Regina Spektor – Mermaid chords

C      G  CI am a mermaid
                 FBut I've sold my voice
      CFor a couple of feet
     GThat always bleed
          F              CWhen I go walking in the road

C      G  CI am a mermaid
                 FBut I've sold my voice
      CFor a couple of feet
         GAnd they always bleed
   FNo matter how I clean

    G                    And I once saw a most beautiful man 
       F            Cat the local record store
   G                 He bumped into me and said, 
Well excuse me, young ma'am, but 
          F                          Chaven't I seen those pretty eyes somewhere before?
Am                           GI smiled, but gestured at my throat
   F               C   C/BTo show that I was mute
Am                           GWell, he quickly stared down at the floor
    FAnd shuffled in his boots
FAw, he was out of there so fast

C      G  CI am a mermaid
                 FBut I've sold my voice
      CFor a midnight train
      GAnd a bump of cocaine
       F                    CAnd an old photo of Ballets Russes

C      G  CI am a mermaid
                   FBut I have sold my voice
      CFor a bottle of gin
         G'Cause I can't swim
      FAnd I sure don't want to float

    GOh, I was so lonely walking out of that store
    F                         CAnd back into the busy people street
     GWhen I overhead, I heard an argument
                      F                               CA woman opened up her window, threw a flower pot from it
      Am       GI was startled by the crash
         F                       C     C/BBut went over to find the little plant
Am                          G                    FI quickly emptied it out my coffee paper cup and
Adopted it
FTransplanted it
FTook it home and
FNamed it Mozart

C      G  CI am a mermaid
                 FBut I've sold my voice
          CAnd I got rid of my tail
GAt a junkyard sale
F               CAlong with some favorite childhood toys

C      G  CI am a mermaid
                   FBut I have sold my voice
      CFor a couple of feet
         GAnd they always bleed
   F            CNo matter how I clean
      CFor a couple of feet
         GAnd they always bleed
   F            CNo matter how I clean
      CFor a couple of feet
     GThat tend to bleed
          FWhen I go wa-wa-walking
          C C F C...In the streeeeeeeet