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Neutral Milk Hotel - My Dream Girl Don't Exist
(i'm not too sure of a few lyrics but it's close)
Intro - E B C#m A (x3)
E B C#m A E B C#m
My dream girl don't exist
A E B C#m
At the age of five she slit her wrists
A E B C#m
She didn't know that I'd be hanging around
A E B C#m
So her parents buried her in the ground
A E B
And this day I can still hear the sound
C#m A E B C#m
Of her life in outerspace
A E B C#m
My dream girl don't exist
A E B C#m
It's just you and I and this TV
A E B C#m
And this illness seems to feel so strange
A E B C#m
Like a henchman that's about to hang
A E B
The moon up like a ball and chain
C#m A E B C#m A
instead it stands ablaze
E B
And the wait is waiting ah
E A B
Build a world so real and strong
E B C#m
E B C#m A E B C#m
My dream girl don't exist
A E B C#m
Just a photograph and a history book
A E B C#m
And I believe she had a voice and name
A E B C#m
Three children on the coast of Maine
A E B
Her life was in a hurricane
C#m A E B C#m
Of love and real embrace
A E B C#m
My dream girl don't exist
A E B C#m
At the age of five she slit her wrists
A E B C#m
She didn't know that I'd be hanging around
A E B C#m
So one day she took a stroll to town
A E B
And walked in front of a Greyhound bound
C#m A E B C#m A
For New York Central staaaaaaaaate
E B
And the wait is waiting ah
E B
And the wait is waiting ah
E A B
Build a world so real and stroonnng
B E
She goes and now she knows she'll never be afraid
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Turd Fergeson Lead Player |
#1 by Turd Fergeson Fergeson at Sep 21, 1990 at 8:56 PM EST |
| There's an alternate version of this that talks about McDonalds and stuff...it makes this version lose some of the seeming depth...its like it was meant to be a joke at first | |
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More Cowbell Lead Player |
#2 by More Cowbell at Nov 6, 1998 at 2:47 AM EST |
| The version with McDonalds is on the album Beauty, which he released in 1991. It's actually pretty funny and it has a lot to do with the later recording. The second verse is: My dreamgirl don't exist She's workin at a macdonalds in Madison, Wisconsin She coulda' been cool, but she let the system get to her Forgot about oranges- made hamburgers My dreamgirl don't exist They're all sittin around watchin' TV They're out stuffin... shit- Song ends and Jeff makes noise for about a minute. | |
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Dan Professional Badass |
#3 by Dan Hudspith at May 7, 2003 at 4:31 AM EST |
| forgot about oranges? haha, no man, it's definitely: "my dream girl don't exist she's working in a mcdonald's in madison, wisconsin she coulda been cool, but she let the system get to her she forgot about art and just made hamburgers," which to me gives that version of the song a definite sarcastic twist while also painting it in a darker shade than i think this version listed above even gives. i think the shorter version is somehow more powerful, because it's basically saying that his dreamgirl doesn't exist anymore because she threw her life away in the sense she forgot about everything she cared about for something stupid, and now she's just flipping burgers or whatever, essentially throwing away the girl he had grown to love in the first place. she's not really dead in that version, just dead to him. ...at least, that's how i interpret it, plus at the end where he's yowling like a cat or whatever, well, it's hard not to laugh at that version. it's my favorite out of the two. i like dark humor apparently. plus that version inspires me not to give up on my own interests. pits of despair can suck it. =P | |
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#4 by Chris Marcoux at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:23 PM EST |
| i think this song is about how the "ghost" became a ghost. for i put two and two together as well and linked this song with "ghost". | |
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Tye Musical Genius |
#5 by Tye williston at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:28 AM EST |
| besides being just about my favorite neutral milk hotel song, the live version of this song that I have (from elephant6.com) talks about how it's a companion to another song. Unless I miss my guess, that other song is "ghost" as they both share the line "she knows she'll never be afraid" and because of the fact that ghost is talking about... well, a ghost. anybody have any other ideas? | |
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isaac Average |
#6 by isaac fritsch at Oct 15, 2007 at 7:36 PM EST |
| The so called "B-Side" version of the song is taken from the Aquarious Records show in 1996. Its the earliest known NMH Show that's been recorded, I think. The version of the show I have has been editted down so all the talking inbetween tracks is gone. I'd also like to point out that I doubt it is a companion song to ghost. Although the ending is similar, I don't think he was refering to ghost. Its interesting tho, the first performance of ghost (in late 1997) is very similar to the version that made it onto aeroplane, suggestion it had actually been around for a while. | |
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