Christy Moore - Back home in derry
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Capo: III (sounding G-minor)
Intro Em | G | D - A | Em
G | D | Em | Bm
In Emeighteen-o-three we Gsailed out to sea
DOut from the Asweet town of EmDerry
For AustrEmalia bound, if we dGidn't all drown
The mDarks of our fAetters we cEmarried
In our Arusty iron chains we crGied for our weans
Our good wAomen we left in sBmorrow
As the Emmain sails unfurled, our cGurses we hurled
On the DEnglish and tAhoughts of tEmomorrow Em
At the mEmouth of the Foyle, bade fareGwell to the soil
As Ddown below dAecks we were lEmying
O'DEmoherty screamed, woken oGut of a dream
By a Dvision of Abold Robert Emdying
The Asun burnt cruel as we dGished out the gruel
DAan O'Conner was down with a fBmever
Sixty rEmebels today, bound for BGotany Bay
How Dmany will Areach their recEmeiver Em
GOh oh oh Doh oh I wEmish I was bDack home in EmDerry
GOh oh oh Doh oh I wEmish I was bDack home in EmDerry
I cEmursed them to hell as our bGow fought the swell
Our sDhip danced like aA moth in the fEmirelight
White hEmorses rode high as the dGevil passed by
Taking Dsouls to HAades by twEmilight
AFive weeks out to sea, we were Gnow forty-three
We buAried our comrades each mBmorning
IEmn our own slime we were lGost in the time
DEndless nightA without dawniEmng Em
GOh oh oh ohD oh I Emwish I was Dback home in Derry
GOh oh oh Doh oh I wEmish I was bDack home in EmDerry
VEman Diemen's Land is a Ghell for a man
DTo end out hiAs whole life iEmn slavery
Where the cEmlimate is raw and a Ggun makes the law
Neither wiDnd nor rain cAare for bEmravery
Twenty Ayears have gone by, I have eGnded my bond
A m
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
A Emrebel I came, I'm stGill the same
On the cDold winds of Anight you will fEmind me Em
GOh oh oh ohD oh I Emwish I was Dback home in Derry
GOh oh oh Doh oh I wEmish I was bDack home in EmDerry