Mermaid Of Ontario Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

COh the Mermaid of OntariCo

CHad long green stringy hGair-io

CAnd a seaweed gown to weFar-io

GBut she had no one to maCrry-o

F G C

Later verses are the same as first verse.

And the Mermaid of Ontario

Loved a big mouth bass named Larry-o

Who lived in lake St. Claire-io

Underneath the St. Claire ferry-o

F G C

So the Mermaid of Ontario

Sent a goldfish emissary-o

To ask that bass named Larry-o

If he would consent to marry-o

F G C

Oh no no no said Larry-o

My life I would not share-io

I'd rather play solitarie-io

Or read a book from the fish library-o

F G C

Or sit around in my underwear-io

F G C

And before I'd marry you, I'd marry-o

A guernsey cow from the dairy-o

Or eat a poison berry-o

And wind up as a fish with dysentery-io

F G C

slower (strumming)

F G C

For the Mermaid of Ontario, it was more than she could bear-io

So she cried for a day and she swam away with a yuppy little guppy named Gary-o

F G C

Now their a happy pair-io

Cuz he's a millionaire-io

In his yacht neath Lake Ontario

They cuddled in a cozy little chair-io

F G C

And listened to his underwater stereo

F G C

And that big mouth bass named Larry-o

Did marry a cow from the dairy-o

And she fed him a poison berry-o

And he wound up in the fishes cemetary-o

F G C

And that's the whole scenario.

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