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