{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1515063,"song":"A Shantymans Life","artist":"Dan Zanes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11280405-a-shantymans-life-chords-by-dan-zanes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1515063?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch] \r\nOh, a shanty-man's life is a wearisome life, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nalthough some think it void of care[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch] \r\nSwinging an ax from morning till night [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nin the midst of the forests so drear.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nLying in the shanty bleak [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand cold while the cold stormy wintry winds blow, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd as soon as the daylight doth appear, to the wild woods we must go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch] \r\nOh, the cook rises up in the middle of the night saying, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\n“Hurrah, brave boys, it's day.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBroken slumbers ofttimes are passed [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nas the cold winter night whiles away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nHad we rum, wine or beer our spirits [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nfor to cheer in days so lonely do dwine,[/tab]\r\nand cold while the cold stormy wintry winds blow, \r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOr a glass of any shone while in the woods alone for to cheer up our troubled minds.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch] \r\nBut when spring it does set in, double hardships begin, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nwhen the waters are piercing cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd our clothes are dripping wet and fingers benumbed, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand our pike-poles we scarcely can hold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nBetwixt rocks, shoals and sands [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\ngive employment to all hands our well-banded raft for to steer,[/tab]\r\nand cold while the cold stormy wintry winds blow, \r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the rapids that we run, oh, they seem to us but fun, for we're void of all slavish fear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch] \r\nOh, a shanty lad is the only lad I love, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nand I never will deny the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMy heart doth scorn these conceited farmer boys [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwho think it a disgraceful name.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThey may boast about their farms, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nbut my shanty-boy has charms so far, far surpassing them all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nUntil death it doth us part he shall enjoy my heart, let his riches be great or small.[/tab]","plain_text":"and cold while the cold stormy wintry winds blow, \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nand cold while the cold stormy wintry winds blow,","chords":["E","B","C#m","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}