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