The melody of Mermaid by Train runs 425 notes across 90 bars, 2:52 long in Fm at 208 beats per minute. The tab sits low on the neck, mostly under the fourth fret, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? Mermaid chords and lyrics.