Mermaid chords by Barry Dransfield

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Verse 1
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On  (D major) Fri (A major)  (D major) day morning when we set sail
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The  (G major) ship not far from the  (A major) land
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There  (D major) we did spy a  (G major) fair pretty maid
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A  (A major) comb and a glass in her  (D major) hand,
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her hand,  (A major) her hand
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A comb and a glass  (D major) in her hand
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And the raging sea (A major) s  did  (D major) roar
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And the stormy  (G major) winds did  (A major) blow
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While  (D major) we jolly sailor boys were up,
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were  (G major) up aloft
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The  (A major) landlubbers lying down be (D major) low,
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below, be (A major) low
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The landlubbers lying  (D major) down below  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) Then up stepped the captain
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of  (A major) our gallant  (D major) ship
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A  (G major) fine looking man was  (A major) he
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I've a  (D major) wife tonight in fair  (G major) Bristol town
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Tomor (A major) row a widder  (D major) she will be,
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will be, will  (A major) be
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Tomorrow a widder  (D major) she will be
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And the raging seas  (A major) didn't  (D major) roar
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And the  (G major) stormy winds didn't  (A major) blow
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While  (D major) we jolly sang the boys were up,
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were  (G major) up aloft
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The  (D major) landlubber's  (A major) lying  (D major) down below,
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below, be (A major) low
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The landlubber's lying  (D major) down below  (A major)  (D major) 
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Then up and stabbed the  (A major) little cabin  (D major) boy
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A  (G major) pretty little boy was  (A major) he
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I'm  (D major) far more aggrieved for
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me  (G major) daddy and me mam
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The  (A major) new fire widders could  (D major) be,
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could be, could  (A major) be
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The new foyer weathers could  (D major) be
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And the raging sea (A major) s  could cry
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 (D major) And the  (G major) stormy winds did  (A major) blow
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While  (D major) we jolly sailor boys were  (G major) up,
were up aloft
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The  (A major) landlubbers lying down be (D major) low,
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below, be (A major) low
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The landlubbers lying down be (D major) low  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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And three times around
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went our  (A major) gallant  (D major) ship
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And  (G major) three times around went  (A major) she
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For the  (D major) want of a lifeboat  (G major) we all went down
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We  (A major) sank to the bottom of the  (D major) sea,
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the sea, the  (A major) sea,
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we sank to the bottom  (D major) of the sea,
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and the raging sea (A major) s  did  (D major) roar,
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and the  (G major) stormy winds did  (A major) blow,
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 (D major) while we jolly sailor boys  (G major) were up,
were up aloft,
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the  (A major) landlubbers lying down be (D major) low,
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below, be (A major) low,
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The landlubbers lying down be (D major) low.
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 (A major)  (D major) 