The Mermaid Song chords by Bobby Bare
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
When (G major) I was a lad in a fishing town,
an (C major) old man said to me,y (G major) ou can
spend (C major) your life, (G major) your (C major) jolly life, (G major)
just (A major) sailing on the sea, (D major)
you can (G major) search the world for pretty girls,
till your (C major) eyes are weak and
dim, but don't go swimming with a (G major) mermaid,
son, if you (D major) don't
know how to swim. (G major)
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Verse 2
Cause her (C major) hair is green as sea
(G major) weed and her skin (C major) is blue and
(G major) pale, and I'll tell (C major) you now be (G major) fore you start,
you can (C major) love that
girl with (G major) all your heart,
but you're just gonna love (A major) the (G major) upper
part, (C major) you're (G major) not gonna (D major) like the (G major) tail.
Verse 3
So (G major) I signed on with a whaling ship,
and my (C major) very first day at sea, (G major) I
seen (C major) a (G major) mermaid (C major) in the waves a (A major) reaching out to me, (D major)
come (G major) live
with me in the sea said she,
and (C major) down on the ocean floor, I'll show
you a million (G major) wondrous things,
you've (D major) never seen before.
(G major)
Verse 4
So over I jumped and she pulled me down,
down (C major) to her seaweed (G major) bed,
and a (C major) pillow made (G major) of tor (C major) toise shell
(G major) she (A minor) placed beneath my
head, (D major) she fed (G major) me shrimps and caviar,
upon (C major) a silver dish, from
her head to her waist she was (G major) just my taste,
but the (D major) rest of her
was a (G major) fish.
Verse 5
Her (C major) Fhair was green as (G major) Cseaweed and
her (C major) Fskin was blue and (G major) Cpale,
and her (C major) Fface it was a (G major) Cwork of
art,and I (C major) Floved that girl with Call (G major)
my heart, but I Fonly liked the Cup (C major) per part,
I (G major) G7did not like (D major) the
(G major) Ctail.
Verse 6
CAnd (G major) then one day she swam away,
and I (C major) Fsang to the clams and (G major) Cwhales,
how I (C major) Fmissed her fin (G major) s and her (C major) (G major) Cseaweed hair,
and (A major) the D7silvery shine
of her (D major) (G major) G7scales, but Cthen her sister,
she swam by (C major) and Fset my heart a
Cwhirl, cause her Fupper part was an (G major) Cugly fish,
but the (D major) G7bottom
part was a (G major) Cgirl.
Verse 7
Her (C major) toes are pink and rosy, (G major)
and her knees (C major) are smooth and
(G major) pale, and her (C major) legs they are a (G major) working part,
and I love (C major) that
girl with all (G major) my heart,
and I don't give a (A major) damn about the (G major) upper
part, (C major) and (G major) that's how I end (D major) my tail.
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The Mermaid Song
Bobby Bare
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