Paul Sims - Mermaid Song Ssa
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse]
G C G D
When I was a lad in fishing town An old man said to me
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You can spend you life your jolly life Just a sailin on the deep blue sea
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You can search the world for pretty girls Till your eyes are weak and dim (STOP AND TAP)
But don’t you go swimming with a mermaid son, if you don’t know how to swim
[Chorus]
G C G C
Cuz the hair is green as seaweed And her skin is smooth and pail
G C G C
And I tell you now before you start Her face it is a work of art
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But you’ll love the upper part You’re not gonna like the tail
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So I signed onto a whalin ship And at my very first day at sea
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I seen a mermaid in the waves Just reachin out for me
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Come live with in the sea said she And down on the ocean floor (STOP AND TAP)
I’ll show you a million wonderous things You’ve never seen before
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So over I jumped and she pulled me down Down to her seaweed bed
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And a pillow made of tortoise shell she place beneath my head
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She fed me shrimp and caviar upon a silvery dish (STOP AND TAP)
From her head to waist she was just my taste But the rest of her was a fish
[Chorus]
G C G C
Cuz the hair is green as seaweed And her skin is smooth and pail
G C G C
And I tell you now before you start Her face it is a work of art
G C G D
But only you’ll love the upper part You’re not gonna like the tail (SLOW PICK)
G C G D
And then one day she swam away and I sang to the clams and the whales
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I missed her green seaweed hair and the silvery shine of her scales
G C G D
But then, her sister she swam by and it set my heart a whirl
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Cuz the upper part was an ugly fish and the bottom part was a girl
[Chorus]
G C G C
And her toes were pink and rosey and her knees were smooth and pail
G C G C
And her butt it was a work of art and I love those legs with all my heart
G C G D
I don’t give a damn upper part and that’s how I end my tail
How to play Paul Sims - Mermaid Song Ssa
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.