D When I was a lad in a fishing town G D Me old man said to me: "You can spend your life, your jolly life Bm A Just sailing on the sea. D You can search the world for pretty girls G F#m Til your eyes are weak and dim, G D But don't go searching for a mermaid, son G A D If you don't know how to swim" Chorus G D 'Cause her hair was green as seaweed G D Her skin was blue and pale G D Her face it was a work of art, G D I loved that girl with all my heart G D But I only liked the upper part G A D I did not like the tail D I signed onto a sailing ship G D My very first day at sea I seen the Mermaid in the waves, Bm A Reaching out to me D "Come live with me in the sea said she, G F#m Down on the ocean floor G D And I'll show you a million wonderous things G A D You've never seen before D So over I jumped and she pulled me down, G D Down to her seaweed bed On a pillow made of a tortoise-shell A A She placed beneath my head D She fed me shrimp and caviar G F#m Upon a silver dish G D From her head to her waist it was just my taste G A D But the rest of her was a fish Chorus G D 'Cause her hair was green as seaweed G D Her skin was blue and pale G D Her face it was a work of art, G D I loved that girl with all my heart G D But I only liked the upper part G A D I did not like the tail D But then one day, she swam away G D So I sang to the clams and the whales "Oh, how I miss her seaweed hair Bm A And the silver shine of her scales D But then her sister, she swam by G F#m And set my heart awhirl G D Cause her upper part was an ugly fish G A D But her bottom part was a girl Chorus G D Yes her hair was green as seaweed G D Her skin was blue and pale G D Her legs they are a work of art, G D I loved that girl with all my heart G D And I don't give a damn about the upper part G A D Cause that's how I get my tail.