Key: G major
Verse 1
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
The streets were hot
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Eb
Cm
as the sun shone bright.
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Bb
The dancers shimmied
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Bb
in the bright moonlight.
There wasn't one little patch of shade
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Cm
Eb
at the Mermaid Parade.
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Eb
The floats were funky
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Eb
Cm
and the grins were grand
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F
as music blared from each
People laughed and their hips all swayed
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Cm
Eb
at the Mermaid Parade.
Cm
Ab
Fm
On a sunny day on the
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Eb
road by the sea,
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Eb
Everyone came who happene
d to be free.
A preacher preached
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Cm
about greed and sin,
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F
Bb
And the choir sang in a heavenly din.
The people cheered
as they gamely prayed
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Cm
Eb
at the Mermaid Parade
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Bb
Eb
Cm
The revelers waltzed
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Cm
past the men in blue
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Cm
Eb
Who seemed out of place
Though they looked quite amused
Their nerves unfreed
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Bb
Cm
Eb
Cm
at the Mermaid Parade
Ab
Fm
On a sunny day on the
they hmmed, sashayed,
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Cm
Eb
at the Mermaid Parade.
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Eb
Cm
Dances were danced,
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Cm
Eb
Cm
and songs were sung,
Grown -ups laughed as if unafraid,
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Bb
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Cm
at the Mermaid Parade.
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Cm
Rules were invented and
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Cm
promptly broken,
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Cm
and promises were whispered
And some games were won
and some unplayed
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Cm
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Cm
at the Mermaid Parade
Fm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Everyone suddenly knew they were free
Cm
Fm
No one was heavy, no one was sad
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Gm
Every true heart went unweighed
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Csus4
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at the mermaid parade
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Ab
No one was crying, no head was hung
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Cm
No one was dying,
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Eb
everyone was young
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Gm
Bb
As if every brow was still ungrayed
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Ab
As if we left our beds unmade
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Bb
Before we knew our memory would fade
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Bb
Eb
Cm
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At the Mermaid Parade
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Cm
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