Tiger Lillies - Fisheads


Fm
Fisheads in the gutters,
    Bbm
The whores are old and tired.
Eb 
  Sailors are tellin' tales,
Ab 
Sailors are all liars.
        C                  C#
And the fisheads are their only meal, 
     C                           C#
They lie in their stomachs and congeal. 

Fm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Bbm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Eb
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Ab
Fisheads (fisheads), 
C   C#          C   C# 
Fisheads, those fisheads. 

Fm
  Thieves go out thieving, 
    Bbm
The old men expire. 
    Eb
The seagulls scream obscenities 
Ab
  From the churches' spires. 
        C                  C#
And the fisheads are their only meal, 
     C                           C#
they lie in their stomachs and congeal. 

Fm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Bbm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Eb
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Ab
Fisheads (fisheads), 
C   C#          C   C# 
Fisheads, those fisheads. 

Fm
  The street singers sing, 
      Bbm
Their throats on fire, 
        Eb
And the crucifixes fall 
Ab
  From the church's spire. 
        C                  C#
And the fisheads are their only meals, 
     C                           C#
They lie in their stomachs and congeal. 

Fm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Bbm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Eb
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Ab
Fisheads (fisheads), 
C   C#          C   C# 
Fisheads, those fisheads (and the...) 

Fm
Police round up the thieves, 
Bbm
Kick them about. 
    Eb
The thieves all scream 
        Ab
And the thieves all shout. 
        C              C#
And the fisheads, they vomit them out, 
      C                    C#
Those fisheads scream and shout. 

      Fm
Yeah, fisheads (fisheads), 
Bbm
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Eb
Fisheads (fisheads), 
Ab
Fisheads (fisheads), 
C   C#          C   C# 
Fisheads, those fisheads.



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