Stompin' Tom Connors - Shanty town sharon

There ^Conce was a fisherman ^G7father who lived way down by the sea^Cshore. He dwelled in a broken down ^G7shanty where planks made a living room ^Cfloor. But ^Dhe had the prettiest ^Gdaughter that ^Dever had lived at the ^G7cove, The ^Ctopic of male conver^G7sation, the seven seas over by ^Cjove.

And ^Cevery young man that went ^G7fishing way out on the sea waters ^Chigh Can say that she told them she ^G7loved them, they loved her and for her they'd ^Cdie. But ^Doh this young queen was a ^Gwild one. She ^Dtried to brand every man's ^G7heart. She ^Cnever would listen to ^G7Daddy so you see how she got a bad ^Cstart.

Her ^Cmother's last words to her ^G7father when she died ten long years a^Cgo, "Be good, Dear, to your loving ^G7daughter. Don't ever be harsh to her, ^CJoe." But ^Dhow many times since that ^Gparting ^Dhas she been led far a^G7stray? And ^Chow many nights in a ^G7barroom has she drank the wee hours a^Cway?

^CHow many drunken men ^G7hollered and fought for their lives for her ^Csmile? She'd mark a man's face for a ^G7lifetime with a knife or a fingernail ^Cfile. She ^Dhad as much courage as ^Gbeauty, snd ^Din her dark eyes there was ^G7war. And if ^Cany man doubted her ^G7daring, she'd sail where the white waters ^Croar.

She be^Ccame known as Shanty Town ^G7Sharon, then came the death of her ^Cdad. She'd built her own ship by the ^G7seashore, and here's the wild notion she ^Chad. She ^Dmade her way down to the ^Gbarroom to ^Dchallenge all fisherman ^G7bold. I ^Cknow that you've all heard the ^G7legend about the reef only devils do ^Chold.

"Now if ^Cno man will sail to my ^G7starboard, I'll cross that great reef all a^Clone." Her pretty dark eyes became ^G7wilder while outside the ocean did ^Cgroan. She ^Dtook her last drink and de^Gparted to ^Dsail where those reef waters ^G7roar. But 'twas ^Ctragic how poor Sharon's ^G7body next morning washed up on the ^Cshore.