the mermaid
the mermaid

the mermaid chords by The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

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Transpose

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  • D

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • A

    • Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    Friday 
    morn, 
    when 
    we 
    set 
    sail 

    And 
    we 
    were 
    not 
    far 
    from 
    the 
    land 

    When 
    our 
    captain 
    he spied 

    a mer
    maid 
    so 
    fair 

    With 
    a comb 
    and 
    a glass 
    in 
    her 
    hand 

    Verse 2
    CHORUS 
    And 
    the 

    ocean 
    waves 
    do 
    roll, 

    And 
    the 
    stormey wind 
    do 
    blow 

    We 
    poor 
    sailors 
    go skippin' 
    at 
    the top 

    While 
    the landlubber 
    lie 
    down 

    Be
    low, 
    below, 
    below 

    And 
    the landlubbers 
    lie 
    down 
    be
    low 

    Verse 3
    Up 
    spoke 
    the 
    captain 
    of 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    And 
    a fine 
    brave 
    man 
    was 
    he 

    He said, 
    ""That 
    fishy 
    mermaid 
    has 

    warned 
    me 
    of 
    our 
    fate"" 

    ""we shall 
    sleep 
    at 
    the 
    bottom 
    of 
    the sea!"" 

    Interlude 1
    CHORUS 



    Verse 4
    Up 
    spoke 
    the first 
    mate 
    of 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    And 
    a brave 
    spoken 
    man 
    was 
    he 

    He 
    said, 
    ""I 
    have 
    a wife 

    in 
    Brooklyn 
    by 
    the sea 

    And 
    to
    night 
    a 
    wid
    ow 
    she 
    will 
    be!"" 

    Interlude 2
    CHORUS 



    Verse 5
    Up 
    spoke 
    the 
    cabin 
    boy 

    of 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    And 
    a 
    fine 
    young 
    lad 
    was 
    he 

    He 
    said, 
    ""I 
    have 
    a sweetheart 

    in Salem 
    by 
    the 
    sea 

    And to
    night 
    a 
    weepin' 
    she 
    will 
    be!"" 

    Interlude 3
    CHORUS 


    Verse 6
    Then 
    up 
    spoke 
    the cook 
    of 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    And 
    a crazy 
    old 
    butcher 
    was 
    he 

    He said, 
    ""I care 
    more 
    for 

    my 
    pots 
    and 
    my pans 

    Than 
    I cares 
    for 
    the bot
    tom 

    of 
    the sea!"" 
    CHORUS 

    Verse 7
    Then 
    up spoke 
    the 
    parrot 
    of 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    And 
    a 
    carzy old 
    buzzard 
    was 
    he 

    He 
    said, 
    ""I 
    cares 
    more for my 

    crakers and 
    my seeds 

    Than 
    I cares 
    for the 
    bottom 

    of 
    the 
    sea!"" CHORUS 

    Verse 8
    Then three 
    times 
    'round 

    spun 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    Three 
    times 
    'round 
    spun 
    she 

    Three 
    times 
    'round 
    spun 
    our 
    gallant 
    ship 

    And 
    she sank 
    to 
    the 
    bottom 
    of 
    the sea 

    CHORUS 

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