Chords for Back Home In Derry

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_ _ _ _ _ _ In 1803 [C] we sailed out to sea, [G] Out [D] from the sweet [A] town of Lurie.
For Australia bound, [C] we didn't all drown, [G] And the marks [D] of our fetters [Am] we carried.
_ [D] In the rusty [A] iron chains [Em] we sighed for our wains, [A] As our good women we [Em] left in sorrow.
_ [Am] As the main sails [C] unfurled, our horses we [Em] heard, [G] At the [D] unlish and the thoughts [Am] of tomorrow.
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[Am] I wish [Em] I was back [Am] home in Derry. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Oh, [Am] I wish [Em] I was back [Am] home in Derry. _
[A] _ _ _ At the mouth of the [Em] foil, [C] bid farewell to the soil, [G] As down [D] below [Am] Dixie we're lying.
_ Out the hearty [C] screen, the woken up from a dream, [G] By the vision [D] of old [Am] Robert dying.
[D] The sun had borne cruel, [Em] as we dished out the grill, [D] Donald Connor was down [Em] with the fever.
_ [Am] Sixty rebels today, [C] bound for Botany Bay, [G] How many [D] will meet [Am] their receiver? _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Oh, I [Am] wish [Em] I was back [Am] home in Derry. _ _
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cursed them to [C] hell, as I well fought the swell, [G] Our ship [D] danced like a moth [Am] in the firelight.
My horses rode high, [C] as the devil passed by, [G] Taking [D] souls to [Am] Hades by twilight.
[D] Five weeks out at sea, [Em] we were now forty-three, We [D] buried our comrades [Em] each morning. _
[Am] In our own slime, [C] we were lost in the time, [G] Of [D] endless night [Am] without dawning. _
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[G] _ _ _ [A] I wish [Em] I was back [Am] home in Derry.
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[Am] _ Demon's [C] Land is a hell for a man, [G] To live [D] out his whole [Am] life in slavery. _
But the climate is raw, [C] and the king makes the law, [G] Neither wind [D] nor rain [Am] cares for bravery.
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[D] Twenty years have passed by, [Em] and I've ended my bond, [D] My comrades both [Em] swat behind me.
[Am] I revel I came, [C] oh I'm still the same, [G] On the cold [D] winds of night now [Am] you'll find me.
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[G] _ Oh, [Am] I wish [Em] I was back [Am] home in Derry.
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