[Dm] I thought that I was [F] hungry for [G] love
[Dm] Maybe I'm just [F] hungry for [G] blood
[Dm] Sea foam woman on the [G] shore
[Am] Your prairie ghost, I'm a cottage [C] whore
[Dm] All the mermaids have sharp [G] teeth
[Am] Razorblades all in your [C] feet
[Dm] [F] [A] [Dm] [F] [A] [G]
England is [Dm] only ever grey or [F] green
The girls glitter [A] striding glorious and [A] coatless in the rain
[Dm] I remember fallin' through these [F] streets
Somewhat out of [A] place, if not for the [A] drunkenness
It makes my [Dm] chest hurt to think of [F] it
Not of [A] regret, but of missing [A] that
Cheerful [Dm] [F] oblivion
Cheerful [A] [G] oblivion
It was not all [Dm] pain and pavement slick with [F] rain
And shinin' under [Am] lights from shitty clubs and [G] doing shitty drugs
And huggin' [Dm] girls that smelled like Britney Spears [F] and [Am] [G] coconuts
And with your [Dm] mermaid hair and your [F] teeth so sharp
You [Am] crawled from the sea to break that [G] sailor's heart
You only [Dm] get one night up on the [F] shore
So [Am] dance like you've never danced [G] before
And the [Dm] dance floor is filling up with [F] blood
But, oh, [Am] Lord, you've never been so in [G] love
[Dm] [F] Cheerful [Am] [G] oblivion
Cheerful [Dm] [F] oblivion
Cheerful [Am] [G] oblivion
And [F] mermaids, they come once a year
They [G] climb the struts of Brighton Pier
They [Am] come to drink, they come to dance
To [Em] sacrifice a human heart
And the [F] world is so much wilder than you [G] think
You [Am] haven't seen nothin' 'til you seen an [Am] English girl drink
[Dm] [F] Cheerful [Am] [G] oblivion
Cheerful [Dm] [F] oblivion
Cheerful [Am] [G] oblivion
Cheerful [Dm] [F] oblivion
Cheerful [Am] [G] oblivion
[Dm] [F] [A] [Dm] [F] [A] [G]
