Christy Moore – Back Home In Derry chords

Am                           EmIn eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
G            D             AmOut from the sweet town of Derry
Am                         EmFor Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
G                D          AmThe marks of our fetters we carried

Am                                EmIn our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
Am                        EmOur good women we left in sorrow
Am                              EmAs the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
       G           D           AmOn the English and thoughts of tomorrow

Am                              EmAt the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
   G          D             AmAs down below decks we were lying
Am                        EmO'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
     G         D           AmBy a vision of bold Robert dying

Am                            EmThe sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
Am                           EmDan O'Conner was down with a fever
Am                              EmSixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
    G         D           AmHow many will reach their receiver


C        G       Am         G            AmOh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C        G       Am         G            AmOh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
White horses rode high as the devil passed by
Taking souls to Hades by twilight

Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three
We buried our comrades each morning
In our own slime we were lost in the time
Endless night without dawning

Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
To end out his whole life in slavery
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery

Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
A rebel I came, I'm still the same
On the cold winds of night you will find me

Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry