Chords for "Bound for Botany Bay", John Doyle

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[D] My name [Gm] is James [Dm] O'Donnell, in iron and chains I'm bound.
[A] In [Dm] exile from my native land, [G] as a traitor to the [Am] crown.
[D] Oh, son, oh, son, where [Am] are you [Bb] gone?
You're bound [C] for [D] Botany Bay.
_ _ _ [Dm] I was born into [G] the Dublin streets, [Bb] a native [F] [D] wild and free.
When [Dm] I was young I'd sport and [Gm] run by the Coombe and [Am] Liberties.
[D] Oh, son, oh, [Am] son, where are you [Bb] gone?
You're [C] bound for [D] Botany Bay.
_ [Bb] Well, our [C] poor we did [Gm] endure, the [Am] worst of [Bb] all John Bull.
[Dm] The deprivations of our [G] lot we swore [Am] we'd pay in full.
[D] Oh, son, [G] oh, son, [Am] where are [Gm] you gone?
You're bound for [Dm] Botany Bay.
So I joined the brave [C] militiamen and we assembled [Bb] in a band.
[Dm] And we marched on to fight, to [G] win, for to free our [Am] native land.
[D] Oh, son, [Am] oh, son, where are [Gm] you gone?
You're bound [D] for Botany Bay. _
[Gm] Well, [Bb] we fought [C] hard, we fought [Gm] long, but [Am] outnumbered [Bb] five to one.
[Dm] We were hunted through the lanes and [G] streets, killed with [Am] pike and gun.
[Dm] Oh, son, oh, [Am] son, where are you [Bb] gone?
You're [Gm] bound for [D] Botany [Gm] Bay.
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[Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D]
Some were hung on the gibbet [A] spun, and woeful [Bb] was their fate.
I was [D] taken to Kilmainham [G] jail, my sentence [Am] to await.
[D] Oh, son, oh, son, [Am] where are you [Gm] gone?
[C] You're bound for [D] Botany Bay. _
Well, the Georgie found me guilty, and I stood my crime to pay.
The Georgie called out from the dock, well, you're [G] bound for [Am] Botany Bay.
[D] Oh, son, oh, son, where [Am] are you [Gm] gone?
You're bound for Botany Bay.
_ [D] They put me [Am] on a vessel, [Gm] moored [Am] at Customs [Bb] House [Dm] Quay.
Well, a sailor stood around and cheered, [G] no more this land [Am] you'll see.
[Dm] Oh, son, [G] oh, son, [C] your days are done, [Bb] you're bound [Am] for [D] Botany Bay.
[G] _ _ [D] And I watched old Aaron fade from view, and tears did fill my eyes.
[Dm] That verdant land I'll see no more [C] until the [G] day [Am] I [Dm] die.
Oh, son, [D] oh, son, where are [Am] you gone?
[Bb] You're bound [C] for [Dm] Botany Bay. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] My name is [Cm] James [Bb] O'Donnell, [Am] in iron and [Gm] chains I'm bound.
[D] In exile from my native land, this [G] traitor [Am] to the crown.
[Dm] Oh, [D] son, oh, son, where [Am] are you [Bb] gone?
You're [C] bound for [G] Botany Bay.
Oh, son, oh, son, where [D] are you [Gm] gone?
You're [C] bound for [D] Botany Bay. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] My name is [Gm] James O'Donnell, [Dm] in iron and chains I'm bound.
[Dm] In exile from my native [G] land, this traitor [Am] to the crown.
[D] _ Oh, son, oh, son, where are [Am] you gone?
[Bb] You're bound for Botany Bay. _