of [B] Maine.
[C#] [A] Their life was [E] in a hurricane.
[C#] Of love and real [E]
[B] embrace.
[C#] My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] At the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
[C#m] She didn't know that I'd [E] be hanging around.
[B] [C#m] So one day she took [E] a stroll to [Bm] town.
[A] And walked in front [E] of a great hound [B] down.
For New York's Central stand.
[A] [B]
[E] And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] And the weight [B] is waiting up high.
[E] To build a world so real [A] and strong.
[B]
She didn't know.
And now she knows.
She'll never be a [E] private.
[E] [G]
[E] [A]
[G] Okay, this next song is [D] a companion [G] to another [B] song, but it probably won't ever come [G] out.
[N] But I write these long songs and then they get cut up a bit.
[E]
[D#] [B] [C#]
[A] [E] [B] [C#]
[E] [B] [C#m]
[E] [B] [A]
My [B] dream girl don't exist.
[C#]
And at the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
[C#m]
She didn't know that [E] I'd be hanging [Bm] around.
[C#]
[A] So her parents [E] buried her in the [Bm] ground.
[C#]
To this day I [E] can still hear the [B] sound of her life and [E] outer [B] flame.
[E]
[A] My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#]
Just you and [E] I and this [B] TV.
And this illness [E] seems to feel so [B] strange.
[C#m]
[A] Like a henchman that's about to [B] hang.
[C#]
[B] The moon up [E] like a ball and [B] chain.
[E] And set its hands up [C#] high.
[A] [B] [E]
And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] To build a world so [A] real and strong.
[B]
[G]
[B] [C#] [A] [Em]
[A] [Em] My dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] She's just a photograph [E] on a history [B] book.
[C#] [A] And I believe she [E] had a voice and [B] name.
[C#m] [B] Three children [E] on the coast of [B] Maine.
[C#] [A] Their life was [E] in a hurricane.
[C#] Of love and real [E]
[B] embrace.
[C#] My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] At the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
[C#m] She didn't know that I'd [E] be hanging around.
[B] [C#m] So one day she took [E] a stroll to [Bm] town.
[A] And walked in front [E] of a great hound [B] down.
For New York's Central stand.
[A] [B]
[E] And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] And the weight [B] is waiting up high.
[E] To build a world so real [A] and strong.
[B]
She didn't know.
And now she knows.
She'll never be a [E] private.
Key:
E
B
A
C#
C#m
E
B
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Okay, this next song is [D] a _ companion [G] _ to another [B] song, but it probably won't ever come [G] out.
_ [N] But I write these long songs and then they get cut up a bit.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
My [B] dream girl don't exist.
[C#] _
And at the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
[C#m] _
She didn't know that [E] I'd be hanging [Bm] around.
[C#] _
[A] So her parents [E] buried her in the [Bm] ground.
[C#] _
To this day I [E] can still hear the [B] sound of her life and [E] outer [B] flame.
_ [E] _ _
[A] My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#] _
Just you and [E] I and this [B] TV. _ _
And this illness [E] seems to feel so [B] strange.
[C#m] _
[A] Like a henchman that's about to [B] hang.
[C#] _
[B] The moon up [E] like a ball and [B] chain.
_ [E] And set its hands up _ _ [C#] high.
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] To build a world so [A] real and strong.
[B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] My dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] _ She's just a photograph [E] on a history [B] book.
[C#] _ [A] And I believe she [E] had a voice and [B] name.
[C#m] _ [B] Three children [E] on the coast of [B] Maine.
_ [C#] _ [A] Their life was [E] in a hurricane.
[C#] _ Of love and real [E] _
[B] embrace.
_ [C#] _ _ My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] _ At the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
_ [C#m] _ She didn't know that I'd [E] be hanging around.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ So one day she took [E] a stroll to [Bm] town.
_ [A] _ And walked in front [E] of a great hound [B] down.
For New York's Central stand.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] _ And the weight [B] is waiting up _ high.
[E] To build a world so real [A] and strong.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She didn't know.
And now she knows.
She'll never be a [E] private. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Okay, this next song is [D] a _ companion [G] _ to another [B] song, but it probably won't ever come [G] out.
_ [N] But I write these long songs and then they get cut up a bit.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
My [B] dream girl don't exist.
[C#] _
And at the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
[C#m] _
She didn't know that [E] I'd be hanging [Bm] around.
[C#] _
[A] So her parents [E] buried her in the [Bm] ground.
[C#] _
To this day I [E] can still hear the [B] sound of her life and [E] outer [B] flame.
_ [E] _ _
[A] My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#] _
Just you and [E] I and this [B] TV. _ _
And this illness [E] seems to feel so [B] strange.
[C#m] _
[A] Like a henchman that's about to [B] hang.
[C#] _
[B] The moon up [E] like a ball and [B] chain.
_ [E] And set its hands up _ _ [C#] high.
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] To build a world so [A] real and strong.
[B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] My dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] _ She's just a photograph [E] on a history [B] book.
[C#] _ [A] And I believe she [E] had a voice and [B] name.
[C#m] _ [B] Three children [E] on the coast of [B] Maine.
_ [C#] _ [A] Their life was [E] in a hurricane.
[C#] _ Of love and real [E] _
[B] embrace.
_ [C#] _ _ My [E] dream girl don't [B] exist.
[C#m] _ At the age of [E] five she slit her [B] wrist.
_ [C#m] _ She didn't know that I'd [E] be hanging around.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ So one day she took [E] a stroll to [Bm] town.
_ [A] _ And walked in front [E] of a great hound [B] down.
For New York's Central stand.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ And the weight is [B] waiting up high.
[E] _ And the weight [B] is waiting up _ high.
[E] To build a world so real [A] and strong.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She didn't know.
And now she knows.
She'll never be a [E] private. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _