Turn Loose The Mermaids

[Verse]
Cm
A kite above a graveyeard grey
       Gm  
At the end of the

line far far away
  D#                   
  A child holding on to
     A#                  Cm
the magic of birth and awe


[Interlude]
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[Verse]
Cm
Oh, how beautiful it used to be
     Gm
Just you and me far beyond the sea
    D#                 A#
The waters, scarce in motion
          Cm
Quivering still


[Chorus]
                  G#     
  At the end of the river
     A#       Cm
the sundown beams
D#                   A#        Cm
All the relics of a lifelong lived
G#           D#         
  Here, weary traveller
  A#         Cm
rest your wand
          F       G#         Cm
Sleep the journey from your eyes


[Interlude]
Cm Gm D# A# Cm


[Verse]
Cm
Good journey, love, time to go
  Gm  
I checked your teeth

and warmed your toes
D#                A#   
  In the horizon I see
                 Cm
them coming for you
Cm  
The mermaid's grace,

the forever call
Gm  
Beauty in spyglads

on an old man's porch
    D#                 A#     
  The mermaids you turn loose
                   Cm
brought back your tears


[Chorus]
                  G#     
  At the end of the river
     A#       Cm
the sundown beams
D#                   A#        Cm
All the relics of a lifelong lived
G#           D#         
  Here, weary traveller
  A#         Cm
rest your wand
          F       G#         Cm
Sleep the journey from your eyes


[Chorus]
                  G#     
  At the end of the river
     A#       Cm
the sundown beams
D#                   A#        Cm
All the relics of a lifelong lived
G#           D#         
  Here, weary traveller
  A#         Cm
rest your wand
          F       G#         Cm
Sleep the journey from your eyes


[Interlude]
Cm F D# A#
Cm  F  G#  A#  Cm


[Chorus]
                  G#     
  At the end of the river
     A#       Cm
the sundown beams
D#                   A#        Cm
All the relics of a lifelong lived
G#           D#         
  Here, weary traveller
  A#         Cm
rest your wand
          F       G#         Cm
Sleep the journey from your eyes


[Chorus]
                  G#     
  At the end of the river
     A#       Cm
the sundown beams
D#                   A#        Cm
All the relics of a lifelong lived
G#           D#         
  Here, weary traveller
  A#         Cm
rest your wand
          F       G#         Cm
Sleep the journey from your eyes


[Outro]
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