Jim Jones At Botany Bay Chords by Gary Shearston

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, listen [Am] for a moment, [G] lads, and hear me tell [Am] the tale
I wore the sea from England shore, I was compelled [D] [Dm] to sail
[Am] The jury said he's guilty, [D] sir, and said that [Am] judge said he
For life, Jim Jones, I'm sending [G] you across the [Am] stormy sea
_ _ _ _ [C] And take my tip [Am] before you [G] shift to join the [Am] Iron Gang
Don't be too gay at Botany Bay or else you'll [D] surely hang
[Am] Or else you'll surely hang, said [Dm] he, and after that [Am] Jim Jones
High upon a gallows [G] tree the crows will pick your [Am] bones _
You'll have no chance for mischief, [D] then remember [Am] what I say
They'll plough the fortune out [G] of you down there at [Am] Botany Bay
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] wind grew high [Am] upon [G] the sea and some pirates [Am] come along
But the soldiers in our convict ship, they were five [Dm] hundred strong
[Am] They opened fire and somehow drove [Dm] that pirate [Am] ship away
I'd rather have joined that [G] buccaneer than come to [Am] Botany Bay _
_ _ [C] Now night and day [Am] our irons [G] clang and like poor [Am] galley slaves
We toil and strive and when we die we fill [Dm] dishonored graves
[Am] But by and by I'll break my [Dm] chains and to the [Am] bush I'll go
And join the brave bush rangers [G] there like Donahue [Am] and Co
And [C] some dark night [Am] when everything [G] is silent in [Am] the town
I'll kill those tyrants one by one and shoot [Dm] the floggers down
[Am] I'll give the law a little [Dm] shock, remember [Am] what I say
They'll yet regret they sent Jim [G] Jones and changed the [Am] Botany Bay _ _
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