Tabs
Tabbed by: RJ Tuning: Standard This is the gist of what’s going on in this song, as best I can figure. Verse (this pattern repeats for each verse): C majorC FF When I was a lad in a fishing town, C majorC FF Me old man said to me: C majorC FF “You can spend your life, your jolly life, G+G Just sailing on the sea. C majorC FF You can search the world for pretty girls, A minorAm E minorEm ‘till your eyes are weak and dim, FF C majorC But don’t go searching for the mermaid son, G+G C majorC If you don’t know how to swim.†Chorus: FF C majorC ‘Cause her hair was green as seaweed, FF C majorC Her skin was blue and pale, FF C majorC Her face it was a work of art, FF C majorC I loved that girl with all my heart, FF C majorC But I only like the upper part, G+G C majorC I did not like the tail. Q.E.D Enjoy!
Other versions of The Mermaid
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The river driver (Ver. 2) by Great Big Sea
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