Turn Loose The Mermaids

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

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


[Interlude]
Fm Cm G# D# Fm


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


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


[Interlude]
Fm Cm G# D# Fm


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

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

the forever call
Cm  
Beauty in spyglads

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


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


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


[Interlude]
Fm A# G# D#
Fm  A#  C#  D#  Fm


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


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


[Outro]
Fm Cm G# D#
Fm  Cm  G#  D#  Fm