Back Home In Derry Chords by Bobby Sands

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_ _ _ In 1803 [C] we sailed out to [G] sea, Out from the sweet [A] town of Yearly,
For Australia bound, [C] we didn't all drown, [G] And the marks of our fetters [Am] we carried.
[D] In the rusty iron [Em] chains we sighed for our wains, [B] As our good women we [Em] left in sorrow.
[Am] As the main sails [C] unfurled, our curses we heard, [G] At the English and the thoughts [Am] of tomorrow. _ _ _ _
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[Am] I wish I was back home in Derry. _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ Oh, [Am] I wish I was back home in Derry. _
[A] _ _ At the mouth of the foil, [C] bid farewell to the soil, [G] As down below Dixie [Am] we were lying.
Out the heart he screamed, [C] awoken out from a dream, [G] By the vision of old [Am] Robert dying.
[D] The sun had borne cruel [Em] as we dished out the gruel, [D] Donald Connor was down [Em] with the fever.
[Am] Sixty rebels today [C] bound for Botany Bay, [G] How many will meet [Am] their receiver? _ _ _ _
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[Am] I wish I was back home in Derry. _
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cursed them to hell [C] as I well fought the swell, [G] Our ship danced like a moth in [Am] the firelight.
My horses rode high [C] as the devil passed by, [G] Taking souls to Hades [Am] by twilight.
[D] Five weeks out at sea [Em] we were now forty-three, [D] We buried our comrades [Em] each morning. _
[Am] In our own slime [C] we were lost in the time [G] Of endless night [Am] without dawning. _
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[G] Oh, [A] I wish I was back [Am] home in Derry. _ _ _ _
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[Am] Diemen's land [C] is a hell for a man, [G] To live out his poor life [Am] in slavery.
But the climate is raw [C] and the cun makes the law, [G] Neither wounded nor in cares [Am] for bravery.
[D] Twenty years have passed by [Em] and I've ended my bond, [D] My comrades go swat [Em] behind me.
[Am] A rebel I came, [C] oh, I'm still the same, [G] On the cold winds of night now [Am] you'll find me.
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[G] _ _ [Am] I wish I was back home in Derry. _ _ _ _ _
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