[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

[Outro] Dm  F  Am  G
        Dm  F  Am  G