Chords for Commonwealth of Australia | Moreton Bay
Tempo:
83.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em]
[D] One Sunday morning as [G] I went walking by [D] Brisbane's waters I [G] chanced to stray
I heard [D] a prisoner, his [G] fate be willing, is [D] on the sunny river banks he lay
I am a native of [Bm] Heron's Island, transported [D] now from my [Em] native shore
They [D] told me from my [G] aged parents and [D] from the maiden whom I adore
I've been a prisoner at [G] Port Macquarie, [D] at Norfolk Island and Emu [G] Plains
At [D] Castle Hill and Cursed [G] Dune Gabby, at [D] all those settlements I've worked in chains
But of all [G] places I've [Bm] found damnation and [D]
penalstations
Of [Em] New South Wales, [D] of Moreton Bay I [G] have found no equal
[D] Excessive tyranny each day prevails
For three long [Bm] years I was [G] beastly treated and [D] heavy irons on my [G] legs I wore
My [D] back from flogging was [G] lacerated, pinned off and [B] slain with my [D] gems and gold
And many a man from down [C#] [Bm] Rockstar Basin lies [D] bouldering underneath [Bm]
the clay
And [D] Captain Logan [G] he had us mangled at [D] the triangles at Moreton Bay
Like the [A] Egyptians and [G] ancient Hebrews we [D] were oppressed under [G] Logan's yoke
Till a [D] native black [G] lion there in ambush did [D] give our client his mortal stroke
My fellow prisoners [Bm] exhilarated that [D] all such monsters a [Em] death shall find
And [D] when from [G] bondage we're liberated half all [D] my suffering shall fade from mind
[G] [D] [B] [D]
[D] One Sunday morning as [G] I went walking by [D] Brisbane's waters I [G] chanced to stray
I heard [D] a prisoner, his [G] fate be willing, is [D] on the sunny river banks he lay
I am a native of [Bm] Heron's Island, transported [D] now from my [Em] native shore
They [D] told me from my [G] aged parents and [D] from the maiden whom I adore
I've been a prisoner at [G] Port Macquarie, [D] at Norfolk Island and Emu [G] Plains
At [D] Castle Hill and Cursed [G] Dune Gabby, at [D] all those settlements I've worked in chains
But of all [G] places I've [Bm] found damnation and [D]
penalstations
Of [Em] New South Wales, [D] of Moreton Bay I [G] have found no equal
[D] Excessive tyranny each day prevails
For three long [Bm] years I was [G] beastly treated and [D] heavy irons on my [G] legs I wore
My [D] back from flogging was [G] lacerated, pinned off and [B] slain with my [D] gems and gold
And many a man from down [C#] [Bm] Rockstar Basin lies [D] bouldering underneath [Bm]
the clay
And [D] Captain Logan [G] he had us mangled at [D] the triangles at Moreton Bay
Like the [A] Egyptians and [G] ancient Hebrews we [D] were oppressed under [G] Logan's yoke
Till a [D] native black [G] lion there in ambush did [D] give our client his mortal stroke
My fellow prisoners [Bm] exhilarated that [D] all such monsters a [Em] death shall find
And [D] when from [G] bondage we're liberated half all [D] my suffering shall fade from mind
[G] [D] [B] [D]
Key:
D
G
Bm
Em
B
D
G
Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ One Sunday morning as [G] I went walking by [D] Brisbane's waters I [G] chanced to stray
I heard [D] a prisoner, his [G] fate be willing, is [D] on the sunny river banks he lay
I am a native of [Bm] Heron's Island, transported [D] now from my [Em] native shore
They [D] told me from my [G] aged parents and [D] from the maiden whom I adore
_ _ I've been a prisoner at [G] Port Macquarie, [D] at Norfolk Island and Emu [G] Plains
At [D] Castle Hill and Cursed [G] Dune Gabby, at [D] all those settlements I've worked in chains
But of all [G] places I've [Bm] found damnation and [D] _
penalstations
Of [Em] New South Wales, [D] of Moreton Bay I [G] have found no equal
[D] Excessive tyranny each day prevails
_ _ For three long [Bm] years I was [G] beastly treated and [D] heavy irons on my [G] legs I wore
My [D] back from flogging was [G] lacerated, pinned off and [B] slain with my [D] gems and gold
And many a man from down [C#] [Bm] Rockstar Basin lies [D] bouldering underneath [Bm]
the clay
And [D] Captain Logan [G] he had us mangled at [D] the triangles at Moreton Bay
Like the [A] Egyptians and [G] ancient Hebrews we [D] were oppressed under [G] Logan's yoke
Till a [D] native black [G] lion there in ambush did [D] give our client his mortal stroke
My fellow prisoners _ [Bm] exhilarated that [D] all such monsters a [Em] death shall find
And [D] when from [G] bondage we're _ liberated half all [D] my suffering shall fade from mind
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ One Sunday morning as [G] I went walking by [D] Brisbane's waters I [G] chanced to stray
I heard [D] a prisoner, his [G] fate be willing, is [D] on the sunny river banks he lay
I am a native of [Bm] Heron's Island, transported [D] now from my [Em] native shore
They [D] told me from my [G] aged parents and [D] from the maiden whom I adore
_ _ I've been a prisoner at [G] Port Macquarie, [D] at Norfolk Island and Emu [G] Plains
At [D] Castle Hill and Cursed [G] Dune Gabby, at [D] all those settlements I've worked in chains
But of all [G] places I've [Bm] found damnation and [D] _
penalstations
Of [Em] New South Wales, [D] of Moreton Bay I [G] have found no equal
[D] Excessive tyranny each day prevails
_ _ For three long [Bm] years I was [G] beastly treated and [D] heavy irons on my [G] legs I wore
My [D] back from flogging was [G] lacerated, pinned off and [B] slain with my [D] gems and gold
And many a man from down [C#] [Bm] Rockstar Basin lies [D] bouldering underneath [Bm]
the clay
And [D] Captain Logan [G] he had us mangled at [D] the triangles at Moreton Bay
Like the [A] Egyptians and [G] ancient Hebrews we [D] were oppressed under [G] Logan's yoke
Till a [D] native black [G] lion there in ambush did [D] give our client his mortal stroke
My fellow prisoners _ [Bm] exhilarated that [D] all such monsters a [Em] death shall find
And [D] when from [G] bondage we're _ liberated half all [D] my suffering shall fade from mind
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
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