Octopus

Intro: Am C The octopus has 3 hearts F Fm And lives in caves below the sea C G F Or in a beer can or a bath tub E Am Or a puddle in the street C Any fisherman can tell you F Fm When an octopus waves its arms C G F It hypnotizes schools of fish E Am All movement stops for miles C Even the waves stand still F Fm All the witnesses have sworn C G F And it’s impossible to resist E Am The urge to jump overboard G C That’s why I try and stay away F Fm From seashore holidays C G F But I know that no one has to know C G F If I take an evening stroll C G F Down to the end of the wooden peer E Am Where the water’s deep and cold Am C F Fm C G F E Am C If I should see an octopus F Fm Lift its arms out of the sea C G F Or see its shadow rising up E Am Cross the rooftops above the streets C I’d follow those dancing limbs F Fm To the spinning edge of the sky C G F Where all the boats fall off the world E Am Into the octopus’s eye G C That’s why I know I shouldn’t go F Fm On a cruise across the sea C G F But I know that no one has to know C G F If I take an evening stroll C G F Down to the end of the wooden peer E Am Where the water’s deep and cold G C That’s why I try and stay away F Fm From seashore holidays C G F But I know that no one has to know C G F If I take an evening stroll C G F Down to the end of the wooden peer E Am Where the water’s deep and cold G C