[INTRO]
[A]When I was a lad in a fishin' town, an [D]old man said to [A]me
"You can [D]spend your [A]life, your [D]jolly [A]life, just [B]sailin' on the [E]sea
You can [A]search the world for pretty girls 'til your [D]eyes are weak and dim
But [D]don't go swimmin' with a [A]mermaid, son, if you [E]don't know how to [A]swim!
[VERSE 1]
Well, [A]I signed on to a whalin' ship, and my [D]very first day at [A]sea
I [D]seen a [A]mermaid [D]in the [A]waves, a-[B]reachin' out to [E]me
"Come [A]live with me in the sea," said she, "and [D]down on the ocean's floor
I'll [D]show you a million [A]wond'rous things that you've [E]never seen [A]before!"
[VERSE 2]
Over [A]I jumped and she pulled me down, [D]down to her seaweed [A]bed
Where a [D]pillow [A]made of [D]tortoise [A]shells, she [B]placed beneath my [E]head
She [A]fed me shrimps and caviar [D]upon a silver dish
From her [D]head to her waste she was [A]just my taste, but the [E]rest of her was [A]fish!
[CHORUS]
And her [D]hair was green as [A]seaweed
And her [D]skin was blue and [A]pale
And her [D]face it was a [A]work of art
And I [D]loved that girl with [A]all of my heart
But I [A]only [B]loved [Db]the [D]upper part
I [A]did not [E]love the [A]tail!
[VERSE 3]
[A]Then one day she swam away, and I [D]sang to the clams and the [A]whales
How I [D]missed her [A]fins, and her [D]seaweed [A]hair, and the [B]silvery shine of her [E]scales
[A]Then her sister swam by, and [D]set my heart a-whirl
'Cuz her [D]upper part was an [A]ugly fish, but the [E]bottom part was [A]GIRL!
[CHORUS]
And her [D]toes are pink and [A]rosey
And her [D]knees are soft and [A]pale
And her [D]legs they are - a [A]work of art
And I [D]love that girl with [A]all my heart
I [A]don't give a [B]damn about the [Db]upper [D]part
And [A]that's how I [E]end my [A]tale!
[A]When I was a lad in a fishin' town, an [D]old man said to [A]me
"You can [D]spend your [A]life, your [D]jolly [A]life, just [B]sailin' on the [E]sea
You can [A]search the world for pretty girls 'til your [D]eyes are weak and dim
But [D]don't go swimmin' with a [A]mermaid, son, if you [E]don't know how to [A]swim!
[VERSE 1]
Well, [A]I signed on to a whalin' ship, and my [D]very first day at [A]sea
I [D]seen a [A]mermaid [D]in the [A]waves, a-[B]reachin' out to [E]me
"Come [A]live with me in the sea," said she, "and [D]down on the ocean's floor
I'll [D]show you a million [A]wond'rous things that you've [E]never seen [A]before!"
[VERSE 2]
Over [A]I jumped and she pulled me down, [D]down to her seaweed [A]bed
Where a [D]pillow [A]made of [D]tortoise [A]shells, she [B]placed beneath my [E]head
She [A]fed me shrimps and caviar [D]upon a silver dish
From her [D]head to her waste she was [A]just my taste, but the [E]rest of her was [A]fish!
[CHORUS]
And her [D]hair was green as [A]seaweed
And her [D]skin was blue and [A]pale
And her [D]face it was a [A]work of art
And I [D]loved that girl with [A]all of my heart
But I [A]only [B]loved [Db]the [D]upper part
I [A]did not [E]love the [A]tail!
[VERSE 3]
[A]Then one day she swam away, and I [D]sang to the clams and the [A]whales
How I [D]missed her [A]fins, and her [D]seaweed [A]hair, and the [B]silvery shine of her [E]scales
[A]Then her sister swam by, and [D]set my heart a-whirl
'Cuz her [D]upper part was an [A]ugly fish, but the [E]bottom part was [A]GIRL!
[CHORUS]
And her [D]toes are pink and [A]rosey
And her [D]knees are soft and [A]pale
And her [D]legs they are - a [A]work of art
And I [D]love that girl with [A]all my heart
I [A]don't give a [B]damn about the [Db]upper [D]part
And [A]that's how I [E]end my [A]tale!
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