Verse



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            Bm

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       Bm

But I only liked the upper part

   G         A         D

I did not like the tail





Other verses and choruses are the same as above.