I noticed a lot of mistakes in my first tab for this song so
I thought I d give it another go.
I listed all the chords fingerings I use at the bottom of the
page; I use (alt) and (high) to indicate when I play the chord in
a different position (Once again, see the bottom of the page).
Fantastic Song, have fun playing it!
Notation:
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/: Slide Up
: Slide Down
Song:
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Mermaid sits on a Siwash Rock in the harbor
Watching the children play
And every day, sun or rain,
Old Man kneels to the earth to pray
For the rain and stars
And the cars at the heart
The dark, and windy, Vancouver
(break)
A black day in December
/
She sees the worst is yet to come, yeah
(alt) (alt)
A big wave on the horizon
/
The first wind blowing in
(alt) (alt)
Left Stanley soldiers felled and broken
(alt)
And we went oh, oh?
And Old Man kneels to the earth
In his mother s garden
Where his own father was laid
And every day, sun or rain
Mermaid sits on her rock and she prays
For the salmon in the sea
For the winged in the trees
For the Old Man on his knees
Oh and for the beauty in the park
And the cars at the heart
Her own sisters and her brothers
And ten thousand friends and lovers
(break)
Black day in December
/ /
A black day in December
Mermaid sits on a tide wash rock in the harbor
Where the blue heron would lay
And every day, sun or rain,
Old friends fall to the earth and decay
With the city by the sea
Sweet brine in the breeze
With the mountains watching over
Her Vancouver
(break)
Black day in December
A black day in December
(high) (high)
Black day in December
A black day in December
(high) (high) (high)
Oh, oh...
Chords (In order of appearance):
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e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
Dm G|---|---|-x-|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 5 6 7 8
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
F G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
A#m G|-x-|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 6 7 8 9
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|-x-|---|
C G|---|---|-x-|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 3 4 5 6
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
Am G|-x-|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 5 6 7 8
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
G G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 3 4 5 6
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|-x-|---|
A# G|---|---|-x-|---|
alt. D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
A G|---|-x-|---|---|
alt. D|---|-x-|---|---|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|---|-x-|---|---|
A#m G|---|---|-x-|---|
alt. D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|-x-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
Fret 1 2 3 4
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
A# G|---|-x-|---|---|
D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 6 7 8 9
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
C G|---|-x-|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 8 9 10 11
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
C# G|---|-x-|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 9 10 11 12
e|-x-|---|---|---|
B|-x-|---|---|---|
Dm G|-x-|---|---|---|
high D|---|---|-x-|---|
A|---|---|-x-|---|
E|-x-|---|---|---|
Fret 10 11 12 13