Mermaid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F]Who[G]a[Am][Em]
[F]Who[G]a[Am][Em]

[Verse 1]
[F]Can't swim so I too[G]k took a boat
[Am]To an island so re[Em]mote
[F]Only Johnny Dep[G]p
has ever [Am]been to it be[C]fore
[F]I stayed there 'til the air[G] was clear
[Am]I was bored and out [Em]of tears
[Dm]Then I saw you washed up on the shor[G]e
[E]

[Verse 2]
[F]I offered you[G] my coat
[Am]Thank Goddess love[Em] can float
[F]Crazy how that shi[G]pwreck
meant my [Am]ship was comin' [C]in
[F]We talked 'til the sun[G] went down
[Am]Love on the Puge[Em]t Sound
[Dm]My treasure map was on your [E]skin

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Beauty in the [F]water
[C]Ang[G]el on the bea[Am]ch
Ocean's [F]daughter
[C]I thought lov[G]e was out of rea[Am]ch
'Til I [F]got her
[C]Had I kno[G]wn it could come tru[Dm]e
I would have wished in [E]'92
For a mermaid [F]just [G]like [Am]you[Em]
[F]Just [G]like [Am]you[Em]

[Verse 3]
[F]Sharks green with env[G]y,
[Am]they wonder what you [Em]see in me
[F]Funny, but sometim[G]es,
can't help but [Am]wonder wonder that as [C]well
[F]Now life is a hol[G]iday,
[Am]making up for the year[Em]s I paid
[Dm]The way to this heavenly bay,
[E]it went through hell

[Chorus 2]
[Am]Beauty in the [F]water
[C]Ang[G]el on the bea[Am]ch
Ocean's [F]daughter
[C]I thought lov[G]e was out of rea[Am]ch
'Til I [F]got her
[C]Had I kno[G]wn it could come tru[Dm]e
I would have wished in [E]'92
For a mermaid [F]just [G]like [Am]you[Em]
[F]Just [G]like [Am]you[Em]

[Bridge 1]
[G]Rescued you by the banyan tree
[Dm]All the girlfish in the sea
[F]Couldn't hold a candle to you
They don't have a handle on you
[C]They don't have a scandal on you
I love Ecco [G#]Sandals on you
[G]Saving me was B-I-G
[Dm]All the boyfish in the sea
[F]They all wish that they could be me[E]

[Verse 4]
[F]Can't swim so I too[G]k took a boat
[Am]To an island so re[Em]mote
[F]Only Johnny Dep[G]p
has ever [Am]been to it be[E]fore

[Chorus 3]
[Am]Beauty in the [F]water
[C]Ang[G]el on the bea[Am]ch
Ocean's [F]daughter
[C]I thought lov[G]e was out of rea[Am]ch
'Til I [F]got her
[C]Had I kno[G]wn it could come tru[Dm]e
I would have wished in [E]'92
For a mermaid [F]just [G]like [Am]you[Em]
[F]Just [G]like [Am]you[Em]

[Outro 1]
[F]Just [G]like [Am]you[Em]
[F]Just [G]like [Am]you[Em]
[F]