Misc Your Songs - Mike mccarty - the mermaid song

Well, ^CI was a lad in a fishin town, an ^FOld Man said to ^Cme. You can ^Cspend your life, your jolly life just sa^Gilin on the sea. You can ^Csearch the world for Pretty girls, Till ^Fyour eyes are weak and dim. But ^Cdon’t go swimming with a mermaid son, if you ^Gdon’t know how to ^Cswim.

Cause her ^Fhair is green as ^Cseaweed. And her ^Fskin is blue and ^Cpale. I’ll ^Ftell you now b^Cefore you start, You can ^Flove that girl with ^Call your heart. But you’re ^Conly gonna l^Gove the u^Cpper ^Fpart, (Pause) You’re ^Cnot gonna ^Glike the t^Cail.

So I s^Cigned on with a whaling ship and the very ^Ffirst day at sea^C. I see^Cn a mermaid in the waves she was reachin^Gg out to me. Come liv^Ce with me in the sea said she and down o^Fn the oceans floor. I’ll sho^Cw you a million wondrous things, you never ^Gseen before. ^C

So over ^CI jumped and she pulled me down, Down to her sea^Fweed bed. ^C And a pillow^C made of tortoise shells she placed ^Gbeneath my head. She fed m^Ce shrimps and caviar, upon a silver ^Fdish. C G C *Wrinkle Nose* From her head to her waist she was just my taste, But the rest of her was a fiiiish.

Yeah, her ^Fhair is green as ^Cseaweed. And her ^Fskin is blue and ^Cpale. And h^Fer face it was^C a work of art, And I lov^Fed that girl with al^Cl my heart. But I ^Conly lo^Gved the u^Cpper ^Fpart, (Pause) I ^Cdid not l^Gike the ta^Cil.

Th^Cen one day she swam away, and I sang t^Fo the clams and whales. ^C I mis^Csed her fins and her seaweed hair and the silver^Gy shine of her scales. The^Cn her sister she swam by, and set ^Fmy heart a whirl. ^C Cause the upper^C part was an ugly fish bu^Ft the bottom part wa^Gs girl. YEAHHH ^C

Her toes w^Fere pink and rose^Cy. And her knees ^Fwere smooth and p^Cale. And h^Fer legs they a^Cre a work of art, and I l^Fove that girl with a^Cll my heart. I d^Con’t give a ^Ghoot about the ^Cupper ^Fpart, (Pause) And t^Chat’s how I^G’ll end my t^Cail. ^{G C}