Mermaids

{"acf_content":"[Verse 1]\r\nAm                    C          D\r\nI thought that I was hungry for love\r\nAm              C          D\r\nMaybe I'm just hungry for blood\r\nAm                     D\r\nSea foam woman on the shore\r\nEm                                G\r\nYour prairie ghost, I'm a cottage whore\r\nAm                          D\r\nAll the mermaids have sharp teeth\r\nEm                      G\r\nRazorblades all in your feet\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n           Am                C\r\nEngland is only ever grey or green\r\n                   E                    E\r\nThe girls glitter striding glorious and coatless in the rain\r\nAm                               C\r\nI remember falling through these streets\r\n                E                     E\r\nSomewhat out of place, if not for the drunkenness\r\n \r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n            Am                     C\r\nIt makes my chest hurt to think of it\r\n       E                          E\r\nNot of regret, but of missing that\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n         Am      C\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n         E       D\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n               Am                           C\r\nIt was not all pain and pavement slick with rain\r\n                  Em                           D\r\nAnd shining under lights from shitty clubs and doing shitty drugs\r\n            Am                                     C   Em      D\r\nAnd hugging girls that smelled like Britney Spears and coconuts\r\n              Am                    C\r\nAnd with your mermaid hair and your teeth so sharp\r\n    Em                                 D\r\nYou crawled from the sea to break that sailor's heart\r\n         Am                      C\r\nYou only get one night up on the shore\r\n   Em                             D\r\nSo dance like you've never danced before\r\n        Am                             C\r\nAnd the dance floor is filling up with blood\r\n         Em                            D\r\nBut, oh, Lord, you've never been so in love\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\nAm C         Em     D\r\n   Cheerful oblivion\r\n         Am      C\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n         Em      D\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n    C\r\nAnd mermaids, they come once a year\r\n     D\r\nThey climb the struts of Brighton Pier\r\n     Em\r\nThey come to drink, they come to dance\r\n   Bm\r\nTo sacrifice a human heart\r\n        C                                D\r\nAnd the world is so much wilder than you think\r\n    Em                                    Em\r\nYou haven't seen nothin' 'til you seen an English girl drink\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\nAm C         Em     D\r\n   Cheerful oblivion\r\n         Am      C\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n         Em      D\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n         Am      C\r\nCheerful oblivion\r\n         Em      D\r\nCheerful oblivion","acf_video_url":"","acf_key_signature":"A Minor","key_signature_slug":[],"artists":[],"artist_slug":[],"title":"Mermaids","slug":"mermaids","dateCreated":"2025-11-06T15:29:12+00:00","post_type":"song"}