Tobacco Island chords by Flogging Molly

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
       G                          C
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
          Em                               D
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
    G                               C
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
      Em                                   D
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island


      Em
'Twas 1659 forgotten now for sure
     G
They dragged us from our homeland with the musket and their gun
Em
Cromwell and his roundheads battered all we knew
G

Shackled hopes of freedom, we're naught but stolen goods

D
Dark is the horizon

Blackened from the sun
Am
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
Dm
Is where I now belong

Chorus:
       G                          C
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
          Em                               D
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
    G                               C
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
      Em                                   D
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island

Verse 2:
Em
Red leg, down a peg, blistered burns the soul
    G
The floggings they're a plenty but reasons there are none
Em
Our backs belong to landlords, where branded is there name
G
Paid for with ten shillings, cheap labor never breaks

D
The silver moon is shining

Cools the copper blood
          Am
Where the living meet the dead
      Dm
And together dance as one

Chorus:
       G                          C
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
          Em                               D
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
    G                               C
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
      Em                                   D
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island

Bridge:
Em Am       Em                   Am
Agony, will you cleanse this misery?
         Em               Am                 Dm
For it's never again I'll breathe the air of home
          Em    Am                Em              Am
From this sandy edge, the rolling sea breaks my revenge
          Em                 Am            D
With each whisper a thousand waves, I hear roar

           Em
I'm coming home

Instrumental:
Em Em G G
Em Em G G

Pre-Chorus:
D
Dark is the horizon

Blackened by the sun
Am
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
Dm
Is where I now belong

Chorus:
       G                          C
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
          Em                               D
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
    G                               C
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
      Em                                   D
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island

       G                          C
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
          Em                               D
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
    G                               C
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
      Em                                   D
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island