Shores of Botany Bay Chords by The Irish Rovers

[A] _ [Bbm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
[Dm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ [C] [F] I'm on my way [Dm] down to the quay [Bb] where the ship at [F] anchor lays.
The [Am] commanding [Dm] gang got nabbies there, [G] they told me to [C] engage.
[F] I thought I'd drop [Dm] in for a drink [Bb] before [F] I [C] sailed away,
[Dm] Or to take a trip on an emigrant ship [A] to the shores of [Dm] Botany Bay.
[C] [F] Farewell to your [Dm] bricks and mortar, [Bb] farewell to your [F] dirty lime,
Farewell [A] to your [Dm] gangway and your gangplank, [G] and to hell with your [C] overtime.
[F] Boiling his [Am] ship [Dm] ragamuffin, [Bb] she's [F] lying [C] at the quay,
[Dm] Or to take her pat with a shovel on his back [A] to the shores of [Dm] Botany Bay.
_ _ _ [C] [F] The best years [Dm] of our lives we [Bb] spent working [F] on the docks,
Building [Dm] mighty wharves and [G] piers from earth and [C] ballast rocks.
[F] Our [Am] pensions [Dm] keep our jobs secure, [Bb] but [F] I won't [C] rue the day.
[Dm] Well I'll take that trip on an emigrant ship [A] to the shores of [Dm] Botany [C] Bay.
[F]
Farewell to your [Dm] bricks and mortar, [Bb] farewell [F] to your dirty lime,
[A] Farewell to your [Dm] gangway and your [G] gangplank, and to hell with your [C] overtime.
[F] Boiling his ship [Dm] ragamuffin, she's [F] lying [C] at the quay,
[Dm] Or to take her pat with a shovel on his [A] back to the shores of [Dm] Botany [C] Bay.
[F] _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F]
The boss came [Dm] up this morning and [Bb] he says,
[F] Well Pat you know, that [Am] if you [Dm] don't mix that mortar [G] quick, I'm afraid you'll [C] have to go.
[F] Well of course he [Dm] didn't stop me, [Bb] so I [F] demanded [C] only pay,
[Dm] And I told him straight I was going to [Am] emigrate to the shores of [Dm] Botany [C] Bay.
[F]
Farewell to [Dm] your bricks and mortar, [Bb] farewell to [F] your dirty lime,
[A] Farewell to [Dm] your gangway and your [G] gangplank, and to hell with your [C] overtime.
[F] Boiling [A] his ship [Dm] ragamuffin, [Bb] she's [F] lying [C] at the quay,
[Dm] Or to take her pat with a shovel on his [A] back to the shores of [Dm] Botany Bay.
[G] _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ [C] [F] And when I [Dm] reach Australia, [Bb]
I'll go and [F] search for gold,
There's plenty [Dm] there for digging [G] up, or so I [C] have been told.
[F] And when I've [Dm] made me fortune, [Bb] there'll be [F] no more [C] bricks to lay,
[Dm] I'll take me ease doing [A] what I please on the shores of [Dm] Botany [C] Bay.
[F] Farewell to [Dm] your bricks and mortar, [Bb]
farewell to [F] your dirty lime,
[A] Farewell to [Dm] your gangway and your [G] gangplank, and to hell with [C] your overtime.
[F] Boiling his ship [Dm] ragamuffin, [Bb]
she's lying [C] at the quay,
[Dm] Or to take her pat with a shovel on [A] his back to the shores of [Dm] Botany [C] Bay.
[F] Farewell to [Dm] your bricks and mortar, [Bb]
farewell to [F] your dirty lime,
Farewell to [Dm] your gangway and your [G] gangplank, and to hell with [C] your overtime.
[F] Boiling his ship [Dm] ragamuffin, [Bb]
[F] she's lying [C] at the quay,
[Dm] Or to take her pat with a shovel on [A] his back to the shores of [Dm] Botany [C] Bay.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
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[F] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
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