{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":203252,"song":"Mermaid Of Ontario","artist":"Pat Dailey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11219009-mermaid-of-ontario-chords-by-pat-dailey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/203252?type=chord","rating":0.07011,"votes":0,"content":"capo on the first fret.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the Mermaid of Ontario[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad long green stringy hair-io[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a seaweed gown to wear-io[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she had no one to marry-o[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] \t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd the Mermaid of Ontario\r\nLoved a big mouth bass named Larry-o\r\nWho lived in lake St. Claire-io\r\nUnderneath the St. Claire ferry-o\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nSo the Mermaid of Ontario\r\nSent a goldfish emissary-o\r\nTo ask that bass named Larry-o\r\nIf he would consent to marry-o\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nOh no no no said Larry-o\r\n\t\t\t\r\nMy life I would not share-io\r\n\r\nI'd rather play solitarie-io\r\n\t\t\r\nOr read a book from the fish library-o\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\nOr sit around in my underwear-io\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\nAnd before I'd marry you, I'd marry-o\r\nA guernsey cow from the dairy-o\r\nOr eat a poison berry-o\r\nAnd wind up as a fish with dysentery-io\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nslower (strumming)\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\nFor the Mermaid of Ontario, it was more than she could bear-io\r\nSo she cried for a day and she swam away with a yuppy little guppy named Gary-o\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\nNow their a happy pair-io\r\nCuz he's a millionaire-io\r\nIn his yacht neath Lake Ontario\r\nThey cuddled in a cozy little chair-io\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd listened to his underwater stereo\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\nAnd that big mouth bass named Larry-o\r\nDid marry a cow from the dairy-o\r\nAnd she fed him a poison berry-o\r\nAnd he wound up in the fishes cemetary-o\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\nAnd that's the whole scenario.\r","plain_text":"capo on the first fret.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF \tG\tC\n\n\nAnd the Mermaid of Ontario\nLoved a big mouth bass named Larry-o\nWho lived in lake St. Claire-io\nUnderneath the St. Claire ferry-o\n\nF\tG\tC\n\nSo the Mermaid of Ontario\nSent a goldfish emissary-o\nTo ask that bass named Larry-o\nIf he would consent to marry-o\n\nF\tG\tC\n\nOh no no no said Larry-o\n\t\t\t\nMy life I would not share-io\n\nI'd rather play solitarie-io\n\t\t\nOr read a book from the fish library-o\n\nF\tG\tC (2x)\n\nOr sit around in my underwear-io\n\nF\tG\tC (2x)\n\nAnd before I'd marry you, I'd marry-o\nA guernsey cow from the dairy-o\nOr eat a poison berry-o\nAnd wind up as a fish with dysentery-io\n\nF\tG\tC\n\nslower (strumming)\n\nF\tG\tC (2x)\n\nFor the Mermaid of Ontario, it was more than she could bear-io\nSo she cried for a day and she swam away with a yuppy little guppy named Gary-o\n\nF\tG\tC (2x)\n\nNow their a happy pair-io\nCuz he's a millionaire-io\nIn his yacht neath Lake Ontario\nThey cuddled in a cozy little chair-io\n\nF\tG\tC\n\nAnd listened to his underwater stereo\n\nF\tG\tC (2x)\n\nAnd that big mouth bass named Larry-o\nDid marry a cow from the dairy-o\nAnd she fed him a poison berry-o\nAnd he wound up in the fishes cemetary-o\n\nF\tG\tC (2x)\n\nAnd that's the whole scenario.","chords":["C","G","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}