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