Jim Jones Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan/Traditional
Album: Good as i've been to you (1992)
Submitted By: Ray Edwards & Stetson Keely
1. Come and li[G]sten for a moment, lads,
And hear me tell my ta[C]le.
How ac[G]ross the sea from En[D]gland
I [C]was condemned to s[G]ail.
Now the j[G]ury found me guilty,
Then says the judge, says[C] he,
"Oh, for li[G]fe, Jim Jones, I'm se[D]nding you
Ac[C]ross the stormy s[G]ea.
But t[C]ake a tip before you ship
To jo[G]in the iron gang.
Don't g[C]et too gay in Botany Bay,
Or e[G]lse you'll surely h[D]ang.
Or e[G]lse you'll surely hang," says he.
"And after that, Jim J[C]ones,
It's h[G]igh above on the ga[D]llows tree
The cr[C]ows will pick your b[G]ones."
2. And our ship was high upon the sea
Then pirates came along,
But the soldiers on our convict ship
Were full five hundred strong.
For they opened fire and somehow drove
That pirate ship away.
But I'd rather have joined that pirate ship
Tan gone to Botany Bay.
With the storms ragin' round us,
And the winds a-blowin' gale,
I'd rather have drowned in misery
Than gone to New South Wales.
3. Now it's day and night and the irons clang,
And like poor galley slaves
We toil and toil, and when we die
Must fill dishonored graves,
And it's by and by I'll slip my chains,
Well, into the bush I'll go
And I'll join the bravest rankers there,
Jack Donohue and co.
And some dark night, when everything
Is silent in the town
I'll shoot those tyrants one and all,
I'll gun the flogger down.
Oh, I'll give the land a little shock,
Remember what I say,
And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones
In chains to Botany Bay.
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