The Mermaid - Great Big Sea (Studio Version) Chords
Tempo:
104.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [Bm] [G] [D]
[G] [D] [Bm] [G] [D]
Well, I was a lad in a fishin' town, [G] and the old man [D] said to me,
You can spend your [Bm] life, your jolly life, just [Em] sailin' on [A] the sea.
[D] You can search the world for pretty girls, [G] till your eyes are [F#m] weak and dim,
[G] But don't go [D] searchin' for a mermaid son, if you don't know how to swim.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, her skin was blue and pale,
Her face, it was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
But I only [D] liked the upper part, [G] I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] [C#] [D] [Em] [A] [D]
[A] [Em] [D] [G] [A] [D] I signed on to a sailin' ship, [G] my very first [D] day at sea,
I seen the mermaid [Bm] in the [Em] waves, her reachin' [A] out to me,
[D] Come and live with me in the sea, said [G] she, down on the [F#m] ocean floor,
[G] And I'll show you a [D] million [Bm] wondrous [G] things you've [A] never [D] seen before.
So over I jumped, and she pulled me [G] down, down to her [D] seaweed bed,
And a pillow [Bm] made of a tortoise [Em] shell, she placed [D] beneath my head,
She fed me shrimp and [G] caviar, upon the [F#m] silver dish,
[G] From her head to her [Bm] waist, it was just my [G] taste, but the [A] rest of [D] her was a fish.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her face, it [D] was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
I only [D] liked the upper [G] part, I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] [G]
[D] [Em] [A] [D] [A] [C#]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] But then one day she swam away, so I [G] sang to the [D] clams and the whales,
Oh how I [Bm] miss her seaweed hair, [Em] and the silver [A] shine of her scales,
[D] But then her sister, she swam [G] by, set my [F#m] heart awhirl,
[G] Cause her upper part was an ugly fish, and her [A] bottom [D] part was a girl.
Yes her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her legs, they [D] are a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
And I don't give a [D] damn about the upper part, [G] cause that's how I [D] get my tail.
[A] [G] [D]
[Em] Come here [A] my little girl, [D] show [A] me your [C#] fillets.
[D] [G]
[A] There fishy, fishy, fishy.
[D] [A] Come here my [C#] girl, [D] come here my little [Em] girl.
[A] [D] Oh, yeah, [A] [Em] oh, [D] [G]
[A] show me your fin.
[G] [D] [Bm] [G] [D]
Well, I was a lad in a fishin' town, [G] and the old man [D] said to me,
You can spend your [Bm] life, your jolly life, just [Em] sailin' on [A] the sea.
[D] You can search the world for pretty girls, [G] till your eyes are [F#m] weak and dim,
[G] But don't go [D] searchin' for a mermaid son, if you don't know how to swim.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, her skin was blue and pale,
Her face, it was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
But I only [D] liked the upper part, [G] I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] [C#] [D] [Em] [A] [D]
[A] [Em] [D] [G] [A] [D] I signed on to a sailin' ship, [G] my very first [D] day at sea,
I seen the mermaid [Bm] in the [Em] waves, her reachin' [A] out to me,
[D] Come and live with me in the sea, said [G] she, down on the [F#m] ocean floor,
[G] And I'll show you a [D] million [Bm] wondrous [G] things you've [A] never [D] seen before.
So over I jumped, and she pulled me [G] down, down to her [D] seaweed bed,
And a pillow [Bm] made of a tortoise [Em] shell, she placed [D] beneath my head,
She fed me shrimp and [G] caviar, upon the [F#m] silver dish,
[G] From her head to her [Bm] waist, it was just my [G] taste, but the [A] rest of [D] her was a fish.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her face, it [D] was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
I only [D] liked the upper [G] part, I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] [G]
[D] [Em] [A] [D] [A] [C#]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] But then one day she swam away, so I [G] sang to the [D] clams and the whales,
Oh how I [Bm] miss her seaweed hair, [Em] and the silver [A] shine of her scales,
[D] But then her sister, she swam [G] by, set my [F#m] heart awhirl,
[G] Cause her upper part was an ugly fish, and her [A] bottom [D] part was a girl.
Yes her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her legs, they [D] are a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
And I don't give a [D] damn about the upper part, [G] cause that's how I [D] get my tail.
[A] [G] [D]
[Em] Come here [A] my little girl, [D] show [A] me your [C#] fillets.
[D] [G]
[A] There fishy, fishy, fishy.
[D] [A] Come here my [C#] girl, [D] come here my little [Em] girl.
