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Intro Dm F G Dm F G Dm F G ..I thought that I was hungry for love Dm F G ..Maybe I'm just hungry for blood Dm G ..Tear from a woman on the shore Am C ..You prairie ghost on a cottage hall Dm G ..Oh, the mermaids have sharp teeth Am C ..Razor blades all in your feet ( Dm F A7 ) ( Dm F A7 G ) Dm F England is only ever grey or green A7 The girls glitter striding Glorious and coatless in the rain Dm F ..I remember fallin' through these streets A7 Somewhat out of place, if not for the drunkenness Dm F It makes my chest hurt to think of it A7 Not of regret, but of missing that Dm F Cheerful oblivion A7 G Cheerful oblivion Dm F It was not all pain and pavement slick with rain Am G And shinin' under lights from shitty clubs and doing shitty drugs Dm F Am G And huggin' girls that smelled like Britney Spears and coconuts Dm F And with your mermaid hair and your teeth so sharp Am G You crawled from the sea to break that sailor's heart Dm F You only get one night up on the shore Am G So dance like you've never danced before Dm F And the dance floor is filling up with blood Am G But, oh, Lord, you've never been so in love Dm F Am G .......Cheerful oblivion Dm F Cheerful oblivion Am G Cheerful oblivion F And the mermaids, they come once a year G They climb the struts of Brighton Pier Am They come to drink, they come to dance Em To sacrifice a human heart F G And the world is so much wilder than you think Am You haven't seen nothin' 'til you seen an English girl drink Dm F Am G .....Cheerful oblivion Dm F Cheerful oblivion Am G Cheerful oblivion Dm F Cheerful oblivion Am G Cheerful oblivion Final Dm F Am G Dm F Am G
Written by Dave Bayley / Florence Welch
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