Great Big Sea - The mermaid

When I ^Cwas a lad in a fishin^Fg town ^CMe old man said to me^F You can spend yo^Cur life, your jolly lif^Fe Just s^Gailing on the sea You can ^Csearch the world for p^Fretty girls Til your e^Amyes are weak and dim ^Em But don^F't go searching for a m^Cermaid, son ^GIf you don't know how to s^Cwim

^F'Cause her hair was green as ^Cseaweed Her s^Fkin was blue and pale^{C F}Her face it was a w^Cork of art ^FI love that girl wit^Ch all my heart ^FBut I only like the ^Cupper part ^GI did not like the t^Cail

I s^Cigned onto a s^Failing ship My ^Cvery first day at^F sea I ^Cseen a mermaid in t^Fhe waves A-re^Gaching out to me ^CCome live with me in the^F sea, said she ^AmDown on the ocean floor^{Em F}And I'll show you a million ^Cwondrous things ^GYou've never seen ^Cbefore

^CSo over I jumped and she ^Fpulled me down ^CDown to her seaweed^F bed ^CAnd a pillow made of ^Fa tortoise shell She p^Glaced beneath my head ^CShe fed me shrimp and ^Fcaviar\ ^AmUpon a silver ^Emdish ^CFrom her head to her waist ^FIt was just my taste ^GBut the rest of her was a fi^Csh

^F'Cause her hair was green as ^Cseaweed Her s^Fkin was blue and pale^{C F}Her face it was a w^Cork of art ^FI love that girl wit^Ch all my heart ^FBut I only like the ^Cupper part ^GI did not like the t^Cail

^FBut then one day she ^Cswam away ^FSo I sang to the clams and the ^Cwhales ^FOh, how I miss her s^Ceaweed hair And the silv^Ger shine of her scales ^FBut then her sister, ^Cshe swam by ^AmSet my heart aw^Emhirl ^FCause her upper part was an ^Cugly fish But her ^Gbottom part was a girl^C

^F'Cause her hair was green as ^Cseaweed Her s^Fkin was blue and pale^{C F}Her legs they are a^C work of art ^FI love that girl wit^Ch all my heart ^FBut I don't give a damn bout the^C upper part ^GCause that's how I g^Cot my tail