Robyn Hitchcock – Victorian Squid (Guitar)

G         D
[tab]     G                   C
Is a delight for all the family because

G               B
It's greasy and hot

                C                     F
When you've had lots then you'll want more

G                D
There's old H.G. Wells

         G                C
Lying in bed with his new housekeeper

     G                  B
With hot squid by their side

             C                     F
Glowing with pride, flushed with exhaustion

          E
Victorian lungs

          F
Victorian skin

          E
Victorian tongues

          F
Victorian sin

          Am
Victorian parks

          F
Victorian moans

           D
Victorian darkness

G         D
Victorian squid

G                         C
Down on the beach is an embarrassment

   G           B
To respectable girls

             C                F
Walking with pearls and their fiances

G              D
"Oh, Edward my love

          G                    C
Is that a squid?" "Yes, I fear so, my pet, but

G               B
Pray, leave it alone

          C                  F
Let us go home and take some cocoa"

          E
Victorian arms

          F
Victorian legs

          E
Victorian charms

          F
Victorian eggs

          Am
Victorian boys

          F
Victorian girls

          D
Victorian darkness

D
Every night our voices meet in darkness

D
Clicking feet on hollow streets

D
The fanlight falls across the city

D
Onto me and Mistress Kitty

D
Pray that someone breaches her

D
Between the walnut and the fur

   A
To where she keeps her real secret hid

        C         D
She's a Victorian squid!