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
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
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
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 
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
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
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