The Pegging Shanty Ukulele chords by Linenandcurls

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Verse 1:

   Am                          F        C
My captain once told me of the women at sea,
     Am                          F            Am
Half fish and half maiden, quite the sight to see,
        Am                     F               C
They're fair and ferocious and filled him with fright,
    Am                           F           Am
And one gave him his sea legs on one moonlit night,

Verse 2:

  Am                        F            C
I wandered the seas looking for one such maid,
    Am                       F           Am
For brushing with her is how sailors are made,
    Am                     F           C
She looked in my eyes as I plead and I begged,
     Am                         F           Am
"Oh, lady of the depths, I just want to get pegged"

Chorus:

C                     F            E7
I've been railed by a fair mermaid lass,
    C                       Dm          Am
Her hand in my hair and her strap in my ass

Verse 3:

   Am                       F     C
My knees were a-knockin' as I did return,
      Am                            F             Am
To my captain, who said, "Son, your sea legs were earned"
    Am                           F            C
But all I could think of was the fish-woman's gaze,
    Am                           F            Am
How each gentle caress filled my mind up with haze,

Chorus:

C                     F            E7
I've been railed by a fair mermaid lass,
    C                       Dm          Am
Her hand in my hair and her strap in my ass
   C                         F           E7
To hell with my captain, and God sink my crew,
     C                        Dm        Am
For, sea foam-soaked siren, I belong to you

Verse 4:

    Am                             F             C
The day's turned to weeks 'til, on the starboard side,
    Am                       F             Am
The mer-maiden sang, and our eyes all blew wide,
    Am                F           C
One after another, we dove in the depths,
        Am                       F      Am
And the maiden dragged us to our watery deaths

Outro:

C                   F            E7
We were railed by a fair mermaid lass,
        C                         Dm           Am
But the mermaid got hungry, so we breathed our last
    C                            F            E7
She drowned our poor captain and us, his dear crew,
     C                         Dm        Am
Now, sea foam-soaked siren, we belong to you