D5                F5                     A#5
Mermaid sits on a side wash rock in the harbor
             C5
Watching the children play
    D5         F5
And every day, sun or rain,
A#5                    C5
Old Man kneels to the earth to pray
        D5
For the rain and stars
        F5
And the cars at the heart
A#5                      C5
The dark, and windy, Vancouver
(break)             F5
A black day in December


A5                               A\G5   
   She sees the worst is yet to come, yeah
  F5           E5          D5
A big wave on the horizon
F5                       A\G5
   The first wind blowing in
     F5               E5                 D5
Left Stanley soldiers felled and broken
            F5   C5
And we went oh, oh?


D5                        F5
And Old Man kneels to the earth
                A#5
In his mother's garden
              C5
Where his own father was laid
    D5         F5  
And every day, sun or rain
A#5                  C5
Mermaid sits on her rock and she prays
        D5
For the salmon in the sea
        F5
For the winged in the trees
        A#5
For the Old Man on his knees
               D5
Oh and for the beauty in the park
        F5
And the cars at the heart
       A#5
Her own sisters and her brothers
        C5
And ten thousand friends and lovers
(break)           F5   
Black day in December
A#5 C5                   F5  A#5
   A black day in December


D5                F5                     A#5
Mermaid sits on a tide wash rock in the harbor
               C5
Where the blue heron would lay
    D5         F5
And every day, sun or rain,
A#5                      C5
Old friends fall to the earth and decay
         D5
With the city by the sea
      F5
Sweet brine in the breeze
         A#5
With the mountains watching over
       C5
Her Vancouver


(break)           F5  
Black day in December
A#5                     F5  
   A black day in December
C5  C#(high)          F5  
   Black day in December
A#5                     F5  
   A black day in December
 C5    C#5 Dm(high)
   Oh, oh...