The Wave-soaked Maiden chords by Ginny Di

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
E minorEm
One gray day so thick with fog
  D MajorD           E minorEm
The clouds hung heavy and low
 E minorEm
A augmentedA fisherman out on the waves
    D MajorD         E minorEm
Pulled his nets up from below


E minorEm
Tangled up amongst the cod
  D MajorD
And bass and brill and bream
  E minorEm
Was something strange and scaly
    D MajorD       E minorEm
Like a vision from a dream

Refrain 1:
E minorEm               D MajorD       E minorEm
La da da da, da da da da da, a vision from a dream

Verse 2:
  E minorEm
She had fins where her feet should be
  D MajorD          E minorEm
Her eyes were dark as a storm:
  E minorEm
The siren that he caught upon
   D MajorD        E minorEm
That gray and fateful morn

 E minorEm
Behind her lips, her teeth were sharp -
   D MajorD
Much sharper than his knives!
  E minorEm
She said to him, "Come closer, sir
  D MajorD       E minorEm
And I'll eat you alive."

Refrain 2:
E minorEm              D MajorD       E minorEm
La da da da, da da da da da
I'll eat you alive

Chorus:
 C majorC          E minorEm
Beware the wave-soaked maidens
  D MajorD         E minorEm
To whom the depths belong!
    C majorC        E minorEm
If you sail upon their waters
   D MajorD         E minorEm
Then you won't sail for long!

Verse 3:
  E minorEm
He trembled as she gazed at him;
  D MajorD          E minorEm
Her eyes were hungry and cold
  E minorEm
She was a sight both terrible
  D MajorD      E minorEm
And lovely to behold

E minorEm
"Please don't feast upon my flesh,"
  D MajorD
He begged her to forgive
  E minorEm
"If I return you to the sea
   D MajorD        E minorEm
Then won't you let me live "

Refrain 3:
E minorEm              D MajorD        E minorEm
La da da da, da da da da da, won't you let me live?

Verse 4:
  E minorEm
She looked at him upon his knees
  D MajorD           E minorEm
And thought him a pitiful sight
           E minorEm
She told him, "I will let you go
  D MajorD         E minorEm
But quickly take your flight

E minorEm
"If ever you should drop your nets
 D MajorD
Again amongst these waves
   E minorEm
Then me, and all my sisters here
   D MajorD        E minorEm
Will drag you to your grave."

Refrain 4:
E minorEm              D MajorD        E minorEm
La da da da, da da da da da, drag you to your grave

Chorus:
 C majorC          E minorEm
Beware the wave-soaked maidens
  D MajorD         E minorEm
To whom the depths belong!
    C majorC        E minorEm
If you sail upon their waters
   D MajorD         E minorEm
Then you won't sail for long!

Verse 5:
 E minorEm
A augmentedA fortnight hence, he tossed and turned:
  D MajorD          E minorEm
Her eyes had driven him mad
  E minorEm
And when he slept, all he could see
    D MajorD       E minorEm
Was the lady, seaweed-clad

 E minorEm
Desperate for just one glimpse more
  D MajorD
He took back too the deep
  E minorEm
And sure enough, she came to him
   D MajorD      E minorEm
With promises to keep

Refrain 5:
E minorEm              D MajorD     E minorEm
La da da da, da da da da da, promises to keep

Verse 6:
  E minorEm
She said, "Good sir
I warned you once
   D MajorD         E minorEm
That you could never return
 E minorEm
I should have known right then and there;
   D MajorD        E minorEm
Your kind will never learn."

E minorEm
When he saw her sisters rise
  D MajorD
He knew that he was damned
  E minorEm
And now his bones are fathoms-deep
  D MajorD       E minorEm
All buried in the sand

Refrain 6:
E minorEm              D MajorD       E minorEm
La da da da, da da da da da, buried in the sand

Chorus:
 C majorC          E minorEm
Beware the wave-soaked maidens
  D MajorD         E minorEm
To whom the depths belong!
    C majorC        E minorEm
If you sail upon their waters
   D MajorD         E minorEm
Then you won't sail for long!

Outro:
    C majorC        E minorEm
If you sail upon their waters
   D MajorD         E minorEm
Then you won't sail for long!