Great Big Sea - Mermaid

^DWhen I was a lad in a fishing town Me ol^Gd man said to me: ^D

Just sa^Bmiling on the sea.^A You can searc^Dh the world for pretty girls Til your eye^Gs are weak and dim, ^F#m But do^Gn't go searching for a mermaid, so^Dn ^Bm If you don^G't know how to s^Awim"^D

^G'Cause her hair was green as seaweed ^D Her ski^Gn was blue and pale ^D Her fac^Ge it was a work of^D art, I ^Gloved that girl with all my ^Dheart But I on^Gly liked the upper p^Dart ^Bm I d^Gid not lik^Ae the tail^D