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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1477963,"song":"1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be","artist":"Jimi Hendrix","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1477963-1983-a-merman-i-should-turn-to-be-chords-by-jimi-hendrix/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1477963?type=chord","rating":4.59052,"votes":25,"content":"tuned half step down\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nHurray, I awake from yesterday   Alive, but the war is here to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo my love, Catherina and me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\ndecide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNot to die but to reborn,  away from lands so battered and torn[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForever, forever[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh say, can you see it's really such a mess [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]       \r\n  Every inch of Earth is a fighting nest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGiant pencil and lipstick tube shaped things,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nContinue to rain and cause screaming pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red as our [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfeet find the sand,  and the sea is straight ahead, straight up ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nWell it's too bad that our friends, can't be with us today[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWell it's too bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe machine, that we built,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nwould never save us, that's what they say[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat's why they ain't coming with us today\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they also said it's impossible for a man to live and breathe under[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwater,      forever, was their main complaint[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd they also threw this in my face, they said:[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnyway, you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nand the grace of the King grace of the King  Yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo my darling and I make love in the sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dbm[/ch]\r\nto salute the last moment ever on dry land[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur machine, it has done its work, played its part well[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWithout a scratch on our bodies and we bid it farewell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nStarfish and giant foams greet us with a smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBefore our heads go under we take a last look at the killing noise[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the out of style, the out of style, out of style[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]                                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSo down and down and down and down and down and down  we go[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nhurry my darling we mustn't be late for the show[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nNeptune champion games  to an aqua world that's so very dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gb[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nright this way smiles a mermaid I can hear Atlantis full of cheer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n          Atlantis full of cheer I can hear Atlantis full of cheer[/tab]","plain_text":"tuned half step down\n\nAm D Am D Am D Am D C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat's why they ain't coming with us today\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDm Am C Gm  Dm Am C 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