Key: E
Introduction:
Fm Eb Bb
Fingers trace your skin
Fm Eb Bb
All your cliffs and peaks
Fm Eb Bb
And your hair it flows like waterfalls
Fm Eb Bb
Wanna give some color back to your cheeks
Fm Eb Bb
Fingers intertwine
Fm Eb Bb
As you tell me you can't take it any more
Fm Eb Bb
Let our hearts and souls combine
Fm Eb Bb
While hell is knocking at our door
Fm Eb
Mermaid, sing to me
Eb Bb
He don't love you like I do
Fm Eb
He won't take your pain away
Eb Bb
You know it's true
Fm Eb
I wanna see you smile, wanna see you cry
Bb
Oh, you're such a fool
Fm Eb
We should get some bruises falling in love
Eb Bb Fm Eb Bb
'Cause I love it when you're blue
Fm Eb Bb
Yeah, it's making me mad
Fm Eb Bb
Knowing I can treat you better than he could
Fm Eb Bb
And your tears they flow like waterfalls
Fm Eb Bb
And I don't think they should
Fm Eb Bb
Yeah, it's okay to smile
Fm Eb Bb
Even if inside it's tearing you apart
N.C.
Fm Eb Bb
Why'd you go and give someone like that your heart?
Fm Eb
Mermaid, sing to me
Eb Bb
He don't love you like I do
Fm Eb
He won't take your pain away
Eb Bb
You know it's true
Fm Eb
I wanna see you smile, wanna see you cry
Bb
Oh, you're such a fool
Fm Eb
We should get some bruises falling in love
Eb Bb Fm Eb Bb
'Cause I love it when you're blue
Ab Eb
(Underneath our skin our blood runs blue)
Bb Ab
Our blood runs blue
Ab Eb
(No he'll never love you like I do)
Eb Bb
I still love you
Ab Eb Bb
And what am I to say?
Ab Eb Bb
What was I supposed to say?
Ab Eb
What am I to say?
Eb Bb
Just tell me what to say
Ab Eb Bb
What am I supposed to say?
Ab
What am I to say?
Ab
We threw it all away
Ab
And we're still blue