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Fiji Mermaid by mewithoutYou
Fiji Mermaid
Capo: 3rd fret
A7- x02020
could play Am as Am7 too x02010.
intro: E
verse
E
Stitch up the nets but the patch won't stay
As the nail beds rest in the calico hay
A7 Am E
The Fiji Mermaid dressed in macrame's
Wading road in the fork and a bend
In the spoon tern cut short as a shadow at noon
A7 Am
Melting like wax as that once full moons
E
Now waning ersatz acts an insufferable bore
Sharp Shots dull as a harlequins sword
A7 Am
When doing as you please doesn't please you anymore
interlude: C G C A7 Am C G C E
verse
E
Stick of the match as the paraffin show
Drop a nickel to watch the asparagus grow
A7 Am
The stone in what shell?
E
You sure like to know now don't you?
A loom in the heir as the medicine came
To the nest of the mare of the mystery claims
A7 Am
But you'll miss having someone to blame
E
For your sadness, now won't you?
Well maybe there'll be a bakery hiring
A7 Am
We'll knead a little dough to get by
interlude: C G C A7 Am x2
verse
C E
Did you come knocking on my door
Or did I come to yours?
C E
Whose ship came washed up on whose shore?
And from what ocean floor?
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version 2
tuning standard
intro and first verse- with a slide
e|------------------------------|
b|------------------------------|does this sliding back and forth the whole time
g|-12\7~---7/8\7/8\7/8\7/8\7----| might hit 9 sometimes too
d|------------------------------|
a|------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
chorus x4 1st, 3rd time 2nd ending
e|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
b|------11----------------|-----------------|-8-8--8-8--8--8---8--8-|
g|10h12----12--10-10h12p10|---------10------|-9-9--9-9--8--8---8--8-|
d|------------------------|10h12-12----12---|-8-8--8-8--10-10--10-10|
a|------------------------|---------------10|-----------------------|
e|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
2nd verse with slide
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|-12\7~---7/8\7----7/9-9\8-8\7---|
d|--------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|-7/8\7---7/8\7---7/9-9\8-8/12~--|
d|--------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|-12\7---7/8\7---7/9-9/8-8/12----|
d|--------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
chorus again
2:11
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|---11-------11----11-11/12------11-------11---------|
g|12----12-12----12------------12----12-12----12-12\7-|
d|----------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
2:22
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|12h13-15--12h13-15-12h13---12h13-15--12-11----11-------11---------|
g|-------------------------------------------12----12-12----12-12\7-|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
not sure on next part.
sounds like some more sliding on the g string
2:59
e|------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------|x2
a|------------------------------------------|
e|-6--8-10--13-10-3-8-7-----6--8-10--13-10~-|
Stitch up the nets but the patch won't stay
As the nail beds rest in the calico hay
The Fiji Mermaid dressed in macrame's
Wading road in the fork and a bend
In the spoon tern cut short as a shadow at noon
Melting like wax as that once full moon's
Now waning ersatz acts an insufferable bore
'Sharp Shots' dull as a harlequin's sword
When doing as you please doesn't please you anymore
Uh, uh, uh, uh
Uh, uh, uh, uh
Stick of the match as the paraffin show
Drop a nickel to watch the asparagus grow
'The stone in what shell?'
You sure like to know now don't you?
A loom in the heir as the medicine came
To the nest of the mare of the mystery claims
But you'll miss having someone to blame
For your sadness, now won't you?
Well maybe there'll be a bakery hiring
We'll knead a little bit of dough to get by
[Ah, ah, ah]
Did you come knocking on my door,
Or did I come to yours?
Whose ship came washed up on whose shore?
And from what ocean floor?
There wasn't much to her dress
And I felt stuck in my body like a horse in quicksand...
Didn't you come knocking on my door?
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