Under the sea (The little mermaid)    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - D - G   - G - D - G (2x)

 

   G                             D            G       - G                        D        G

1.    The seaweed is always greener        in somebody else's lake,

G                                D      G          - G                      D        G

    you dream about going up there,      but that is a big mistake.

C                              G                       - D                            G

    Just look at the world around you,      right here on the ocean floor !

C                              G                            - D                             G

    Such wonderful things surround you,      what more is you lookin' for?

 

                    C  - G                    D   - G

Under the sea,       under the sea,

                    C                                  D                           G    - G7

darling, it's better down where it's wetter, take it from me !

                     C                          D                   Em                        A

Up on the shore they work all day, out in the sun they slave away,

                     C                         D                        G

while we devotin' full time to floatin' under the sea.

 

+  G - D - G (2x)

 

   G                              D         G      - G                                D              G

2.   Down here all the fish is happy      as off through the waves they roll,

G                          D             G       - G                                   D           G

    the fish on the land ain't happy,       they sad 'cause they in their bowl.

C                          G                - D                       G

    But fish in the bowl is lucky,     they in for a worser fate,

C                               G                    - D                                   G

   one day when the boss get hungry   (guess who's gon' be on the plate).

 

                    C  - G                    D   - G

Under the sea,       under the sea,

                C                           D                     G   - G7

nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in fricassee.

                       C                           D                     Em                      A

We what the land folks loves to cook, under the sea we off the hook,

                    C                          D

we got no troubles, life is the bubbles.

 

                    C  - G                    D   - G

Under the sea,       under the sea,

                        C                                D                      G  - G7

since life is sweet here, we got the beat here naturally.

                  C                       D                      Em                       A

Even the sturgeon an' the ray, they get the urge 'n' start to play,

                     C                       D                         G

we got the spirit, you got to hear it under the sea !

 

              D                                  C

+  The newt play the flute, the carp play the harp,

             D                                     G

    the plaice play the bass and they soundin' sharp.

              C                                           G

    The bass play the the brass, the chub play the tub,

            D                            G

    the fluke is the duke of soul, yeah !

             D                           G

    The ray he can play the lings on the strings,

             D                              G

    the trout rockin' out, the blackfish, she sings.

                C                                     G

    The smelt and the sprat, they know where it's at,

           D                          G

    an' on that blowfish blow.

 

+  instrumental = CHORUS         +  G - D - G (2x)

 

+  A - E - A

 

                    D  - A                    E    - A

Under the sea,       under the sea,

                      D                          E                           A     - A7

when the sardine begin the beguine, it's music to me.

                         D                  E                    F#m                   B7

What do they got ? A lot of sand, we got a hot crustacean band,

                    D                                E                              A    - E - A

each little clam here know how to jam here under the sea.

 

                        D                         E                             A     - E - A

+  Each little slug here cuttin' a rug here under the sea !

                         D                                 E 

    Each little snail here know how to wail here,

                          F#m                      A

    that's why it's hotter under the water,

                    D                                   E                              A

    ya, we in luck here down in the muck here under the sea !

 

+  A - E - A (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Samuel E. Wright)