Great Big Sea - The Mermaid Ukulele Chords

[Opening]
[D]When I was a lad in a fishing town me [G]old man said to me [D]
“You can spend your life, your jolly life just sai[Bm]ling on the sea.[A]
You can [D]search the world for pretty girls ’til your [G]eyes are weak and [F#m]dim,
But [G]don’t go searching for [D]a mermaid, son [Bm]
If you [G]don’t know [A]how to [D]swim”

[chorus]
[G]‘Cause her hair was green as [D]seaweed
Her [G]skin was blue and [D]pale
Her [G]face it was [D]a work of art,
I [G]loved that girl [D]with all my heart
But I on[G]ly liked [D]the upper part [Bm]
I [G]did not [A]like the [D]tail

[section 2]
I [D]I signed on board a sailing ship, my [G]very first day at [D]sea
I seen a Mermaid in the waves a [Bm]reaching out to [A]me
Come [D]live with me in the sea said she, [G]down on the ocean [F#m]floor
And I’ll [G]show you a million [D]wondrous things,
you’ve [G]never [A]seen be[D]fore
So [D]over I jumped and she pulled me down, [G]down to her seaweed [D]bed.
And a pillow made of a tortoise shell she [Bm]placed beneath my [A]head
She [D]fed me shrimp and caviar [G]upon a silver [F#m]dish
From her [G]head to her waist it was [D]just my taste
But the [G]rest of [A]her was a [D]fish

[chorus]
[G]‘Cause her hair was green as [D]seaweed
Her [G]skin was blue and [D]pale
Her [G]face it was [D]a work of art,
I [G]loved that girl [D]with all my heart
But I on[G]ly liked [D]the upper part [Bm]
I [G]did not [A]like the [D]tail

[Closing]
[D]But then one day, she swam away, so I [G]sang to the clams and the [D]whales
“Oh how I miss her seaweed hair, and the [Bm]silver shine of her scales”
But [D]then her sister, she swam by and [G]set my heart [F#m]awhirl
Cause her [G]upper part was an [D]ugly fish but her [G]bottom [A]part was a [D]girl
[G]‘Her toes are pink and [D]rosy [D]
Her [G]knees are smooth and pale [D]
Her [G]legs they are a work of [D]art, I [G]love that girl with all my [D]heart
But I don’t [G]give a damn about the upper [D]part [Bm]
Cause [G]that’s how I [A]get my [D]tail.