Key: D minor
Intro 1
C
Dm
Verse 1
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C
And there were mermaids,
weren't there
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C
Sweet silver mermaids
All through that gray
Verse 2
Such silver mermaids
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Dusky hair
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C
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E
And whispered, "Come, Sad Stephen,
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Dm
come, and play here"
Verse 3
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"You will love,
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Am
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A
you will be loved
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Dm
A
and do so much
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F
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you will be sung
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F
Dm
silver mermaids"
Interlude 1
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F#m
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F#m
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C
Verse 4
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They beckoned to me from the fog
They spread their arms and lifted
Pale-portrait faces
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faces
Verse 5
I was taken
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C
Am
To their coral-cavern halls
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halls
Dm
A
shells for walls
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Dm
and pearly books and ivory dolls
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Verse 6
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In ivory stalls,
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A
Dm
in ivory stalls
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Verse 7
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And there were mermaids,
Bb
C
weren't there?
Dm
Am
Sweet silver mermaids
Dm
C
All through that wan,
Verse 8
Silver mermaids
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Dusky hair
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Bb
C
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E
Am
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Sad Stephen, come"
Verse 9
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Bb
Abdim
Was I wrong? should I have run?
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A
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I wanted all, I wanted young
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C
Bb
And portrait faces
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Abdim
E
I was taken
Abdim
Verse 10
E
Dm
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Am
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Did I love? I didn't
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Dsus2
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care
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Did I grow up? Well,
Dsus2
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Verse 11
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Am
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A
And was I strong? And
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F
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was I sung?
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C
A
How do I haunt Trafalgar fog
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Dm
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And find I want so much,
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still want
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Verse 12
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And no more mermaids
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Dm
No more mermaids
Outro 1
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