The Mermaid Song
The Mermaid Song

The Mermaid Song easy guitar chords by Bobby Bare

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • C

  • A

  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • A

  • D

  • Am

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    When 
    I 
    was 
    a 
    lad 
    in 
    a fishing 
    town, 

    an 
    old 
    man 
    said 
    to 
    me,y
    ou 
    can 

    spend 
    your 
    life, 
    your 
    jolly 
    life, 

    just 
    sailing 
    on 
    the sea, 

    you 
    can 
    search 
    the 
    world 
    for 
    pretty 
    girls, 

    till 
    your 
    eyes 
    are 
    weak 
    and 

    dim, 
    but 
    don't 
    go 
    swimming 
    with 
    a 
    mermaid, 

    son, 
    if 
    you 
    don't 

    know 
    how 
    to 
    swim. 

    Verse 2
    Cause 
    her 
    hair 
    is 
    green 
    as 
    sea

    weed 
    and 
    her skin 
    is 
    blue 
    and 

    pale, 
    and 
    I'll 
    tell 
    you 
    now 
    be
    fore 
    you start, 

    you 
    can 
    love 
    that 

    girl 
    with 
    all 
    your 
    heart, 

    but 
    you're 
    just 
    gonna 
    love 
    the 
    upper 

    part, 
    you're 
    not 
    gonna 
    like 
    the 
    tail. 

    Verse 3
    So 
    I 
    signed 
    on 
    with a 
    whaling 
    ship, 

    and 
    my 
    very 
    first 
    day 
    at 
    sea, 
    I 

    seen 
    a 
    mermaid 
    in 
    the waves 
    a 
    reaching 
    out 
    to 
    me, 

    come 
    live 

    with 
    me 
    in 
    the sea 
    said 
    she, 

    and 
    down 
    on 
    the 
    ocean 
    floor, 
    I'll 
    show 

    you 
    a million 
    wondrous 
    things, 

    you've 
    never 
    seen 
    be
    fore. 

    Verse 4

    So 
    over 
    I 
    jumped 
    and 
    she 
    pulled 
    me 
    down, 

    down 
    to 
    her 
    seaweed 
    bed, 

    and 
    a 
    pillow 
    made 
    of 
    tor
    toise 
    shell 

    she 
    placed 
    beneath 
    my 

    head, 
    she 
    fed 
    me 
    shrimps 
    and caviar, 

    upon 
    a silver 
    dish, 
    from 

    her 
    head 
    to her 
    waist 
    she 
    was 
    just 
    my 
    taste, 

    but 
    the 
    rest 
    of 
    her 

    was 
    a 
    fish. 

    Verse 5
    Her 
    Fhair was 
    green 
    as 
    Cseaweed and 

    her 
    Fskin was 
    blue 
    and 
    Cpale, 

    and her 
    Fface it 
    was 
    a 
    Cwork of 

    art,and I 
    Floved that 
    girl 
    with 
    Call 

    my 
    heart, 
    but I 
    Fonly liked 
    the 
    Cup
    per part, 

    I 
    G7did not 
    like 
    the 

    Ctail. 

    Verse 6
    CAnd 
    then 
    one 
    day 
    she 
    swam 
    away, 

    and 
    I 
    Fsang to 
    the 
    clams 
    and 
    Cwhales, 

    how 
    I 
    Fmissed her 
    fin
    s 
    and 
    her 
    Cseaweed hair, 

    and 
    the 
    D7silvery shine 

    of her 
    G7scales, but 
    Cthen her 
    sister, 

    she 
    swam 
    by 
    and 
    Fset my 
    heart 
    a 

    Cwhirl, cause 
    her 
    Fupper part 
    was 
    an 
    Cugly fish, 

    but 
    the 
    G7bottom 

    part 
    was 
    a 
    Cgirl. 

    Verse 7
    Her 
    toes 
    are 
    pink 
    and 
    rosy, 

    and 
    her knees 
    are 
    smooth 
    and 

    pale, 
    and 
    her 
    legs 
    they 
    are 
    a 
    working 
    part, 

    and 
    I love 
    that 

    girl 
    with 
    all 
    my 
    heart, 

    and I 
    don't 
    give 
    a 
    damn 
    about 
    the 
    upper 

    part, 
    and 
    that's 
    how 
    I 
    end 
    my 
    tail. 

    Outro 1


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