1983.... A merman I should turn to be 

By Jimi Hendrix 
From "Electric Ladyland" - 1968 

Tune 1/2 step down (for the real album version). 


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Verse: 

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Hooray I awake from yesterday, a- 

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live but the war is here to stay 

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So my love Catherina and me decide to 

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take our last walk thru the noise to the sea 

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Not to die but to be re-born........a- 

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way from the lands so battered and torn... 

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for- 

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-ever.................................... 

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for-.... 
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ever.............. 

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The rest: 
Just repeat the above verse again, using arpeggios and "Hendresque" 
variations (i.e., hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs). Then he uses chords 
for the rest of the song...they are...