Christy Moore-I Wish I Was Back Home In Derry Chords
Tempo:
126.1 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
F
Bb
C
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
Gm
F
Bb
C
Dm
Gm
F
Bb
[Gm] [Bb] .
[F] [C] [Gm] .
[Bb] [F] .
[Gm] [Dm] .
[Gm] In 1803 we [Bb] sailed out to sea, [F] Out [C] from the sweet [Gm] town of Derry.
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For Australia bound, if [Bb] we didn't all drown, [F] The [C] marks of our feathers [Gm] we carried.
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[C] In our rusty iron [Bb] chains we cried for our ways, [C] Our good women we [Dm] left in sorrow.
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[Gm] As the main sails unfurled, the [Bb] curses we hurled, [F] On the English [C] and Tots of [Gm] tomorrow.
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At the mouth of the foil [Bb] bid farewell to the soil, [F] As down [C] below decks we [Gm] were laying.
Old Doherty screamed, [Bb] woken out of a dream, [F] By a vision [C] of old [Gm] Robert's dead.
[C] The sun burnt cruel [Bb] as witched of the gruel, [C] Donna Connor was down with [Dm] her fee.
[Gm] Sixty rebels today, [Bb] bound for Bodney Bay, [F] How many [C] will reach [Gm] their receipt?
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[Bb] [F] Oh, [Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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[Bb] Oh, [F] .
[Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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I cursed them to hell [Bb] as our bow fought the swell, [F] Our ship danced [C] like a moth [Gm] in the fires.
White horses rode high [Bb] as the devil passed by, [C] Taking souls to hades [Gm] 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] .
[F] Oh, [Gm] I wish I [F] was back home [Gm] in Derry.
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[Bb] Oh, [F] .
[Gm] I wish I [F] was back home [Gm] in Derry.
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Van Diemen's [Bb] land is a hell for a man, [F] To end all [C] his whole [Gm] life in slavery.
But the climate is [Bb] raw, and the gun makes the law, [F] Neither wind [C] nor rain care [Gm] for me.
[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, [F] Under cold [C] winds of night you [Gm] will find me.
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[Bb] [F] Oh, I [Gm] wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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[Bb] Oh, [F] .
[Gm] I wish I was [F] back [Gm] home in Derry.
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[Bb] [F] .
[Gm] [F] [Gm] .
[Bb] [F] .
[Gm] [F] [Gm] .
[Bb] [F] [C] .
[Gm] .
[Bb] .
[F] [C] [Gm] .
[Bb] [F] .
[Gm] [Dm] .
[Gm] In 1803 we [Bb] sailed out to sea, [F] Out [C] from the sweet [Gm] town of Derry.
.
For Australia bound, if [Bb] we didn't all drown, [F] The [C] marks of our feathers [Gm] we carried.
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[C] In our rusty iron [Bb] chains we cried for our ways, [C] Our good women we [Dm] left in sorrow.
.
[Gm] As the main sails unfurled, the [Bb] curses we hurled, [F] On the English [C] and Tots of [Gm] tomorrow.
.
At the mouth of the foil [Bb] bid farewell to the soil, [F] As down [C] below decks we [Gm] were laying.
Old Doherty screamed, [Bb] woken out of a dream, [F] By a vision [C] of old [Gm] Robert's dead.
[C] The sun burnt cruel [Bb] as witched of the gruel, [C] Donna Connor was down with [Dm] her fee.
[Gm] Sixty rebels today, [Bb] bound for Bodney Bay, [F] How many [C] will reach [Gm] their receipt?
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[Bb] [F] Oh, [Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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[Bb] Oh, [F] .
[Gm] I wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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I cursed them to hell [Bb] as our bow fought the swell, [F] Our ship danced [C] like a moth [Gm] in the fires.
White horses rode high [Bb] as the devil passed by, [C] Taking souls to hades [Gm] 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] .
[F] Oh, [Gm] I wish I [F] was back home [Gm] in Derry.
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[Bb] Oh, [F] .
[Gm] I wish I [F] was back home [Gm] in Derry.
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Van Diemen's [Bb] land is a hell for a man, [F] To end all [C] his whole [Gm] life in slavery.
But the climate is [Bb] raw, and the gun makes the law, [F] Neither wind [C] nor rain care [Gm] for me.
[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, [F] Under cold [C] winds of night you [Gm] will find me.
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[Bb] [F] Oh, I [Gm] wish [F] I was back [Gm] home in Derry.
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[Bb] Oh, [F] .
[Gm] I wish I was [F] back [Gm] home in Derry.
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[Bb] [F] .
[Gm] [F] [Gm] .
[Bb] [F] .
[Gm] [F] [Gm] .
[Bb] [F] [C] .
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