F	Gm7	F/A	Gm7
F	Gm7	F/A	Gm7

 F      Gm7         
Another day is at end 
C               Fsus4   F    F/E    Dm
Mama says she's tired again 
Dm/C        Em7    A7        Bb    Csus4     C
No one can even begin to tell her 

F        Gm7            
I hardly know what to say 
C              Fsus4   F         F/E    Dm
But maybe it's better that way 
Dm/C          Em7    A7            Bb    Csus4     C
If papa were here I'm sure he'd tell her 

F          Gm7                 F            Bbsus4  Bb
Shannon is gone I hope she's drifting out to sea 
F          Gm7             Eb      Csus4     C
She always loved to swim away 
F            Gm7               F            Bbsus4  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               Fsus4   F    F/E    Dm
Things will get better again 
Dm/C           Em7    A7            Bb    Csus4     C
Somehow she's keeping it all inside her 

    F           Gm7              
But finally the tears fill our eyes 
C                 Fsus4   F        F/E    Dm
And I know that somewhere tonight 
Dm/C        Em7    A7          Bb      Csus4     C
She knows how much we really miss her 

F          Gm7                 F              Bbsus4  Bb
Shannon is gone I hope she's drifting out to sea 
F          Gm7             Eb      Csus4     C
She always loved to swim away 
F            Gm7                F            Bbsus4  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