Robyn Hitchcock - Victorian Squid Chords

[Verse 1]
G         D
Victorian squid
     G                   C
Is a delight for all the family because
G               B
It's greasy and hot
                C                     F
When you've had lots then you'll want more
 
[Verse 2]
G                D
There's old H.G. Wells
         G                C
Lying in bed with his new housekeeper
     G                  B
With hot squid by their side
             C                     F
Glowing with pride, flushed with exhaustion
 
[Chorus]
          E
Victorian lungs
          F
Victorian skin
          E
Victorian tongues
          F
Victorian sin
          Am
Victorian parks
          F
Victorian moans
           D
Victorian darkness
 
[Verse 3]
G         D
Victorian squid
G                         C
Down on the beach is an embarrassment
   G           B
To respectable girls
             C                F
Walking with pearls and their fiances
 
[Verse 4]
G              D
"Oh, Edward my love
          G                    C
Is that a squid?" "Yes, I fear so, my pet, but
G               B
Pray, leave it alone
          C                  F
Let us go home and take some cocoa"
 
[Chorus]
          E
Victorian arms
          F
Victorian legs
          E
Victorian charms
          F
Victorian eggs
          Am
Victorian boys
          F
Victorian girls
          D
Victorian darkness
 
[Outro]
D
Every night our voices meet in darkness
D
Clicking feet on hollow streets
D
The fanlight falls across the city
D
Onto me and Mistress Kitty
D
Pray that someone breaches her
D
Between the walnut and the fur
   A
To where she keeps her real secret hid
        C         D
She's a Victorian squid!