Christy Moore
Back Home In Derry (ver 4) Chords
Key: Am
Am Em
In 1803 we sailed out to sea,
G D Am
Out from the sweet town of Derry.
Am Em
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown,
G D Am
The marks of our fetters we carried.
D Em
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans,
D Em
Our good women we left in sorrow.
D Em
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled,
G D Am
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow.
Am Em
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil,
G D Am
As down below decks we were lying.
Am Em
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream,
G D Am
By a vision of bold Robert dying.
D Em
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel,
D Em
Dan O'Connor was down with a fever.
D Em
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay,
G D Am
How many will reach their receiver.
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
Am Em
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell,
G D Am
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight.
Am Em
White horses rode high as the devil passed by,
G D Am
Taking souls to Hades by twilight.
D Em
Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three,
D Em
We buried our comrades each morning.
D Em
In our own slime we were lost in the time,
G D Am
Endless night without dawning.
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
C G Am G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
Am Em
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
G D Am
To end out his whole life in slavery
Am Em
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
G D Am
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery.
D Em
Five years have gone by, I have ended my bond,
D Em
My comrades' ghosts walk behind me.
D Em
A rebel I came, yet I'm still the same,
G D Am
On the cold winds of night you will find 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
