Artist: | Christy Moore (English) |
User: | Mark Shorten |
Duration: | 180 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Intro Em | G | D - A | Em
G | D | Em | Bm
Em G
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
D A Em
Out from the sweet town of Derry
Em G
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
D A Em
The marks of our fetters we carried
A G
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
A Bm
Our good women we left in sorrow
Em G
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
D A Em Em
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow
Em G
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
D A Em
As down below decks we were lying
Em G
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
D A Em
By a vision of bold Robert dying
A G
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
A Bm
Dan O'Conner was down with a fever
Em G
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
D A Em Em
How many will reach their receiver
G D Em D Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G D Em D Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Em G
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
D A Em
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
Em G
White horses rode high as the devil passed by
D A Em
Taking souls to Hades by twilight
A G
Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three
A Bm
We buried our comrades each morning
Em G
In our own slime we were lost in the time
D A Em Em
Endless night without dawning
G D Em D Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G D Em D Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Em G
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
D A Em
To end out his whole life in slavery
Em G
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
D A Em
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery
A G
Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
A Bm
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
Em G
A rebel I came, I'm still the same
D A Em Em
On the cold winds of night you will find me
G D Em D Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G D Em D Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry