Key: G major
Verse 1
F#
D#m
F#
D#m
F#
D#m
F#
The streets were hot
D#m
F#
D#m
as the sun shone bright.
F#
C#
The dancers shimmied
G#
C#
in the bright moonlight.
There wasn't one little patch of shade
F#
D#m
F#
at the Mermaid Parade.
G#
F#
The floats were funky
C#
F#
D#m
and the grins were grand
F#
G#
as music blared from each
People laughed and their hips all swayed
F#
D#m
F#
at the Mermaid Parade.
D#m
B
G#m
On a sunny day on the
B
F#
road by the sea,
D#m
F#
Everyone came who happene
d to be free.
A preacher preached
D#m
F#
D#m
about greed and sin,
F#
G#
C#
And the choir sang in a heavenly din.
The people cheered
as they gamely prayed
F#
D#m
F#
at the Mermaid Parade
D#m
C#
F#
D#m
The revelers waltzed
F#
D#m
past the men in blue
F#
D#m
F#
Who seemed out of place
Though they looked quite amused
Their nerves unfreed
F#
C#
D#m
F#
D#m
at the Mermaid Parade
B
G#m
On a sunny day on the
they hmmed, sashayed,
F#
D#m
F#
at the Mermaid Parade.
D#m
F#
D#m
Dances were danced,
F#
D#m
F#
D#m
and songs were sung,
Grown -ups laughed as if unafraid,
F#
C#
F#
D#m
at the Mermaid Parade.
F#
D#m
Rules were invented and
F#
D#m
promptly broken,
F#
D#m
and promises were whispered
And some games were won
and some unplayed
F#
D#m
F#
D#m
at the Mermaid Parade
G#m
F#
D#m
F#
Every one suddenly knew they were free
D#m
G#m
No one was heavy, no one was sad
C#
A#m
Every true heart went unweighed
D#
D#sus4
D#m
D#sus4
at the mermaid parade
D#m
B
No one was crying, no head was hung
F#
D#m
No one was dying,
G#m
F#
everyone was young
C#
A#m
C#
As if every brow was still ungrayed
F#
B
As if we left our beds unmade
G#m
C#
Before we knew our memory would fade
F#
C#
F#
D#m
F#
D#m
At the Mermaid Parade
F#
D#m
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