Mermaid

G D G D 2x D When I was a lad in a fishing town G D Me old man said to me: D Bm "You can spend your life, your jolly life Em A Just sailing on the sea D You can search the world for pretty girls G F#m Til your eyes are weak and dim G D Bm But don't go searching for a mermaid, son Em A D If you don't know how to swim" G D 'Cause her hair was green as seaweed G D Her skin was blue and pale G D Her face it was a work of art G D I loved that girl with all my heart G D Bm But I only liked the upper part Em A D I did not like the tail A D A D A D G 2x D I signed onto a sailing ship G D My very first day at sea Bm I seen the Mermaid in the waves Em A Reaching out to me D "Come live with me in the sea said she G F#m Down on the ocean floor G D Bm And I'll show you a million wondrous things Em A D You've never seen before D So over I jumped and she pulled me down G D Down to her seaweed bed Bm On a pillow made of a tortoise-shell Em A She placed beneath my head D She fed me shrimp and caviar G F#m Upon a silver dish G D Bm From her head to her waist it was just my taste Em A D But the rest of her was a fish G D 'Cause her hair was green as seaweed G D Her skin was blue and pale G D Her face it was a work of art G D I loved that girl with all my heart G D Bm But I only liked the upper part Em A D I did not like the tail A D A D A D G 5x D But then one day, she swam away G D So I sang to the clams and the whales Bm "Oh, how I miss her seaweed hair Em A And the silver shine of her scales D But then her sister, she swam by G F#m And set my heart awhirl G D Bm 'Cause her upper part was an ugly fish Em A D But her bottom part was a girl G D Yes, her hair was green as seaweed G D Her skin was blue and pale G D Her legs they are a work of art G D I love that girl with all my heart G D Bm And I don't give a damn 'bout the upper part Em N.C. 'Cause that's how I gets my tail! D A D A D A D G D 2x (Spoken) Come here me little darlin'. Show me your fins. Here fishy, fishy, fishy. Come here a minute darlin. Come here my bubbly. Ah, yeah! Show me a fin.