DmFBb
Mermaid sits on a side wash rock in the harbor
C
Watching the children play
DmF
And every day, sun or rain,
BbC
Old Man kneels to the earth to pray
Dm
For the rain and stars
F
And the cars at the heart
BbC
The dark, and windy, Vancouver
(break) FA black day in December
A A\G
She sees the worst is yet to come, yeah
FEDmA big wave on the horizon
F/A A\G
The first wind blowing in
FEDm
Left Stanley soldiers felled and broken
FC
And we went oh, oh?
DmF
And Old Man kneels to the earth
Bb
In his mother's garden
C
Where his own father was laid
DmF
And every day, sun or rain
BbC
Mermaid sits on her rock and she prays
Dm
For the salmon in the sea
F
For the winged in the trees
Bb
For the Old Man on his knees
Dm
Oh and for the beauty in the park
F
And the cars at the heart
Bb
Her own sisters and her brothers
C
And ten thousand friends and lovers
(break) F
Black day in December
BbCFBbA black day in December
DmFBb
Mermaid sits on a tide wash rock in the harbor
C
Where the blue heron would lay
DmF
And every day, sun or rain,
BbC
Old friends fall to the earth and decay
Dm
With the city by the sea
F
Sweet brine in the breeze
Bb
With the mountains watching over
C
Her Vancouver
(break) F
Black day in December
BbFA black day in December
C Db(high) F
Black day in December
BbFA black day in December
CDb Dm(high)
Oh, oh...
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.