Key: G major
Verse 1
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Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
The streets were hot
Em
G
Em
as the sun shone bright.
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D
The dancers shimmied
A
D
in the bright moonlight.
There wasn't one little patch of shade
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Em
G
at the Mermaid Parade.
A
G
The floats were funky
D
G
Em
and the grins were grand
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A
as music blared from each
People laughed and their hips all swayed
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Em
G
at the Mermaid Parade.
Em
C
Am
On a sunny day on the
C
G
road by the sea,
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G
Everyone came who happene
d to be free.
A preacher preached
Em
G
Em
about greed and sin,
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A
D
And the choir sang in a heavenly din.
The people cheered
as they gamely prayed
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Em
G
at the Mermaid Parade
Em
D
G
Em
The revelers waltzed
G
Em
past the men in blue
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Em
G
Who seemed out of place
Though they looked quite amused
Their nerves unfreed
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D
Em
G
Em
at the Mermaid Parade
C
Am
On a sunny day on the
they hmmed, sashayed,
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Em
G
at the Mermaid Parade.
Em
G
Em
Dances were danced,
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Em
G
Em
and songs were sung,
Grown -ups laughed as if unafraid,
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D
G
Em
at the Mermaid Parade.
G
Em
Rules were invented and
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Em
promptly broken,
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Em
and promises were whispered
And some games were won
and some unplayed
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Em
G
Em
at the Mermaid Parade
Am
G
Em
G
Everyone suddenly knew they were free
Em
Am
No one was heavy, no one was sad
D
Bm
Every true heart went unweighed
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Esus4
Em
Esus4
at the mermaid parade
Em
C
No one was crying, no head was hung
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Em
No one was dying,
Am
G
everyone was young
D
Bm
D
As if every brow was still ungrayed
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C
As if we left our beds unmade
Am
D
Before we knew our memory would fade
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D
G
Em
G
Em
At the Mermaid Parade
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Em
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