Mersey Paradise

Intro:
G  C D C D    (C's and D's arpeggio'd)

GG Piano Chord 

River splashes against the rocks
CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 

And I scale the slope I hope the tracks won't
GG Piano Chord 

Lead me down to dark black pits or
CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

Places where we fall to bits

GG Piano Chord 

If she were there I'd hold her down
CC Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

I'll push her under while she drowns and
GG Piano Chord 

Couldn't breathe and call for air
CC Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

She doesn't care for my despair

GG Piano Chord 
                     CC Piano Chord 

Or is it me? Am I the one that's wrong?
DD Piano Chord 

(one that's wrong) You see it in the sea
GG Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 

river cool's where I belong
(no chord)         G
In my Mersey paradise

GG Piano Chord 

As I stare an oil wheel comes
CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

Sailing by and I feel like
GG Piano Chord 

Growing pins and falling in
CC Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin I
GG Piano Chord 

Swim along without a care
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      DD Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

I'll eating sand when I need air you can
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Bet your life I'll meet a Pike who'll
CC Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

Wolf me down for tea tonight

GG Piano Chord 

I want to be (I want to be)
CC Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

where the drownings are (drownings are)

You see it in the sea
GG Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 

river cool's where I belong
(no chord)        G
In my Mersey paradise

repeat chorus

(no chord)
Oh yeah

repeat chorus

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I'm not sure about the key - any comments or corrections
most welcome.  Thanks to people on the net for the lyrics
(no attributions in the files...)
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John Spencer