The Davitts - Back Home In Derry Chords

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[A] _ _ [Am] In 1803 [C] we sailed out to sea, [G]
Out from the [D] sweet town [Am] of Derry.
_ _ For Australia we're bound, [C] And we don't all drown,
[G]
In the marks of [D] our fetters [Am] we carried.
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In the rusty iron chains We [C] cried for our wains,
[D] And our good wives we left there [Em] in sorrow.
_ _ As [Am] the mainsail _ [C] unfurled Our curses we hurled,
[G] On the English [D] and thoughts of [A] tomorrow.
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[Am] At the mouth of the foil, Bid [C] farewell to the soil,
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As down [D] below decks [G] we [Am] were lying. _ _ _
O Docherty _ screamed, Woken [C] out of a dream,
[G]
With a vision [D] of Paul Robert [Am] dying.
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[D] The _ sunburned crew, As [C] we dished out the grill,
[D] O'Connor was down with [Em] the fever. _ _ _
[Am] Sixty rebels today, [C] Bound for Botany Bay,
[G]
How many [D] will live through [Am] this evil?
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_ Oh, _ _ [G] _
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[A] I wish I [Em] was back home [Am] in Derry. _ _ _ _
[C] _ Oh, _ _ [G] _
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[A] I wish [G] I was back home [Am] in Derry. _ _ _
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[Am] I cursed them to hell, As [C] our bow fought the swell,
[G]
For our ship danced [D] like a mop in [Am] the _ firelight. _
White horses rode high, [C] As the devil passed by,
[G]
Ticking souls [D] to Hades [Am] by twilight. _ _
[D] Five weeks out to sea, [C] We were now forty-three,
[D] We buried our comrades [Em] each morning. _ _
[Am] And in our own [C] slime, We were lost in a time,
[G] Of endless [D] night [Am] without _ _ dawning.
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[C] _ Oh, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] I wish I [Em] was back home [A] in Derry.
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[C] _ Oh, _ _ _
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[A] I wish I [G] was back home [Am] in Derry. _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ Vandiemon's land [C] is a hell for a man,
[G] To live [D] out his whole life in [Am] slavery. _ _
Where the climate is raw, And [C] the gun makes the law,
[G] Neither wind [D] nor rain cares [Am] for bravery. _ _
[D] Twenty years have gone by, And [C] I've ended my bond,
[D] My comrades' ghosts are [Em] behind me. _
[Am] A rebel I came, [C] And I'm still the same,
[G] On the cold [D] winds of night you'll [Am] find me. _ _
[C] _ _ Oh, _ [G] _
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[A] I wish I [Em] was back home [Am] in Derry. _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ Oh, [Am] I wish I [Em] was back [Am] home in Derry.
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[C] _ _ Oh, [G] _ _
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[Am] I wish I [Em] was back [Am] home in Derry.
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[C] _ _ Oh, _ _
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[Am] I wish [G] I was back [Am] home in Derry. _ _ _ _
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