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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                      F                C   
Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air.
F                  C        D7                G
Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare.
        C                                F               C
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F            C                        C        G          C
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.


C                                  F                 C
I do not work for pleasure earthly peace I'll see no more.
F                 C              D7                      G
The only reason I work at all is drive the world from my door.
        C                                F               C
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F            C                        C        G          C
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.


C                                 F                    C
My wife controls our happy home a sweetheart I can not find.
F                    C                D                      G
The only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind.
        C                                F               C
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F            C                        C        G          C
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.



C                       F                    C
Blues all in my body my darling has forsaken me.
F                 C                    D7              G
If I ever see her face again I have to swim across the sea.
        C                                F               C
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F            C                        C        G          C
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.




C                      F                C   
Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air.
F                  C        D7                G
Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare.
        C                                F               C
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
F            C                        C        G          C
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. 



Chords:

     C       F       D7      G
e|---0---|---1---|-------|---3---|
B|---1---|---1---|---3---|---0---|
G|---0---|---2---|---5---|---0---|
D|---2---|---3---|---4---|---0---|
A|---3---|---3---|---5---|---2---|
E|-------|---1---|-------|---3---|