Chords for The Dubliners - Van Diemen's Land
Tempo:
134.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
C
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Come all ye [G] gallant poachers, that ramble void of [Am] care,
That walk out on a [C] moonlight night, with your dog and gun and [G] snare,
[Am] The hair and [C] lofty pheasant you have at [G] your command,
Never [Am] thinking [G] of your last career [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land.
Poor Jackie Brown [G] from Nenetown, Jack Murphy and [Am] poor Joe,
Were three determined [C] poachers, as the country well [G] does know,
[Am] By the keepers of [C] the land, brave boys, one night they were [G] trapped,
[Am] And for fourteen years [G] transported on to [E] Bandevan's land.
On the first day that [G] we landed upon that fatal [Am] shore,
The planters [C] gathered round us, there might be twenty [G]
score,
[Am] They ranked us off like [C] horses, and they sold us out [G] of hand,
And they [Am] yoked us to the plough, brave boys, where the [Em] plough of [Am] Bandevan's land.
There was a girl [G] from Nenetown, Peg Brophy [Am] was her name,
For fourteen years [C] transported was, for playing [G] of the game,
But [Am] her planter bought her freedom, [C] and he wet her [G] out of hand,
[Am] Now she gives to us, [G] good usage, [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land.
Oh, I wish I had [G] one thousand pounds, all laid out in my [Am] hand,
I'd give it all for [C] liberty, if that I could [G] command,
And I'd return [C] to Ireland, and I'd be a [G] happy man,
And [Am] I'd say goodbye to [G] poaching boys, and to [E]
Bandevan's [Am] land.
[N]
That walk out on a [C] moonlight night, with your dog and gun and [G] snare,
[Am] The hair and [C] lofty pheasant you have at [G] your command,
Never [Am] thinking [G] of your last career [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land.
Poor Jackie Brown [G] from Nenetown, Jack Murphy and [Am] poor Joe,
Were three determined [C] poachers, as the country well [G] does know,
[Am] By the keepers of [C] the land, brave boys, one night they were [G] trapped,
[Am] And for fourteen years [G] transported on to [E] Bandevan's land.
On the first day that [G] we landed upon that fatal [Am] shore,
The planters [C] gathered round us, there might be twenty [G]
score,
[Am] They ranked us off like [C] horses, and they sold us out [G] of hand,
And they [Am] yoked us to the plough, brave boys, where the [Em] plough of [Am] Bandevan's land.
There was a girl [G] from Nenetown, Peg Brophy [Am] was her name,
For fourteen years [C] transported was, for playing [G] of the game,
But [Am] her planter bought her freedom, [C] and he wet her [G] out of hand,
[Am] Now she gives to us, [G] good usage, [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land.
Oh, I wish I had [G] one thousand pounds, all laid out in my [Am] hand,
I'd give it all for [C] liberty, if that I could [G] command,
And I'd return [C] to Ireland, and I'd be a [G] happy man,
And [Am] I'd say goodbye to [G] poaching boys, and to [E]
Bandevan's [Am] land.
[N]
Key:
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_ Come all ye [G] gallant _ poachers, that ramble void of [Am] care,
That walk out on a [C] moonlight night, with your dog and gun and [G] snare,
_ _ [Am] The hair and [C] lofty pheasant you have at [G] your command,
Never [Am] thinking [G] of your last career [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land. _
_ _ Poor Jackie Brown [G] from Nenetown, Jack Murphy and [Am] poor Joe, _
Were three determined [C] _ poachers, as the country well [G] does know,
_ [Am] By the keepers of [C] the land, brave boys, one night they were [G] trapped,
_ _ [Am] And for fourteen years _ [G] transported _ on to [E] Bandevan's land.
_ _ On the first day that [G] we landed upon that fatal [Am] shore,
_ The planters [C] gathered round us, there might be twenty [G]
score,
_ [Am] They ranked us off like [C] horses, and they sold us out [G] of hand,
_ And they [Am] yoked us to the plough, brave boys, where the [Em] plough of [Am] Bandevan's land. _
There was a girl [G] from Nenetown, Peg Brophy [Am] was her name,
_ For fourteen years [C] transported was, for playing [G] of the game,
But [Am] her planter bought her freedom, [C] and he wet her [G] out of hand,
_ [Am] Now she gives to us, [G] good usage, _ [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land. _
Oh, I wish I had [G] one thousand pounds, all laid out in my [Am] hand,
_ I'd give it all for [C] liberty, if that I could [G] command,
_ And I'd return [C] to Ireland, _ and I'd be a [G] happy man,
_ And [Am] I'd say goodbye to [G] poaching boys, and to [E] _
Bandevan's [Am] land.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That walk out on a [C] moonlight night, with your dog and gun and [G] snare,
_ _ [Am] The hair and [C] lofty pheasant you have at [G] your command,
Never [Am] thinking [G] of your last career [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land. _
_ _ Poor Jackie Brown [G] from Nenetown, Jack Murphy and [Am] poor Joe, _
Were three determined [C] _ poachers, as the country well [G] does know,
_ [Am] By the keepers of [C] the land, brave boys, one night they were [G] trapped,
_ _ [Am] And for fourteen years _ [G] transported _ on to [E] Bandevan's land.
_ _ On the first day that [G] we landed upon that fatal [Am] shore,
_ The planters [C] gathered round us, there might be twenty [G]
score,
_ [Am] They ranked us off like [C] horses, and they sold us out [G] of hand,
_ And they [Am] yoked us to the plough, brave boys, where the [Em] plough of [Am] Bandevan's land. _
There was a girl [G] from Nenetown, Peg Brophy [Am] was her name,
_ For fourteen years [C] transported was, for playing [G] of the game,
But [Am] her planter bought her freedom, [C] and he wet her [G] out of hand,
_ [Am] Now she gives to us, [G] good usage, _ [Em] upon [Am] Bandevan's land. _
Oh, I wish I had [G] one thousand pounds, all laid out in my [Am] hand,
_ I'd give it all for [C] liberty, if that I could [G] command,
_ And I'd return [C] to Ireland, _ and I'd be a [G] happy man,
_ And [Am] I'd say goodbye to [G] poaching boys, and to [E] _
Bandevan's [Am] land.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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