a shantymans life

a shantymans life easy guitar chords by Dan Zanes

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  • Verse 1
    Oh, 
    the 
    shanty 
    man's 

    life 
    is 
    wearisome 
    life 

    Although 
    some 
    think 
    it's 

    void 
    of 
    care 

    Swinging 
    an 
    axe 
    from 
    morn
    ing 
    to 
    night 

    In 
    the 
    midst 
    of 
    the 
    forest 
    so 
    drear 

    Ly
    ing 
    in 
    the 
    shanty, 
    bleak 
    and 
    cold 

    While 
    the 
    cold 
    stormy 
    wintry 
    winds 
    blow 

    And 
    as 
    soon 
    as 
    the 
    daylight 
    doth 
    ap
    pear 

    To 
    the 
    wild 
    woods 
    we 
    must 
    go 

    Bullock 
    cook 
    rises 
    up 
    in 
    the 

    middle 
    of 
    the 
    night 

    Sing 
    hur
    rah, 
    boys, 
    it's 
    day 

    Broken 
    slumbers 
    of
    t times 
    are 
    past 

    As 
    the 
    cold 
    winter 
    night 
    wows 
    away 

    Had 
    we 
    run 
    out 
    of 
    beer, 

    our 
    spir
    its 
    for 
    to 
    cheer 

    As 
    the 
    day 
    is 
    so 
    lonely 
    but 
    mild 

    Oh, 
    glass 
    of 
    any 
    strong 

    wine 
    in 
    the 
    woods 
    alone 

    For 
    to 
    cheer 
    up 
    our 
    troubled 
    mind

    But 
    in 
    spring 
    it 
    does 
    set 
    in, 

    double 
    hard
    ships 
    begin 

    When 
    the 
    waters 
    are 
    pierced 
    and 
    cold 

    Our 
    clothes 
    are 
    dripping 
    wet 

    and 
    fin
    gers 
    be 
    numb 

    And 
    our 
    pike 
    poles 
    we 
    scarcely 
    can 
    roll 

    We 
    twigs 
    and 
    rocks, 

    shoals 
    and 
    sands 
    give 
    employ
    ment 
    to 
    our 
    hands 

    Our 
    world 
    made 
    with 
    raft 
    or 
    steer

    And 
    the 
    rapids 
    that 
    we 
    run, 

    oh 
    they 
    seem 
    to 
    us 
    but 
    fun 

    For 
    we're 
    void 
    of 
    all 
    slavish 
    fee 

    Oh, 
    shanty 
    lad 
    is 
    the 
    only 
    lad 
    love 

    nev
    er 
    will 
    deny 
    the 
    same 

    My 
    heart 
    does 
    scorn 
    these 

    con
    ceited 
    farmer 
    boys 

    Who 
    think 
    it 
    ain't 
    dis
    graceful 
    name 

    They 
    may 
    boast 
    about 
    their 
    farms, 

    but 
    my 
    shanty 
    boy 
    has 
    charms 

    So 
    far 
    for 
    sur
    passing 
    them 
    all 

    Until 
    death 
    and 
    death 
    must 
    part, 

    He 
    shall 
    enjoy 
    my 
    heart, 

    Let 

    His 
    riches 
    be 
    great 
    or 
    small. 


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