Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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The streets were hot
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F
Dm
as the sun shone bright.
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C
The dancers shimmied
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C
in the bright moonlight.
There wasn't one little patch of shade
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Dm
F
at the Mermaid Parade.
G
F
The floats were funky
C
F
Dm
and the grins were grand
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G
as music blared from each
People laughed and their hips all swayed
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Dm
F
at the Mermaid Parade.
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Bb
Gm
On a sunny day on the
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F
road by the sea,
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F
Everyone came who happene
d to be free.
C
Everyone came to get unstayed
A preacher preached
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Dm
about greed and sin,
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G
C
And the choir sang in a heavenly din.
The people cheered
as they gamely prayed
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Dm
F
at the Mermaid Parade
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C
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Dm
The revelers waltzed
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Dm
past the men in blue
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Dm
F
Who seemed out of place
Though they looked quite amused
Their nerves unfreed
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C
Dm
F
Dm
at the Mermaid Parade
Bb
Gm
On a sunny day on the
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Everyone smiled with a fulsome glee
C
They danced, they posed,
they hmmed, sashayed,
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F
at the Mermaid Parade.
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F
Dm
Dances were danced,
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Dm
F
Dm
and songs were sung,
Grown -ups laughed as if unafraid,
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C
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Dm
at the Mermaid Parade.
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Dm
Rules were invented and
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Dm
promptly broken,
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Dm
and promises were whispered
And some games were won
and some unplayed
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Dm
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Dm
at the Mermaid Parade
Bb
On a sunny day on the road by the sea
Gm
F
Dm
F
Everyone suddenly knew they were free
C
And so they prayed and yayed and hayed
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Gm
No one was heavy, no one was sad
Am
Everyone was light, everyone was glad
C
Am
Every true heart went unweighed
D
Dsus4
Dm
Dsus4
at the mermaid parade
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Bb
No one was crying, no head was hung
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Dm
No one was dying,
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F
everyone was young
C
Am
C
As if every brow was still ungrayed
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As if we never learned to trade
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As if we never ever got paid
Eb
As if great plans were never laid
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Bb
As if we left our beds unmade
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As if we were back in second grade
Gm
C
Before we knew our memory would fade
Dm
At the Mermaid Parade
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C
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Dm
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Dm
At the Mermaid Parade
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Dm
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