[A] [D] Oh, yeah, [A] [Em] oh, [D] [G]
[A] show me your fin.
Key:
D
G
A
Em
Bm
D
G
A
[G] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
Well, I was a lad in a fishin' town, [G] and the old man [D] said to me,
You can spend your [Bm] life, your jolly life, just [Em] sailin' on [A] the sea.
[D] You can search the world for pretty girls, [G] till your eyes are [F#m] weak and dim,
[G] But don't go [D] searchin' for a mermaid son, if you don't know how to swim.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, her skin was blue and pale,
Her face, it was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
But I only [D] liked the upper part, [G] I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] I signed on to a sailin' ship, [G] my very first [D] day at sea,
I seen the mermaid [Bm] in the [Em] waves, her reachin' [A] out to me,
[D] Come and live with me in the sea, said [G] she, down on the [F#m] ocean floor,
[G] And I'll show you a [D] million [Bm] wondrous [G] things you've [A] never [D] seen before.
So over I jumped, and she pulled me [G] down, down to her [D] seaweed bed,
And a pillow [Bm] made of a tortoise [Em] shell, she placed [D] beneath my head,
She fed me shrimp and [G] caviar, upon the [F#m] silver dish,
[G] From her head to her [Bm] waist, it was just my [G] taste, but the [A] rest of [D] her was a fish.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her face, it [D] was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
I only [D] liked the upper [G] part, I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
[D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] But then one day she swam away, so I [G] sang to the [D] clams and the whales,
Oh how I [Bm] miss her seaweed hair, [Em] and the silver [A] shine of her scales,
[D] But then her sister, she swam [G] by, set my [F#m] heart awhirl,
_ [G] Cause her upper part was an ugly fish, and her [A] bottom [D] part was a girl.
Yes her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her legs, they [D] are a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
And I don't give a [D] damn about the upper part, [G] cause that's how I [D] get my tail.
[A] _ [G] _ [D] _
[Em] Come here [A] my little girl, [D] show [A] me your [C#] fillets.
[D] _ [G]
[A] There fishy, fishy, fishy.
[D] _ [A] Come here my [C#] girl, [D] come here my little [Em] girl.
[A] [D] Oh, yeah, [A] [Em] oh, [D] _ [G] _
[A] show me your fin. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
Well, I was a lad in a fishin' town, [G] and the old man [D] said to me,
You can spend your [Bm] life, your jolly life, just [Em] sailin' on [A] the sea.
[D] You can search the world for pretty girls, [G] till your eyes are [F#m] weak and dim,
[G] But don't go [D] searchin' for a mermaid son, if you don't know how to swim.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, her skin was blue and pale,
Her face, it was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
But I only [D] liked the upper part, [G] I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] I signed on to a sailin' ship, [G] my very first [D] day at sea,
I seen the mermaid [Bm] in the [Em] waves, her reachin' [A] out to me,
[D] Come and live with me in the sea, said [G] she, down on the [F#m] ocean floor,
[G] And I'll show you a [D] million [Bm] wondrous [G] things you've [A] never [D] seen before.
So over I jumped, and she pulled me [G] down, down to her [D] seaweed bed,
And a pillow [Bm] made of a tortoise [Em] shell, she placed [D] beneath my head,
She fed me shrimp and [G] caviar, upon the [F#m] silver dish,
[G] From her head to her [Bm] waist, it was just my [G] taste, but the [A] rest of [D] her was a fish.
Cause her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her face, it [D] was a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
I only [D] liked the upper [G] part, I [A] did not [D] like the tail.
[A] _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
[D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] But then one day she swam away, so I [G] sang to the [D] clams and the whales,
Oh how I [Bm] miss her seaweed hair, [Em] and the silver [A] shine of her scales,
[D] But then her sister, she swam [G] by, set my [F#m] heart awhirl,
_ [G] Cause her upper part was an ugly fish, and her [A] bottom [D] part was a girl.
Yes her hair was green as seaweed, [G] her skin was [D] blue and pale,
[G] Her legs, they [D] are a work of art, I love that girl with all my [G] heart,
And I don't give a [D] damn about the upper part, [G] cause that's how I [D] get my tail.
[A] _ [G] _ [D] _
[Em] Come here [A] my little girl, [D] show [A] me your [C#] fillets.
[D] _ [G]
[A] There fishy, fishy, fishy.
[D] _ [A] Come here my [C#] girl, [D] come here my little [Em] girl.
[A] [D] Oh, yeah, [A] [Em] oh, [D] _ [G] _
[A] show me your fin. _ _ _ _ _