Christy Moore - Back home in derry

^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry

^AmIn eighteen-o-three we ^Csailed out to sea ^GOut from the ^Dsweet town of ^AmDerry ^AmFor Australia bound, if we ^Cdidn't all drown ^GThe marks of our ^Dfetters we ^Amcarried ^DIn our rusty iron chains we crie^Cd for our weans ^DOur good women we left ^Emin sorrow ^AmAs the main sails unfurled, our ^Ccurses we hurled On the ^GEnglish and ^Dthoughts of ^Amtomorrow

^AmAt the mouth of the Foyle, bade ^Cfarewell to the soil As ^Gdown below ^Ddecks we were ^Amlying ^AmO'Doherty screamed, woken ^Cout of a dream By a ^Gvision of ^Dbold Robert ^Amdying ^DThe sun burnt cruel as we dish^Ced out the gruel ^DDan O'Conner was down with a ^Emfever ^AmSixty rebels today, bound for ^CBotany Bay How ^Gmany will ^Dreach their ^Amreceiver

^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry

I^Am cursed them to hell as our b^Cow fought the swell, ^GOur ship danc^Ded like a moth^Am in the firelight, ^AmWhite horses rode high as ^Cthe devil passed by, Takin^Gg souls to^D Hades by tw^Amilight, ^DFive weeks out to sea, we were^C now forty-three ^DWe buried our comrades each m^Emorning ^AmIn our own slime we were lost ^Cin the time Endl^Gess night ^Dwithout dawn^Aming

^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry

^AmVan Diemen's Land is a^C hell for a man ^GTo end out hi^Ds whole life i^Amn slavery ^AmWhere the climate is raw a^Cnd a gun makes the law Neith^Ger wind no^Dr rain care ^Amfor bravery ^DTwenty years have gone by, I h^Cave ended my bond ^DMy comrades' ghosts walk besi^Emde me ^AmA rebel I came, I'm still the ^Csame On t^Ghe cold wi^Dnds of night^Am you will find me

^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh I ^Amwish I was ^Gback home in ^AmDerry