🎶 Mermaids

[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
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