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	  Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - Mississippi John Hurt
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Tabbed by: Dave S. 
Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Album: Last Sessions
Year: 1966



C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1) 
Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air.
F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)              GCan't (320003@1)stay here no longer I have no steamship fare.
        C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        CSave (x32010@1)all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.


C (x32010@1)                                F (133211@1)               CI (x32010@1)do not work for pleasure earthly peace I'll see no more.
F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)                    GThe (320003@1)only reason I work at all is drive the world from my door.
        C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        CSave (x32010@1)all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.


C (x32010@1)                               F (133211@1)                  CMy (x32010@1)wife controls our happy home a sweetheart I can not find.
F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)                    GThe (320003@1)only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind.
        C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        CSave (x32010@1)all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.



C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)                  CBlues (x32010@1)all in my body my darling has forsaken me.
F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)                  D7 (xx0212@1)            GIf (320003@1)I ever see her face again I have to swim across the sea.
        C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        CSave (x32010@1)all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.




C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1) 
Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air.
F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)              GCan't (320003@1)stay here no longer I have no steamship fare.
        C (x32010@1)                              F (133211@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        CSave (x32010@1)all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. 



Chords:

     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)    Ge|---0---|---1---|-------|---3---| (320003@1)B|---1---|---1---|---3---|---0---|
G|---0---|---2---|---5---|---0---|
D|---2---|---3---|---4---|---0---|
A|---3---|---3---|---5---|---2---|
E|-------|---1---|-------|---3---|