Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
The Arran Convict
Chorus:
G+G 
C majorC G+G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D MajorD 
E minorEm
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
And the sweet island air of the morning
G+G C majorC G+G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D MajorD C majorC
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G+G D MajorD G+G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
It seems just like yesterday, sailing from Bradon
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Across the Atlantic in search of a wife and some land
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
But the New Brunswick winters are lonely and hard
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
So I followed the wagons out West with no money or plan
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D MajorD E minorEm
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
And the sweet island air of the morning
G+G C majorC G+G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D MajorD C majorC
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G+G D MajorD G+G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I worked on the railroad with Chinese and Irish
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
I slept in the pine-woods and heard the wolf creep to the door
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
But a Scotsman in Portland took all of my money
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
He sold me a cartload of candles he robbed from the storeD G+G D MajorD
I fell in with gangsters and dealers and moonshine
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
And soon they involved me with drivin’ their wagons of booze
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
One night we were ambushed and I killed a black man
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Now I’m in the jailhouse and one of the hard labor crew
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D MajorD E minorEm
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
And the sweet island air of the morning
G+G C majorC G+G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D MajorD C majorC
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G+G D MajorD G+G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Sometimes when it’s dark I remember Lav Ransa?
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
And days when the rains from Kentire was a sheet without end
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And long legged Mary who’d smile at me slyly
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
When they release me I think I’ll go back there again
Chorus:
repeat twice
G+G C majorC G+G
I wish I was back on the long lands of Ferry
D MajorD E minorEm
With long legged Marry, breathin’ the spray
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
And the sweet island air of the morning
G+G C majorC G+G
But I’m wastin’ away in this sweltering prison,
D MajorD C majorC
The mercury’s rising and freedoms a dream,
G+G D MajorD G+G
That arrives and escapes with the dawning
