{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":960188,"song":"Mermaid","artist":"Regina Spektor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11618355-mermaid-chords-by-regina-spektor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/960188?type=chord","rating":4.82331,"votes":11,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a mermaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I've sold my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a couple of feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat always bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I go walking in the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a mermaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I've sold my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a couple of feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they always bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo matter how I clean[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    \r\nAnd I once saw a most beautiful man [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nat the local record store[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nHe bumped into me and said, [/tab]\r\nWell excuse me, young ma'am, but \r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhaven't I seen those pretty eyes somewhere before?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI smiled, but gestured at my throat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nTo show that I was mute[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, he quickly stared down at the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd shuffled in his boots[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAw, he was out of there so fast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a mermaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I've sold my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a midnight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a bump of cocaine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd an old photo of Ballets Russes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a mermaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I have sold my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a bottle of gin[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause I can't swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I sure don't want to float[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I was so lonely walking out of that store[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd back into the busy people street[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I overhead, I heard an argument[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA woman opened up her window, threw a flower pot from it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was startled by the crash[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nBut went over to find the little plant[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI quickly emptied it out my coffee paper cup and[/tab]\r\nAdopted it\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nTransplanted it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nTook it home and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNamed it Mozart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a mermaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I've sold my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I got rid of my tail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt a junkyard sale[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlong with some favorite childhood toys[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a mermaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I have sold my voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a couple of feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they always bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo matter how I clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a couple of feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they always bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo matter how I clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a couple of feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat tend to bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I go wa-wa-walking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]...\r\nIn the streeeeeeeet[/tab]","plain_text":"Well excuse me, young ma'am, but \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdopted it","chords":["C","G","F","Am","C/B","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}