Mermaid Motel

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While using Barre chords you may substitute F with Dm

[Intro]
 Dm C    Dm C
 Dm C    Dm C
 Gm      A


[Verse 1]
(Muted besides Gm A]
Dm     C             Dm    C
Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Dm     C             Dm        C
Maybe I could sing the national anthem
Dm     C                  Dm       C      Dm   C        Gm A
Buy a white sweater for the last white day of the summer
Dm     C                 Dm      C
Buy my purple wig for my mermaid video
Dm           C                   Gm       A
Walk back to where I lived in my motel on Neptune (Avenue)

Dm C Gm  A


[Chorus]
Dm           C        F           Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm       C           Gm       A
 You say take it off, take it off
Dm           C        F           Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm       C            Gm      A
 You say take it off, take it off


[Verse 2]
(Muted besides Gm A]
Dm     C              Dm    C
(Maybe we could go to) Suede Tokyo
Dm        C              Dm      C
Or see Van Halen at their reunion show
Dm      C        Dm  C
Heavy metal hour on T.V
Dm      C        Dm   C
Diamond Dave and Ray Lee
    Gm        A        Gm     A
And you salute me, Miss America
       Gm  A Gm  A
Because I am, I am


[Chorus]

Dm           C        F           Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm       C           Gm       A
 You say take it off, take it off
Dm           C        F           Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm       C            Gm      A
 You say take it off, take it off


[Verse 3]
[Muted besides Gm A]
Dm     C              Dm    C
Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Dm     C              Dm    C
Maybe I could sing you to sleep
Dm         C            Dm          C
God bless the universe, god bless the ocean
Dm        C       Gm        A
God bless you and god bless me
Gm        A       Gm        A
God bless you and god bless me


[Chorus]

Dm         C#m  C        F       Fm   Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm       C           Gm       A
 You say take it off, take it off
Dm         C#m  C        F       Fm   Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm       C            Gm      A
 You say take it off, take it off