The Mermaid Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
When [G]I was a lad in a fishing town,
an [C]old man said to me,y[G]ou can
[C]spend your [G]life, your [C]jolly [G]life,
just [A]sailing on [D]the sea,
you can [G]search the world for pretty girls,
till your [C]eyes are weak and
dim, but don't go swimming with a [G]mermaid,
son, if you [D]don't
know how to [G]swim.

[Verse 2]
Cause her [C]hair is green as sea
[G]weed and [C]her skin is blue and
[G]pale, and I'll [C]tell you now be[G]fore you start,
you can [C]love that
girl with [G]all your heart,
but you're just gonna [A]love the [G]upper
[C]part, you're [G]not gonna [D]like the [G]tail.

[Verse 3]
So [G]I signed on with a whaling ship,
and my [C]very first day at [G]sea, I
[C]seen a [G]mermaid [C]in the waves a [A]reaching out to [D]me,
come [G]live
with me in the sea said she,
and [C]down on the ocean floor, I'll show
you a million [G]wondrous things,
you've [D]never seen before.
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[Verse 4]
So over I jumped and she pulled me down,
[C]down to her seaweed [G]bed,
and a [C]pillow [G]made of [C]tortoise shell
[G]she pla[Am]ced beneath my
[D]head, she [G]fed me shrimps and caviar,
[C]upon a silver dish, from
her head to her waist she was [G]just my taste,
but the [D]rest of her
was a [G]fish.

[Verse 5]
[C]Her Fhair was green [G]as Cseaweed and
[C]her Fskin was blue [G]and Cpale,
[C]and her Fface it was [G]a Cwork of
[C]art,and I Floved that girl with [G]Call
my heart, but I Fonly liked the Cup[C]per part,
[G]I G7did not l[D]ike the
[G]Ctail.

[Verse 6]
[G]CAnd then one day she swam away,
and [C]I Fsang to the clams and C[G]whales,
how [C]I Fmissed her f[G]ins and h[C]er C[G]seaweed hair,
and [A]the D7silvery shine
[D]of her [G]G7scales, but Cthen her sister,
she swam by [C]and Fset my heart a
Cwhirl, cause her Fupper part was [G]an Cugly fish,
but [D]the G7bottom
part was a [G]Cgirl.

[Verse 7]
Her [C]toes are pink and [G]rosy,
and [C]her knees are smooth and
[G]pale, and her [C]legs they are a [G]working part,
and [C]I love that
girl with [G]all my heart,
and I don't give a [A]damn about the [G]upper
[C]part, and [G]that's how I end [D]my tail.

[Outro 1]
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