Back Home in Derry Christy Moore
Key: Am
In [Am]1803 we [Em]sailed out to sea,
[G]Out from the [D]sweet town of [Am]Derry.
For [Am]Australia bound, if we [Em]didn't all drown,
The [G]marks of our [D]fetters we c[Am]arried.
In our r[D]usty iron chains we c[Em]ried for our weans,
Our g[D]ood women we left in [Em]sorrow.
As the [D]main sails unfurled, our [Em]curses we hurled,
On the [G]English and [D]thoughts of to[Am]morrow.
At the [Am]mouth of the Foyle, bade fare[Em]well to the soil,
As [G]down below [D]decks we were [Am]lying.
O'[Am]Doherty screamed, woken [Em]out of a dream,
By a [G]vision of [D]bold Robert [Am]dying.
The s[D]un burnt cruel as we [Em]dished out the gruel,
Dan O'C[D]onnor was down with a [Em]fever.
Sixty [D]rebels today, bound [Em]for Botany Bay,
How [G]many will [D]reach their re[Am]ceiver.
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry.
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry.
I c[Am]ursed them to hell as our [Em]bow fought the swell,
Our ship d[G]anced like a [D]moth in the [Am]firelight.
White h[Am]orses rode high as the [Em]devil passed by,
Taking s[G]ouls to [D]Hades by t[Am]wilight.
Five [D]weeks out to sea, we were [Em]now forty-three,
We b[D]uried our comrades each [Em]morning.
[D]In our own slime we were l[Em]ost in the time,
[G]Endless [D]night without [Am]dawning.
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry.
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry.
[Am]Van Diemen's Land is a [Em]hell for a man
To e[G]nd out his [D]whole life in s[Am]lavery
Where the [Am]climate is raw and a [Em]gun makes the law
Neither w[G]ind nor [D]rain care for [Am]bravery.
Five y[D]ears have gone by, I have e[Em]nded my bond,
My c[D]omrades' ghosts walk be[Em]hind me.
A r[D]ebel I came, yet [Em]I'm still the same,
On the c[G]old winds of n[D]ight you will f[Am]ind me
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
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