Florence + The Machine

[Verse 1]
Dm                    F          G
I thought that I was hungry for love
Dm              F          G
Maybe I'm just hungry for blood
Dm                     G
Sea foam woman on the shore
Am                                C
Your prairie ghost, I'm a cottage whore
Dm                          G
All the mermaids have sharp teeth
Am                      C
Razorblades all in your feet
 
[Verse 2]
           Dm                F
England is only ever grey or green
                   A                    A
The girls glitter striding glorious and coatless in the rain
Dm                               F
I remember falling through these streets
                A                     A
Somewhat out of place, if not for the drunkenness
 
[Pre-Chorus]
            Dm                     F
It makes my chest hurt to think of it
       A                          A
Not of regret, but of missing that
 
[Chorus]
         Dm      F
Cheerful oblivion
         A       G
Cheerful oblivion
 
[Verse 3]
               Dm                           F
It was not all pain and pavement slick with rain
                  Am                           G
And shining under lights from shitty clubs and doing shitty drugs
            Dm                                     F   Am      G
And hugging 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
 
[Chorus]
Dm F         Am     G
   Cheerful oblivion
         Dm      F
Cheerful oblivion
         Am      G
Cheerful oblivion
 
[Bridge]
    F
And 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                                    Am
You haven't seen nothin' 'til you seen an English girl drink
 
[Chorus]
Dm F         Am     G
   Cheerful oblivion
         Dm      F
Cheerful oblivion
         Am      G
Cheerful oblivion
         Dm      F
Cheerful oblivion
         Am      G
Cheerful oblivion

Mermaids 

[Verse 1]
Em                                D
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
A
I know I can count on you
Em                            D
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
A
But you've got the love I need To see me through
 
Em                          D
Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough
A
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Em                         D
Now and then it seems that life is just too much
A
But you've got the love I need to see me through
 
Em                    D               A
When food is gone you are my daily meal
Em                              D                A
When friends are gone I know my savior's love is real
A 
Your love is real
  
[Chorus]
Em
You got the love
D
You got the love
A
You got the love
 
Em
You got the love
D
You got the love
A
You got the love
 
[Verse 2] 
Em                       D
Time after time I think "Oh Lord what's the use?"
A
Time after time I think it's just no good
Em                      D
Sooner or later in life, the things you love you loose
A
But you got the love I need to see me through
  
[Chorus] 
Em
You got the love
D
You got the love
A
And you got the love
 
Em
You got the love
D
You got the love
A
And  you got the love
 
[Verse 3] 
Em                                D
Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
A
Cause I know I can count on you
Em                            D
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
A
But you've got the love I need to see me through.

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