{"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":1769356,"song":"The Mermaid","artist":"Great Big Sea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11385893-the-mermaid-chords-by-great-big-sea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1769356?type=chord","rating":4.85121,"votes":47,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] / [ch]D[/ch] (x4)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a lad in a fishing town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe old man said to me:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"You can spend your life, your jolly life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust sailing on the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can search the world for pretty girls[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTil your eyes are weak and dim,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut don't go searching for a mermaid, son[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you don't know how to swim\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause her hair was green as seaweed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer skin was blue and pale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer face it was a work of art,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI loved that girl with all my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut I only liked the upper part[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI did not like the tail[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] / [ch]A[/ch] (x4)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI signed onto a sailing ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy very first day at sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI seen the Mermaid in the waves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReaching out to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Come live with me in the sea said she,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDown on the ocean floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll show you a million wonderous things[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou've never seen before[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo over I jumped and she pulled me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown to her seaweed bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nA pillow made of a tortoise-shell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe placed beneath my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe fed me shrimp and caviar[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nUpon a silver dish[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFrom her head to her waist it was just my taste[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the rest of her was a fish[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause her hair was green as seaweed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer skin was blue and pale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer face it was a work of art,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI loved that girl with all my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut I only liked the upper part[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI did not like the tail[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] / [ch]A[/ch] (x4)\r\n(hold last A)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut then one day, she swam away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I sang to the clams and the whales[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, how I miss her seaweed hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the silver shine of her scales[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut then her sister, she swam by[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd set my heart awhirl[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCause her upper part was an ugly fish[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut her bottom part was a girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes her hair was green as seaweed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer skin was blue and pale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer legs they are a work of art,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love that girl with all my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't give a damn about the upper part[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause that's how I get my tail.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG / D (x4)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD / A (x4)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","Bm","E","A","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}