The Handsome Family
Octopus Chords
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
