Biography:
Bobby Bare (born Robert Joseph Bare on April 7, 1935 in Ironton, Ohio) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
In the fifties after many failed attempts to sell his songs, he finally was signed up with Capitol Records and recorded a few rock and roll songs without much chart success. Just before he was drafted into the Army, he wrote a song called 'The All American Boy' and did a demo for his friend, Bill Parsons, to learn and record it.
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Other songs:
- Tequila Sheila
- 500 Miles Away From Home
- A Little Bit Later On Down The Line
- Alimony
- All American Boy
- All The Good Times Are Past And Gone
- Amarillo Highway
- Baby Dont Believe Him
- Big Dupree
- Book Of Love
- Brian Hennessey
- Calgary Snow
- Candy Coated Kisses
- Charleston Railroad
- Chester
- Christmas Time At Grandmas House
- Coal River
- Come Kiss Me Love
- Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy
- Come Sundown
- Cowboy And The Poet Faster Horses
- Cowboys And Daddys
- Daddy What If
- Dear Wastebasket
- Detroit City
- Dont It Make You Wanna Go Home
- Dont Think Twice Its Alright
- Down In Mexico
- Down To My Last Come And Get Me
- Drinking From The Bottle
- Drop Kick Me Jesus
- Dropping Out Of Sight
- Find Out Whats Happening
- Five Hundred Miles
- Game Of Triangles
- Gods Were Angry With Me
- Greasy Grit Gravy
- Hard Time Hungrys
- Have I Stayed Away Too Long
- Heaven Help My Soul
- Hes A Cowboy
- High Plains Jamboree
- Hillbilly Hell
- Homecoming
- How About You
- I Dont Believe Ill Fall In Love Today
- I Hate Goodbyes
- I Love An Old Fashioned Christmas
- I Never Went To Bed With An Ugly Woman
- I Took A Memory For Lunch
- I Took A Memory To Lunch
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
- Id Fight The World
- If You Aint Got Nothing
- Im A Long Way From Home
- Im Gettin Lonely
- Im Not A Candle In The Wind
- In The Hills Of Shiloh
- It All Depends On Linda
- Last Dance At The Old Texas Moon
- Lemon Tree
- Little Bit Later On Down The Line
- Long Way To Tennessee
- Lost In Millers Cave
- Margies At The Lincoln Park Inn
- Marie Laveau
- Mrs Jones Your Daughter Cried All Night
- Numbers
- Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back
- Passin Through
- Please Dont Tell Me How The Story Ends
- Please Dont Tell Me Till The Story Ends
- Pretty Painted Ladies
- Rosalies Good Eats Cafe
- Rough On The Living
- Shame On Me
- She My Ever Lovin Machine
- Song Of The South
- Speckled Pony
- Thats How I Got To Memphis
- The Jogger
- The Mermaid
- The Mermaid Song
- The Stranger
- The Winner
- Things Change
- To Whom It May Concern
- Try To Remember
- Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother
- What Am I Gonna Do Girl
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This song was from Bobby Bare's 1973 "Lullabies, Legends and Lies" where Bobby covered a
number of Shel Silverstein's songs. The intro is sung over chords which are held
until the next chord. Play a simple walk-up run from the open E, F# and G# on the sixth
string to the A chord to begin each verse. Alternate bass notes add a lot as well. The Db
chord is played as a partial passing chord sod novices can just use this - (x-x-x-1-2-1)
then slide up to the regular open D chord. There are a few chords that are held for emphasis
at the end of each verse, but those will be clear to those that are familiar with the song.
[Intro]
A D A
When I was a lad in a fishin' town, an old man said to me
D A D A B E
"You can spend your life, your jolly life, just sailin' on the sea
A D
You can search the world for pretty girls 'til your eyes are weak and dim
D A E A
But don't go swimmin' with a mermaid, son, if you don't know how to swim!
[Verse 1]
A D A
Well, I signed on to a whalin' ship, and my very first day at sea
D A D A B E
I seen a mermaid in the waves, a-reachin' out to me
A D
"Come live with me in the sea," said she, "and down on the ocean's floor
D A E A
I'll show you a million wond'rous things that you've never seen before!"
[Verse 2]
A D A
Over I jumped and she pulled me down, down to her seaweed bed
D A D A B E
Where a pillow made of tortoise shells, she placed beneath my head
A D
She fed me shrimps and caviar upon a silver dish
D A E A
From her head to her waste she was just my taste, but the rest of her was fish!
[Chorus]
D A
And her hair was green as seaweed
D A
And her skin was blue and pale
D A
And her face it was a work of art
D A
And I loved that girl with all of my heart
A B Db D
But I only loved the upper part
A E A
I did not love the tail!
[Verse 3]
A D A
Then one day she swam away, and I sang to the clams and the whales
D A D A B E
How I missed her fins, and her seaweed hair, and the silvery shine of her scales
A D
Then her sister swam by, and set my heart a-whirl
D A E A
'Cuz her upper part was an ugly fish, but the bottom part was GIRL!
[Chorus]
D A
And her toes are pink and rosey
D A
And her knees are soft and pale
D A
And her legs they are - a work of art
D A
And I love that girl with all my heart
A B Db D
I don't give a damn about the upper part
A E A
And that's how I end my tale!
number of Shel Silverstein's songs. The intro is sung over chords which are held
until the next chord. Play a simple walk-up run from the open E, F# and G# on the sixth
string to the A chord to begin each verse. Alternate bass notes add a lot as well. The Db
chord is played as a partial passing chord sod novices can just use this - (x-x-x-1-2-1)
then slide up to the regular open D chord. There are a few chords that are held for emphasis
at the end of each verse, but those will be clear to those that are familiar with the song.
[Intro]
A D A
When I was a lad in a fishin' town, an old man said to me
D A D A B E
"You can spend your life, your jolly life, just sailin' on the sea
A D
You can search the world for pretty girls 'til your eyes are weak and dim
D A E A
But don't go swimmin' with a mermaid, son, if you don't know how to swim!
[Verse 1]
A D A
Well, I signed on to a whalin' ship, and my very first day at sea
D A D A B E
I seen a mermaid in the waves, a-reachin' out to me
A D
"Come live with me in the sea," said she, "and down on the ocean's floor
D A E A
I'll show you a million wond'rous things that you've never seen before!"
[Verse 2]
A D A
Over I jumped and she pulled me down, down to her seaweed bed
D A D A B E
Where a pillow made of tortoise shells, she placed beneath my head
A D
She fed me shrimps and caviar upon a silver dish
D A E A
From her head to her waste she was just my taste, but the rest of her was fish!
[Chorus]
D A
And her hair was green as seaweed
D A
And her skin was blue and pale
D A
And her face it was a work of art
D A
And I loved that girl with all of my heart
A B Db D
But I only loved the upper part
A E A
I did not love the tail!
[Verse 3]
A D A
Then one day she swam away, and I sang to the clams and the whales
D A D A B E
How I missed her fins, and her seaweed hair, and the silvery shine of her scales
A D
Then her sister swam by, and set my heart a-whirl
D A E A
'Cuz her upper part was an ugly fish, but the bottom part was GIRL!
[Chorus]
D A
And her toes are pink and rosey
D A
And her knees are soft and pale
D A
And her legs they are - a work of art
D A
And I love that girl with all my heart
A B Db D
I don't give a damn about the upper part
A E A
And that's how I end my tale!
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