Kraken Chords by Florence + The Machine

[Intro]

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[Verse]

             E                      E
Sometimes my body seems so alien to me
           E                  E
I quiet it down by watching TV
         E                   E
Grow restless and grow hungry
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As the water rises up around me
             E
You come on-screen
        E
So good looking and subscene
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I put my fist into my mouth and scream
                E      
Some things, it seems, 
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are catching up with me
 
 
[Verse]

          E
And as it rises to my chin
         E
I should really stop watching
         E
And as I reach for the remote
      E
It is rushing down my throat
         E              E
I let it in, I start to swim
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I grow many arms and legs and  
        E
then I start to sing
 
 
[Chorus]

    A              
And all of my peers, 
     G
they had such potential
    D                       E
The swamp, it took them down
       A               G
And my love, I have to take
            D                E
I kiss them all and let them drown, oh
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You didn't see me, 
      G
just another drunken groupie
    D                      E
So, when your hand reached out
       A                  G
I just pushed you further down
      D                 E
Well, do you see me now?
 
 
[Post-Chorus]

E    E
Aaah
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Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
G
Do you see me now?
              E    E
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
                 D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
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(Do you see me now?)
 
 
[Verse]

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Creature from the deep
     E
Do I hunt you in your sleep?
   E                  
My tentacles so tender, 
   E
as I caress your cheek
         E
Did you know how big 

I would become?
    E
And how much I would eat?
   E                       
So glamorous and ravenous as 
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I drag you off your feet
        E
There's nothing you can do
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Some things it seems are catching up with you
 
 
[Interlude]

E    E
Aaah
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Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
G
Do you see me now?
              E    E
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
                 D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
 G
(Do you see me now?)
 
 
[Verse]

    E
You said I would be nothing
    E
But look, I'm really something
     E                 
Many arms around the mast 
        E
as your ship starts cracking
         E
Will you see me through the pain?
         E
Have you changed? So have I
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As I fix you in the gaze of my 
E
one and blinking eye
    E     E
Do I terrify?
 
 
[Chorus]

    A             
And all of my peers,  
     G
they had such potential
    D                       E
The swamp, it took them down
       A               G
And my love, I have to take
            D                E
I kiss them all and let them drown, oh
A                  
You didn't see me, 
      G
just another drunken groupie
    D                      E
So, when your hand reached out
       A                  G
I just pushed you further down
      D                 E
Well, do you see me now?
 
 
[Post-Chorus]

E    E
Aaah
                 D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
G
Do you see me now?
              E    E
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
                 D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
 G
(Do you see me now?)
E    E
Aaah
                 D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
G
Do you see me now?
              E    E
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
                 D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah, ah
 G
(Do you see me now?)
 
 
[Outro]

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Track Info

• Song: Kraken
• Artist: Florence + The Machine
• Written by Florence Welch & Dave Bayley
• Produced by Aaron Dessner, Dave Bayley & Florence Welch
• Album: Everybody Scream
• Release Date: 31 October 2025