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1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be

Jimi Hendrix
Difficulty: novice
Tuning: Half Step Down
Capo: none

Chord diagrams
Am
XOO111
1/2
D
XXO111
1/3
C
XOO111
1/3
C#
9111
1/2
B
7111
1/2
A#
6111
1/2
A
XOO111
1/2
Dm
XXO111
1/3
Gm
111111
1/2
C#m
911
1/2
Cm
X11111
1/2
G#
4111
1/2
F#
111
1/2
G
OOO111
1/3
[Intro]
[Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [C]


[Verse 1]
[D] [C#]
Hurray, I awake from yesterday Alive, but the war is here to stay
[C]
So my love, Catherina and me,
[B]
decide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea
[A#] [A]
Not to die but to reborn, away from lands so battered and torn
[Am] [D] [Am] [D] [C]
Forever, forever
[D]
Oh say, can you see it's really such a mess
[C#]
Every inch of Earth is a fighting nest
[C]
Giant pencil and lipstick tube shaped things,
[B]
Continue to rain and cause screaming pain
[A#]
And the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red as our
[A] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
feet find the sand, and the sea is straight ahead, straight up ahead


[Bridge]
[Dm] [Am] [C]
Well it's too bad that our friends, can't be with us today
[Gm]
Well it's too bad
[Dm] [Am]
The machine, that we built,
[C] [Gm]
would never save us, that's what they say

That's why they ain't coming with us today
[Dm] [Am]
And they also said it's impossible for a man to live and breathe under
[C]
water, forever, was their main complaint
[Gm]
And they also threw this in my face, they said:
[Dm] [Am]
Anyway, you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God,
[C] [Gm]
and the grace of the King grace of the King Yeah, yeah
[Dm] [Am] [C] [Gm] [Dm] [Am] [C] [Gm]


[Verse 2]
[Dm]
So my darling and I make love in the sand,
[C#m]
to salute the last moment ever on dry land
[C]
Our machine, it has done its work, played its part well
[B]
Without a scratch on our bodies and we bid it farewell
[A#]
Starfish and giant foams greet us with a smile
[A]
Before our heads go under we take a last look at the killing noise
[Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D]
Of the out of style, the out of style, out of style


[Coda]
[C#] [Cm]
So down and down and down and down and down and down we go
[B] [A#]
hurry my darling we mustn't be late for the show
[A] [G#]
Neptune champion games to an aqua world that's so very dear
[F#] [A] [C] [G] [A]
right this way smiles a mermaid I can hear Atlantis full of cheer
[Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
Atlantis full of cheer I can hear Atlantis full of cheer
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