a shantymans life chords by Dan Zanes

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Oh,  (G major)  (D major) the shanty man's
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life is a  (A major) wearisome life
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Although some  (B minor) think it's
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 (A major) void of  (B minor) care
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Swinging  (D major) an axe from morn (A major) ing to night
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In the  (B minor) midst of the  (A major) forest so  (B minor) drear
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Ly (D major) ing in the shanty,  (B minor) bleak and cold
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While the  (D major) cold stormy wintry winds blow  (B minor) 
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And as  (E major) soon as the  (B minor) daylight doth  (E major) appear
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 (D major) To the  (B minor) wild woods  (A major) we must go  (B minor) 
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Bullock  (D major) cook rises up in the
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 (A major) middle of the night
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Sing hur (B minor) rah,  (A major) boys, it's  (B minor) day
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 (D major) Broken slumbers of (A major) t times are past
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As the  (B minor) cold winter night  (A major) wows away  (B minor) 
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Had we  (D major) run out of beer,
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our spir (B minor) its for to cheer
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As the  (D major) day is so lonely but  (B minor) mild
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Oh, a  (E major) glass of any strong  (B minor) 
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wine in  (E major) the woods alone
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 (D major) For to  (B minor) cheer up our  (A major) troubled mind (B minor) s
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But in  (D major) spring it does set in,
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double hard (A major) ships begin
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When the  (B minor) waters are  (A major) pierced and cold  (B minor) 
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Our  (D major) clothes are dripping wet
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and fin (A major) gers be numb
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And our  (B minor) pike poles we  (A major) scarcely can  (B minor) roll
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We twigs and  (D major) rocks,
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shoals and sands give employ (B minor) ment to our hands
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Our  (D major) world made with raft or steer (B minor) 
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And the  (E major) rapids that we  (B minor) run,
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oh they  (E major) seem to us but  (D major) fun
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For we're  (B minor) void of all  (A major) slavish fee
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 (B minor) Oh,  (D major) shanty lad  (G major) is the  (A major) only lad I love
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I nev (B minor) er  will deny  (A major) the  (B minor) same
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My  (D major) heart does scorn these
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con (A major) ceited farmer boys
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Who  (B minor) think it ain't dis (A major) graceful name  (B minor) 
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They may  (D major) boast about their farms,
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but my  (B minor) shanty boy has charms
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So  (D major) far for surpassing  (A major) them  (B minor) all
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Until death  (E major) and death must  (B minor) part,
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He  (E major) shall enjoy my  (D major) heart,
Let
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His  (B minor) riches be  (A major) great or small.
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