Florence + The Machine – Mermaids (Guitar)

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Tabbed from the original song [Intro] Dm F C x2 [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
[Instrumental] Dm F A Dm F A G [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 fallin' 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 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
[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
[Outro] Dm F A Dm F A G