Jim Jones Bob Dylan
Capo 2.
(Intro)
[D]
(Verse 1)
[Dsus4]Come and [D]listen [Dsus4]for a [D]moment, lads,
And hear me tell my [G]tale.
How a[D]cross the sea from [A]England
I [G]was condemned to [A]sail.
Now the [D]jury foun[Dsus4]d me [D]guilty,
Then says the judge, says [G]he,
"Oh, for [D]life, Jim Jones, I'm [A]sending you
A[G]cross the stormy [D]sea[Dsus4].
But [G]take a tip before you ship
To [D]join the [Dsus4]iron g[D]ang.
Don't [G]get too gay in Botany Bay,
Or [D]else you'll [Dsus4]surely[D] [A]hang.
Or [D]else you'll sure[Dsus4]ly [D]hang," says he.
"And after that, Jim [G]Jones,
It's high [D]up upon the [A]gallows tree
The [G]crows will pick your [D]bones."
(Verse 2)
[Dsus4]Well our [D]ship wa[Dsus4]s high[D] upon the sea
when pirates came al[G]ong,
But t[D]he soldiers on our [A]convict ship
We[G]re full five hund[A]red strong.
For they[D] opened f[Dsus4]ire an[D]d somehow drove
That pirate ship away.[G]
But I'd r[D]ather have joined tha[A]t pirate ship
[G]Than gone to Bota[D]ny [Dsus4]Bay.
With[G] the storms ragin' round us,
And[D] the wind[Dsus4]s a-bl[D]owin' gales,
I'd ra[G]ther have drowned in misery
Tha[D]n gone to Ne[Dsus4]w Sout[D]h [A]Wales.
The[D]re's no time for[Dsus4] misch[D]ief there, they say
remember that says th[G]ey
oh they'll[D] flog the po[A]aching out of you
down[G] there in Botany Bay[D]
(Verse 3)
[Dsus4]Now it's [D]day and[Dsus4] night[D] and the irons clang,
And like poor galley[G] slaves
We to[D]il and toil, and wh[A]en we die
Mu[G]st fill dishonore[A]d graves,
And it's[D] by and b[Dsus4]y I'll[D] slip my chains,
Well, into the bush I'll g[G]o
And I'll [D]join the brave bush r[A]angers there,
[G]Jack Donohue and [D]co.[Dsus4]
And [G]some dark night, when everything
Is [D]silent in[Dsus4] the t[D]own
I'll s[G]hoot those tyrants one and all,
I'l[D]l gun the fl[Dsus4]ogger [D]do[A]wn.
Oh,[D] I'll give the l[Dsus4]and a [D]little shock,
Remember what I say,[G]
And they'l[D]l yet regret[A] they've sent Jim Jones
In c[G]hains to Botany Bay. [D]
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