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			     The Mermaid - Great Big Sea
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Tabbed by: RJ

Tuning: Standard

This is the gist of what's going on in this song, as best I can figure. 

Verse (this pattern repeats for each verse):
         C (x32010@1)                    FWhen (133211@1)I was a lad in a fishing town,

C (x32010@1)                            FMe (133211@1)old man said to me:

                 C (x32010@1)                              F"You (133211@1)can spend your life, your jolly life,

        GJust (320003@1)sailing on the sea.

               C (x32010@1)                            FYou (133211@1)can search the world for pretty girls, 

                 Am (x02210@1)                     Em'till (022000@1)your  eyes are weak and dim, 

       F (133211@1)			 CBut (x32010@1)don't go searching for the mermaid son,

           G (320003@1)                          CIf (x32010@1)you don't know how to swim."

Chorus:

F (133211@1)	           C'Cause (x32010@1)her hair was green as seaweed,

       F (133211@1)                          CHer (x32010@1)skin was blue and pale,

        F (133211@1)                            CHer (x32010@1)face it was a work of art,

   F (133211@1)                                     C (x32010@1)I loved that girl with all my heart,

         F (133211@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)I only like the upper part,

G (320003@1)                       CI (x32010@1)did not like the tail.


Q.E.D

Enjoy!