🎶 Mermaids

[Eb]I thought that I was [Em]hungry for [Db]love
[Eb]Maybe I'm just [Em]hungry for [Db]blood
[Eb]Sea foam woman on the [Db]shore
[Bb]Your prairie ghost, I'm a cottage [A#]whore
[Eb]All the mermaids have sharp [Db]teeth
[Bb]Razorblades all in your [A#]feet
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England is [Eb]only ever grey or [Em]green
The girls glitter [Bbm]striding glorious and [Bbm]coatless in the rain
[Eb]I remember fallin' through these [Em]streets
Somewhat out of [Bbm]place, if not for the [Bbm]drunkenness

It makes my [Eb]chest hurt to think of [Em]it
Not of [Bbm]regret, but of missing [Bbm]that

Cheerful [Eb] [Em]oblivion
Cheerful [Bbm] [Db]oblivion

It was not all [Eb]pain and pavement slick with [Em]rain
And shinin' under [Bb]lights from shitty clubs and [Db]doing shitty drugs
And huggin' [Eb]girls that smelled like Britney Spears [Em]and [Bb] [Db]coconuts
And with your [Eb]mermaid hair and your [Em]teeth so sharp
You [Bb]crawled from the sea to break that [Db]sailor's heart
You only [Eb]get one night up on the [Em]shore
So [Bb]dance like you've never danced [Db]before
And the [Eb]dance floor is filling up with [Em]blood
But, oh, [Bb]Lord, you've never been so in [Db]love

[Eb] [Em]Cheerful [Bb] [Db]oblivion
Cheerful [Eb] [Em]oblivion
Cheerful [Bb] [Db]oblivion

And [Em]mermaids, they come once a year
They [Db]climb the struts of Brighton Pier
They [Bb]come to drink, they come to dance
To [D#]sacrifice a human heart
And the [Em]world is so much wilder than you [Db]think
You [Bb]haven't seen nothin' 'til you seen an [Bb]English girl drink

[Eb] [Em]Cheerful [Bb] [Db]oblivion
Cheerful [Eb] [Em]oblivion
Cheerful [Bb] [Db]oblivion
Cheerful [Eb] [Em]oblivion
Cheerful [Bb] [Db]oblivion
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