{t:The Mermaid}{st:Great Big Sea}{c:|NTRO: [G] / [D] / [G] / [D] / [G] / [D] / [G] / [D]}When [D]I was a lad in a fishing townMe [G]old man said to [D]me;"You can [D]spend your life, your [Bm]jolly lifeJust [G]sailing on the [A]seaYou can [D]search the world for pretty girlsTil your [G]eyes are weak and [F#m]dimBut [G]don't go searching for a [D]mermaid [Bm]sonIf you [G]don't know [A]how to [D]swim."‘Cause her [G]hair was green as [D]seaweedHer [G]skin was blue and [D]paleHer [G]face it was a [D]work of artI [G]loved that girl with [D]all my heartBut I [G]only liked the [D]upper [Bm]partI [G]did not [A]like the [D]tail{c:Tin whistle:}
| [D] / [A] / [D] / [G] [A] / [D] /[A] / [D] [G] / [A]I [D]signed onto a sailing shipMy [G]very first day at [D]seaI [D]seen the Mermaid [Bm]in the wavesA-[G]reaching out to [A]me"Come [D]live with me in the sea,” said she[G]“Down on the ocean [F#m]floorAnd I'll [G]show you a million [D]wonderous [Bm]thingsYou've [G]never [A]seen be-[D]fore.”So [D]over I jumped and she pulled me down[G]Down to her seaweed [D]bedOn a [D]pillow made of a [Bm]tortoise-shellShe [G]placed beneath my [A]headShe [D]fed me shrimp and caviarUp-[G]on a silver [F#m]dishFrom her [G]head to her waist it was [D]just my [Bm]tasteBut the [G]rest of [A]her was a [D]fish‘Cause her [G]hair was green as [D]seaweedHer [G]skin was blue and [D]paleHer [G]face it was a [D]work of artI [G]loved that girl with [D]all my heartBut I [G]only liked the [D]upper [Bm]partI [G]did not [A]like the [D]tail{c:Tin whistle:}
| [D] / [A] / [D] / [G] [A] / [D] / [A] / [D] [G] / [A]But [D]then one day, she swam awaySo I [G]sang to the clams and the [D]whales"Oh, [D]how I miss her [Bm]seaweed hairAnd the [G]silver shine of her [A]scales!”But [D]then her sister, she swam byAnd [G]set my heart a-[F#m]whirl... ... ...‘Cause her [G]upper part was an [D]ugly [Bm]fishBut her [G]bottom part [A]was a [D]girlYes her [G]hair was green as [D]seaweedHer [G]skin was blue and [D]paleHer [G]legs they are a [D]work of artI [G]loved that girl with [D]all my heartAnd I [G]don't give a damn about the [D]upper [Bm]partCause [G]that's how I [A]get my [D]tail {c:|Tin whistle: [D] / [A] / [D] / [G] [A] / [D] / [A] / [D] [G] / [A]}| [D] / [A] / [D] / [G] [A] / [D] / [A] / [D] [G] / [A]↓{t:The Mermaid}
