A Merman I Should Turn To Be

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Verse:

D5
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Hooray I awake from yesterday,         a-

C#m7
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live but the war is here to stay

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So my love Catherina and  me  decide to

Bm7
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take our last walk thru the noise to the sea

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Not to die but to be re-born........a-

Asus4
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way from the lands so battered and torn...

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          for-

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-ever....................................

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               for-....
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ever..............

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The rest:
Just repeat the above verse again, using arpeggios and "Hendresque"
variations (i.e., hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs). Then he uses chords
for the rest of the song...they are...

D A C G D A C G D A C G
That is it pretty much, the solo is tough, haven't gotten that far
yet.