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Chorus
LA DO#m
Poor little fish, swimming in the water
LA FA#m MI DO#m MI DO#m
Hide behind the coattails of your father
Verse 1
MI DO#m MI DO#m
I’ve been alone so long I thought I’d never last
MI DO#m MI DO#m
Stuck up on a shelf like an old dusty hat, yeah
FA#m LA
But then you come along
FA#m LA
You put me on that throne
LA MI DO#m MI DO#m
Up into the sky yeah
Verse 2
MI DO#m MI DO#m
Thought I saw Nick Cave down at the Laundromat
MI DO#m MI DO#m
You put your hand in my hand and that was that, yeah
FA#m LA
Your perfume on my sleeve
FA#m LA
You lit my life like a Christmas tree
LA MI DO#m MI DO#m
Up into the sky yeah
Chorus
LA DO#m
Poor little fish, swimming in the water
LA FA#m MI DO#m MI DO#m
Hide behind the coattails of your father
Verse 3
MI DO#m MI DO#m
You know a cold, cold heart sleeps awful well
MI DO#m MI DO#m
While the maids vacuum the hall outside my cheap hotel room
FA#m LA
The whole damn shit came down
FA#m LA
Exploded to the ground.. Puusshh
LA MI DO#m MI DO#m
Up into the sky yeah
Chorus
LA DO#m
Poor little fish, swimming in the water
LA FA#m MI DO#m MI DO#m
Hide behind the coattails of your father
Bridge
MI DO#m MI DO#m
Where you are is who you are when you’re sleeping
MI DO#m MI DO#m
Where you are is who you are when you’re sleeping
Outro
MI DO#m MI
Poor little fish
DO#m MI
Poor little fish
DO#m MI
Poor little fish
(Repeat and fade)
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