Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - Mississippi John Hurt Chords
Chords: First, C, G, F, D, Fourth
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Genre: blues, folk, americana
Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
Also known as The Mermaid Flirt With Me or, in Polish, in interpretation and
translation by Marek Szurawski, sung himself with accompaniment and second
voice
by John Townley - Syrena Niech Porwie Mnie.
You propably can find this song in polish chorded by me somewhere in the net.
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First verse:
C G C F C
Blues all on the ocean, blues all in the air;
F C D G
Can't stay here no longer, I have no steamship fare.
C G C F C
When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea;
F C G C
Save on the undertaker bill - let the mermaids flirt with me!
Second verse:
C G C F C
I do not work for pleasure; earthly peace I'll see no more;
F C D G
The only reason I work at all is to drive the wolf from my door.
C G C F C
When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea;
F C G C
Save on the undertaker bill - let the mermaids flirt with me!
Third verse:
C G C F C
My wife controls our happy home; my sweetheart I cannot find.
F C D G
The only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind.
C G C F C
When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea;
F C G C
Save on the undertaker bill - let the mermaids flirt with me!
Fourth verse:
C G C F C
Blues all in my body; my darlin' has forsaken me.
F C D G
If I ever see her face again, have to travel 'cross the sea.
C G C F C
When my earthly trials are over, cast my body out in the sea;
F C G C
Save on the undertaker bill - let the mermaids flirt with me!
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