Key: F
F
Gm7
F/A
Gm7
F
Gm7
F/A
Gm7
F
Gm7
Another day is at end
C
F4
F
F/E
Dm
Mama says she's tired again
Dm/C
Em7
A7
Bb
C4
No one can even begin to tell her
F
Gm7
I hardly know what to say
C
F4
F
F/E
Dm
But maybe it's better that way
Dm/C
Em7
A7
Bb
C4
If papa were here I'm sure he'd tell her
F
Gm7
F
Bb4
Bb
Shannon is gone I hope she's drifting out to sea
F
Gm7
Eb
C4
She always loved to swim away
F
Gm7
F
Bb4
Bb
Maybe she'll find an island with a shady tree
F
Eb
Bb
Dm
G7
Just like the one in our backyard
F
Gm7
Mama tries hard to pretend
C
F4
F
F/E
Dm
Things will get better again
Dm/C
Em7
A7
Bb
C4
Somehow she's keeping it all inside her
F
Gm7
But finally the tears fill our eyes
C
F4
F
F/E
Dm
And I know that somewhere tonight
Dm/C
Em7
A7
Bb
C4
She knows how much we really miss her
F
Gm7
F
Bb4
Bb
Shannon is gone I hope she's drifting out to sea
F
Gm7
Eb
C4
She always loved to swim away
F
Gm7
F
Bb4
Bb
Maybe she'll find an island with a shady tree
F
Eb
Bb
Dm
G7
Just like the one in our backyard
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
Just like the one in our backyard
F
Gm7
F/A
Gm7
x3
F
Gm7
F/A
Bb
Bb/C
F