The Mermaid Chords & Lyrics - Great Big Sea

[VERSE]
When I [C]was a lad in a fishin[F]g town
[C]Me old man said to me[F]
You can spend yo[C]ur life, your jolly lif[F]e
Just s[G]ailing on the sea
You can [C]search the world for p[F]retty girls
Til your e[Am]yes are weak and dim [Em]
But don[F]'t go searching for a m[C]ermaid, son
[G]If you don't know how to s[C]wim

[CHORUS]
[F]'Cause her hair was green as [C]seaweed
Her s[F]kin was blue and pale[C]
[F]Her face it was a w[C]ork of art
[F]I love that girl wit[C]h all my heart
[F]But I only like the [C]upper part
[G]I did not like the t[C]ail

[VERSE]
I s[C]igned onto a s[F]ailing ship
My [C]very first day at[F] sea
I [C]seen a mermaid in t[F]he waves
A-re[G]aching out to me
[C]Come live with me in the[F] sea, said she
[Am]Down on the ocean floor[Em]
[F]And I'll show you a million [C]wondrous things
[G]You've never seen [C]before

[C]So over I jumped and she [F]pulled me down
[C]Down to her seaweed[F] bed
[C]And a pillow made of [F]a tortoise shell
She p[G]laced beneath my head
[C]She fed me shrimp and [F]caviar\
[Am]Upon a silver [Em]dish
[C]From her head to her waist
[F]It was just my taste
[G]But the rest of her was a fi[C]sh

[CHORUS]
[F]'Cause her hair was green as [C]seaweed
Her s[F]kin was blue and pale[C]
[F]Her face it was a w[C]ork of art
[F]I love that girl wit[C]h all my heart
[F]But I only like the [C]upper part
[G]I did not like the t[C]ail

[F]But then one day she [C]swam away
[F]So I sang to the clams and the [C]whales
[F]Oh, how I miss her s[C]eaweed hair
And the silv[G]er shine of her scales
[F]But then her sister, [C]she swam by
[Am]Set my heart aw[Em]hirl
[F]Cause her upper part was an [C]ugly fish
But her [G]bottom part was a girl[C]

[CHORUS]
[F]'Cause her hair was green as [C]seaweed
Her s[F]kin was blue and pale[C]
[F]Her legs they are a[C] work of art
[F]I love that girl wit[C]h all my heart
[F]But I don't give a damn bout the[C] upper part
[G]Cause that's how I g[C]ot my tail