{t:Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me}
{st:John Hurt (1966)}
{sot} 
	 Basic accompaniment
4/4 | T3 - D - T4 - D - |
      1    2   3    4
{eot}

{c:Intro (Basic Progression)}
[/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [F]  [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [D7] [/] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [F]  [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [G]  [/] [C] [/]


[/] [G] Blues all on the [/] [C] ocean, 
[/] [F] Blues all in the [/] [C] air;
[/] [F] Can't stay here no [/] [C] longer, 
I [/] [D7] have no steamship [/] [G] fare.
When my [/] [G] earthly trials are [/] [C] over, 
Cast my [/] [F] body out in the [/] [C] sea;
[/] [F] Save on the under- [/] [C] taker bill
Let the [/] [G] mermaids flirt with [/] [C] me! 


I [/] [G] do not work for [/] [C] pleasure; 
Earthly [/] [F] peace I'll see no [/] [C] more;
The [/] [F] only reason I [/] [C] work at all
Is to [/] [D7] drive the wolf from my [/] [G] door.
When my [/] [G] earthly trials are [/] [C] over, 
Cast my [/] [F] body out in the [/] [C] sea;
[/] [F] Save on the under- [/] [C] taker bill
Let the [/] [G] mermaids flirt with [/] [C] me!


{c:Instrumental}
[/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [F]  [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [D7] [/] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [F]  [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [G]  [/] [C] [/]


My [/] [G] wife controles our [/] [C] happy home; 
My [/] [F] sweetheart I cannot [/] [C] find.
The [/] [F] only thing I can [/] [C] call my own 
Is a [/] [D7] troubled and a worried [/] [G] mind.
When my [/] [G] earthly trials are [/] [C] over, 
Cast my [/] [F] body out in the [/] [C] sea;
[/] [F] Save on the under- [/] [C] taker bill
Let the [/] [G] mermaids flirt with [/] [C] me!


[/] [G] Blues all in my [/] [C] body; 
My [/] [F] darlin' has forsaken [/] [C] me.
If I [/] [F] ever see her [/] [C] face again 
Have to [/] [D7] swim across that [/] [G] sea.
When my [/] [G] earthly trials are [/] [C] over, 
Cast my [/] [F] body out in the [/] [C] sea;
[/] [F] Save on the under- [/] [C] taker bill
Let the [/] [G] mermaids flirt with [/] [C] me!


{c:Instrumental}
[/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [F]  [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [D7] [/] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [C] [/] [F]  [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] [/] [C] [/] [G]  [/] [C] [/]


[/] [G] Blues all on the [/] [C] ocean, 
[/] [F] Blues all in the [/] [C] air;
[/] [F] Can't stay here no [/] [C] longer, 
I [/] [D7] have no steamship [/] [G] fare.
When my [/] [G] earthly trials are [/] [C] over, 
Cast my [/] [F] body out in the [/] [C] sea;
[/] [F] Save on the under- [/] [C] taker bill
Let the [/] [G] mermaids flirt with [/] [C] me!


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#Play along in this key with this version. (Key of C)
#Last Updated 7/3/18 JJ
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