The Stone Roses – Mersey Paradise (Guitar)

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

G
River splashes against the rocks

       C         D       C         D
And I scale the slope I hope the tracks won't

 G
Lead me down to dark black pits or

  C      D       C       D
Places where we fall to bits

    G
If she were there I'd hold her down

      C       D       C        D
I'll push her under while she drowns and

  G
Couldn't breathe and call for air

     C       D       C      D
She doesn't care for my despair

             G                     C
Or is it me? Am I the one that's wrong?

              D
(one that's wrong) You see it in the sea

       G                C
river cool's where I belong

N.C.               G
In my Mersey paradise

G
As I stare an oil wheel comes

 C      D   C     D
Sailing by and I feel like

 G
Growing fins and falling in

           C          D         C     D
With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin I

G
Swim along without a care

     C      D         C      D
I'll eating sand when I need air you can

G
Bet your life I'll meet a Pike who'll

 C       D    C      D
Wolf me down for tea tonight

                        G
I want to be (I want to be)

                    C              D
where the drownings are (drownings are)

       G                C
river cool's where I belong

N.C.              G
In my Mersey paradise

                        G
I want to be (I want to be)

                    C              D
where the drownings are (drownings are)

       G                C
river cool's where I belong

N.C.              G
In my Mersey paradise

                        G
I want to be (I want to be)

                    C              D
where the drownings are (drownings are)

       G                C
river cool's where I belong

N.C.              G
In my Mersey paradise