Back Home in Derry Chords by Christy Moore

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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] In 1803 [Bb] we sailed out to sea, [F]
Out [C] from the sweet [G] town of Derry.
[Gm] _ For Australia bound, [Bb] if we didn't all drown, [F] At the [C] marks of our feathers [Gm] we carried.
_ [C] In our rusty iron chains [Bb] we cried for our wains, [C] Our good women we left [D] in sorrow.
[Dm] As [Gm] the main sails [Bb] unfurled, the curses we hurled, [F] On the English [C] and thoughts of [Gm] tomorrow. _ _ _
_ _ At the mount of the foil bid [Bb] farewell to the soil, [F] As down [C] below decks [Gm] we were lying.
_ _ O'Doherty [Bb] screamed, awoken out of a dream, [F] By a [C] vision of bald [Gm] and rubbished day.
_ _ [C] The sun burnt cruel [Bb] as we dished out the growl, [C] Dan O'Connor was down [Dm] with his thief.
_ [Gm] Sixty rebels today, [Bb] bound for Botany Bay, How many [C] will [Gm] reach their receipt?
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Oh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] I [F] wish I was [Gm] back home in Derry.
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Oh, _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] I wish [F] I was back home in Derry. _ _ _
_ _ I cursed them to hell [Bb] as our bow fought to swell, Our ship [C] danced to lick a [Gm] moth in the fire.
_ White horses rode high [Bb] as the devil passed by, [C] Taking souls to [Gm] hades by twilight.
_ [C] Five weeks out to sea, [Bb] we were now forty-three, [C] We buried our comrades [Dm] each morning.
_ _ [Gm] In our own slime [Bb] we were lost in the time, [F] _ [C] Endless night without [Gm] dawn.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Oh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] I wish I was back home in Derry.
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_ _ Van Diemen's land [Bb] is a hell for a [F] man, To end all [C] his whole life [Gm] in slavery.
_ But the climate is raw, [Bb] and a gun makes the [F] law, Neither [C] wind nor rain care [Gm] for bravery.
_ [C] Twenty years have gone by, [Bb] I've ended my bond, [C] My comrades go swat [Dm] behind me.
_ [Gm] A rebel like him, [Bb] I'm still the same, Under [G] cold winds of night you [Gm] will find me.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Oh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] I wish [F] I was back home [Gm] in Derry.
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_ _ [F] _ _ Oh, [Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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_ _ [F] _ _ Oh, [Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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