Girl From The Sea

G G C G Got a book for my birthday C G D It was a story about a mermaid C G And ever since she was little C G She could hear the sea whisper C G D Hmm hmm hmm G And every day before her bedtime C G She looked out the window C G Sighing at the fishermen D She knew she was an odd creature C G And in her I found a friend C G Like she was representing C G All the creatures and the misfits D C G That never really blend in G D G She was odd like me, she was odd like me Em Am7 C D G Oh papa read the story about the girl from the sea G D#aug E She was odd like me, she was odd like me Em Am7 C D G Oh papa read the story about the girl from the sea G C G And the first time she dipped her toes C G D She knew that she was at home C G And the concert of the lakes C G Made her feel a little less alone C G D Hmm hmm hmm G And memories of a past life C G Of prayers to the lighthouse C G They gather round this magic machine D That told the waves to come down C G And in her I found a friend C G Like she was representing C G All the creatures and the misfits D C G That never really blend in G D G She was odd like me, she was odd like me Em Am7 C D G Oh papa read the story about the girl from the sea G D#aug E She was odd like me, she was odd like me Em Am7 C D G Oh papa read the story about the girl from the sea N.C. And her mama cried, and her papa too "How come that we got to make a mermaid like you?" And the evening came and they let her go Waving as she swam into the waves from the shore Am7 G/B C D G Knowing that their baby she was finally home G D G She was odd like me, she was odd like me Em Am7 C D G Oh papa read the story about the girl from the sea G D#aug E She was odd like me, she was odd like me Em Am7 C D G Oh papa read the story about the girl from the sea