---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - Mississippi John Hurt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com Tuning: Standard Artist: Mississippi John Hurt Album: Last Sessions Year: 1966 C F C Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air. F C D7 G Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare. C F C When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea. F C C G C Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. C F C I do not work for pleasure earthly peace I'll see no more. F C D7 G The only reason I work at all is drive the world from my door. C F C When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea. F C C G C Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. C F C My wife controls our happy home a sweetheart I can not find. F C D G The only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind. C F C When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea. F C C G C Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. C F C Blues all in my body my darling has forsaken me. F C D7 G If I ever see her face again I have to swim across the sea. C F C When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea. F C C G C Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. C F C Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air. F C D7 G Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare. C F C When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea. F C C G C Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me. Chords: C F D7 G e|---0---|---1---|-------|---3---| B|---1---|---1---|---3---|---0---| G|---0---|---2---|---5---|---0---| D|---2---|---3---|---4---|---0---| A|---3---|---3---|---5---|---2---| E|-------|---1---|-------|---3---|