Mark Lanegan – Shanty Mans Life (Guitar)

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album version - I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Capo on the first fret. A Dave Van Ronk cover. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ [INTRO] Dm [VERSE ONE]

  Dm                     C         Dm
A shanty man's life is a wearysome one

                     C         Dm
Though some say it's free from care

         A              Dm                    C
It's the swinging of an axe from morning till night

       Dm     A#       Dm
In the forest wild and drear

[VERSE TWO]

     Dm                      C       Dm
Transported as we are from a lady so fair

                     C      Dm
To the banks of some lonely stream

          A              Dm                    C
Where the wolf, bear and owl give a terrifying howl

       Dm       A#      Dm
And disturb our nightly dreams

[VERSE THREE]

   Dm                       C             Dm
Oh sleeping at night in our bunks without cheer

                      C        Dm
While the cold winter winds do blow

       A           Dm                C
But as soon as the morning star does appear

       Dm         A#      Dm
To the wild woods we must go

[VERSE FOUR]

       Dm                    C              Dm
Had we ale, wine or beer our spirits for to cheer

                    C        Dm
When we're in those woods so wild

        A                Dm                              C 
Where a glass of whiskey shone, while we're in the woods alone

       Dm            A#   Dm    
For to pass away our long exile

[INTERLUDE] A Dm C Dm A# Dm [VERSE FIVE]

  Dm                     C         Dm
A shanty man's life is a wearysome one

                     C         Dm   
Though some say it's free from care

         A              Dm                    C
It's the swinging of an axe from morning till night

       Dm     A#       Dm
In the forest wild and drear