{t:The Mermaid}
{st:Great Big Sea}
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When [D]I was a lad in a fishing town
Me [G]old man said to [D]me;
"You can [D]spend your life, your [Bm]jolly life
Just [G]sailing on the [A]sea
You can [D]search the world for pretty girls
Til your [G]eyes are weak and [F#m]dim
But [G]don't go searching for a [D]mermaid [Bm]son
If you [G]don't know [A]how to [D]swim."
‘Cause her [G]hair was green as [D]seaweed
Her [G]skin was blue and [D]pale
Her [G]face it was a [D]work of art
I [G]loved that girl with [D]all my heart
But I [G]only liked the [D]upper [Bm]part
I [G]did not [A]like the [D]tail
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I [D]signed onto a sailing ship
My [G]very first day at [D]sea
I [D]seen the Mermaid [Bm]in the waves
A-[G]reaching out to [A]me
"Come [D]live with me in the sea,” said she
[G]“Down on the ocean [F#m]floor
And I'll [G]show you a million [D]wonderous [Bm]things
You've [G]never [A]seen be-[D]fore.”
So [D]over I jumped and she pulled me down
[G]Down to her seaweed [D]bed
On a [D]pillow made of a [Bm]tortoise-shell
She [G]placed beneath my [A]head
She [D]fed me shrimp and caviar
Up-[G]on a silver [F#m]dish
From her [G]head to her waist it was [D]just my [Bm]taste
But the [G]rest of [A]her was a [D]fish
‘Cause her [G]hair was green as [D]seaweed
Her [G]skin was blue and [D]pale
Her [G]face it was a [D]work of art
I [G]loved that girl with [D]all my heart
But I [G]only liked the [D]upper [Bm]part
I [G]did not [A]like the [D]tail
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But [D]then one day, she swam away
So I [G]sang to the clams and the [D]whales
"Oh, [D]how I miss her [Bm]seaweed hair
And the [G]silver shine of her [A]scales!”
But [D]then her sister, she swam by
And [G]set my heart a-[F#m]whirl... ... ...
‘Cause her [G]upper part was an [D]ugly [Bm]fish
But her [G]bottom part [A]was a [D]girl
Yes her [G]hair was green as [D]seaweed
Her [G]skin was blue and [D]pale
Her [G]legs they are a [D]work of art
I [G]loved that girl with [D]all my heart
And I [G]don't give a damn about the [D]upper [Bm]part
Cause [G]that's how I [A]get my [D]tail
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{t:The Mermaid}
