Chords for John Doyle - Bound for Botany Bay

[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m]
This song is a kind of a [Gm] reworking of an older song called Whitby Town that I
It was about a convict in England going [G#m] to Botany [B] Bay being sentenced [N] and transported for stealing something very simple
And he gets caught and sentenced and tried and his journey
and I figured I'd rewrite it to from the perspective of a Dublin man in the 1798 rebellion _ and
you'll hear a few [G] rebellion songs _ and
we were very good at failed rebellions _ and
This was one of them one of the major ones 1798 rebellion
When the French were meant [G#] to come over and along with General Humbert and Wolf Tone and [Em] kind of collectively
_ can get a ground support of [N] troops from Ireland and the French and Irish would you know overtake Ireland
from the English and then go and rout the English in England and you know
_ And I suppose if that would have happened we would have been drinking coffee and eating croissants
_ _ _ But now it doesn't there's no tea and toast so _ _
_ So it didn't happen and
Many people were killed and one of the thing about
If you were young enough if you joined a militia men and young enough apparently and if you were caught
They couldn't kill you they couldn't hang you so the _ nearest thing that [G] they could do was transport you [G#m] so
_ Next [C#] worst thing [G#] so this is the journey [N] so there's a there's a chorus son.
Oh son.
Where are you gone?
You're bound for Botany Bay it happens a lot
_ So yeah, you're ready for [C#] it, okay? _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
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[C#m] My name is [F#] [B] James _ O'Donnell
[F#m] In iron [B] and chains I am [C#m] bound
In exile from my native land [C#] as a traitor _ [F#] to [G#m] the crown
[C#m] Oh son, [F#] oh son, [G#m] where are you gone?
[A] You're bound [C#] for Botany Bay.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ I
Was born on to [B] the Dublin streets [F#] and native [G#m] wild [A] and free
_ [C#m] When I was young I'd sport and run [B] by the combat [F#] [G#m] liberties.
_ _ [C#m] Oh
Son, [F#] oh son, [G#m] where are you gone?
[F#m] You're bound for [C#m] Botany Bay
Well all were poor [D#] we did endure the worst [G#m] of all [A] John Bull _ [C#] the
_ Deprivations of our lot [B] we [A#m] swore we [G#m] pay in full.
[C#m] Oh
Son, [F#] oh son, [G#m] where are you gone?
[F#m] You're bound [B] for [C#m] Botany Bay _
_ _ _ _ [A] So I joined the brave
[B] _ _ Militiamen [F#] and we assembled [G#m] in [A] a van and [C#] we marched on the fight
to [B] win for the free [F#] our native [G#m] _ land
[C#m] Oh son, [F#] oh son, [G#m] where are you gone?
[A] You're bound [G#m] for Botany [C#m] Bay _ _ _
Well, we fought [F#] hard and we fought long without [G#m] number five [A] to one
We [C#m] were hunted through the lanes and [F#] streets till with pike [G#m] and gone.
[C#m] Oh
Son, [F#] oh son, [B]
where are you [A] gone?
You're [B] bound for [C#] Botany _ _ _ _ Bay
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _
[C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] Was somewhere hung on the gibbets spawn and woeful was her fate _ I
Was taken to Kilmainham jail [B] my [D#m] sentence [G#m] to await.
_ [C#m] Oh
[F#] Son, oh son, [B]
where are you [A] gone?
You're bound [B] for [C#m] Botany Bay
_ _ [C#] Well _ _ _ _ the jury found me guilty _ and they stood my crime to pay
_ Well the judge he called [C#m] out for out the dock [B] well, you're bound [F#] for [G#m] Botany Bay _ [C#m] Oh
[F#] Son, oh son, [G#m] where are you [F#m] gone?
You're bound [B] for [C#] Botany Bay.
_ _ _ _ [A] I
Saw my [B] agent father
[F#] _ _
[G#m] trembling at [A] the bar
_ _ [C#m]
Likewise, I saw my mother [B] _
tearing [F#] her [G#m] white hair.
[C#m] Oh
Son [F#] oh son, [G#m] where are you gone?
[A] You're bound [B] for [F#] Botany Bay _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [A] Well, they took me to [B]
a vessel
_ [F#] more that [G#m] customs [A] house key
_ Well, _ [C#] the sailor stood around and here [B] no more this [G#m] land.
You'll see _ [C#m]
Oh
Son, [F#] oh son, [B] your days are gone.
[A] You're [B] bound for Botany [F#] _ _
Bay
_ _ And [A] I watched all _ [G#m] Aaron's faith of you [F#m] and [G#m] tears did flood [A] my _ eyes
[C#] That verdant land I'll see no more [F#] until the day [G#m] I die.
Oh
[C#m] Son, [E] oh son, [G#m] where are you [E] gone?
You're [B] bound for Botany [C#m] Bay _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ My name is [B] James _ O'Donnell
[F#m] in [G#m] Ireland chains, [A] I'm bound
_ [D#m] in [C#] exile from my
Land [F#] is a traitor to [G#m] the crown [C#] Oh
[F#] Son, oh son, [G#m] where are you gone?
[A] You're bound [B] for [F#] Botany Bay
_ _ [A] Son, oh son, [B] where are you gone?
[F#m] You're bound [G#m] for [C#m] Botany Bay _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _