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Mermaid

Verse 1:
So I chG/chsaid,chAm/chmen, pull her chC/chout of the water and chG/chthen
Lay on chAm/chhands and chC/chbind back her flippers and chG/chtail
chAm/chUntil interchC/chnational waters and chG/chthere
We'll chAm/chfeel, all that's chC/chhuman inside of her

Riff:
E 3-5-7-5-3 3
B            5-3-3 
G
D
A
E


Verse 2:
So she's chG/chchilly and chAm/chslick
on her chC/chhips where the scales meet with chG/chskin
With the chAm/chsickening chC/chflick of her tail
chG/chCircling her chAm/chgills filled with chC/chcold salty water
And she chG/chthrashes and chAm/chtwirls 
aah the chC/chfreezing fins flutter

Riff

But she's chG/chpretty, I chAm/chthink with her chC/chhair dark as ink.
And her chG/chbelly, bone chAm/chwhite.
and her chC/chlips of a slight seashell chG/chpink lightly chAm/chpart
And she's chC/chtonging the tubs rusty chG/chrim
As the chAm/chsalt 
Of the chC/chwater it flows out of it.

Riff

Oh farechC/chwells is to the chF/chland we know chG/chwell
We'll chC/chnever be chF/chtouching chG/chagain.
To chC/chfields where we chF/chrambled and chG/chran.
FarechC/chwell to our chF/chwives and chG/chchildren.
Let's chC/chstand on the chF/chdeck and lets chG/chwatch
They're chC/chall chF/chdisachG/chppearing.

Riff x2

The placement of the chords and the riff follows that pattern for the rest of the song.

And the days all float by and the days over waves
Under sky and the weeks slowly leak into years.
The last islands are all left behind
as we silently sail
Until late some dark night a wild wind starts to wail
And our map blows away and our compasses fail
And it's out on the lost boiling black water

where I see her float out
She's so thin and so pale.
I see her rise up.
she's so fast and so fair.
My hands knead and they press to a point in the air.
Then my mouth fills with a panicking prayer
My skull fills with more color than care.
Then my heart fills with love with too much love to bear.
And I know if I stay that she'll always be there
My hands soak in cold sand seaweed swam through her hair

Oooooh la la la la
Laaaaa la la la la

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