Chord Mermaid by Regina Spektor

C G C i Am a mermaid F but i’ve sold my voice C for a couple of feet G that always bleed F C when i go walking in the road C G C i Am a mermaid F but i’ve sold my voice C for a couple of feet G and they always bleed F no matter how i clean G and i once saw a most beautiful man F C at the local record store G he bumped into me and said , well excuse me , young ma’am , but F C haven’t i seen those pretty eyes somewhere before? Am G i smiled , but gestured at my throat F C C/B to show that i was mute Am G well , he quickly stared down at the floor F and shuffled in his boots F aw , he was out of there so fast C G C i Am a mermaid F but i’ve sold my voice C for a midnight train G and a bump of cocaine F C and an old photo of ballets russes C G C i Am a mermaid F but i have sold my voice C for a bottle of gin G ’cause i can’t swim F and i sure don’t want to float G oh , i was so lonely walking out of that store F C and back into the busy people street G when i overhead , i heard an argument F C a woman opened up her window , threw a flower pot from it Am G i was startled by the crash F C C/B but went over to find the little plant Am G F i quickly emptied it out my coffee paper cup and adopted it F transplanted it F took it home and F named it mozart C G C i Am a mermaid F but i’ve sold my voice C and i got rid of my tail G at a junkyard sale F C along with some favorite childhood toys C G C i Am a mermaid F but i have sold my voice C for a couple of feet G and they always bleed F C no matter how i clean C for a couple of feet G and they always bleed F C no matter how i clean C for a couple of feet G that tend to bleed F when i go wa - wa - walking C C F C . . . in the streeeeeeeet