Back Home In Derry Acoustic chords by Christy Moore

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Back Home In Derry

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Verse 1:
A minorAm           C majorC
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
G+G      D MajorD       A minorAm
Out from the sweet town of Derry
A minorAm             C majorC
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
G+G        D MajorD     A minorAm
The marks of our fetters we carried
D MajorD                C majorC
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
D MajorD           E minorEm
Our good women we left in sorrow
A minorAm               C majorC
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
    G+G      D MajorD      A minorAm
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow

Verse 2:
A minorAm               C majorC
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
  G+G     D MajorD       A minorAm
As down below decks we were lying
A minorAm            C majorC
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
   G+G     D MajorD      A minorAm
By a vision of bold Robert dying
D MajorD               C majorC
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
D MajorD              E minorEm
Dan O'Conner was down with a fever
A minorAm              C majorC
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
  G+G     D MajorD      A minorAm
How many will reach their receiver

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Verse 3:
 A minorAm              C majorC
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell,
G+G      D MajorD       A minorAm
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight,
A minorAm            C majorC
White horses rode high as the devil passed by,
   G+G     D MajorD      A minorAm
Taking souls to Hades by twilight,
D MajorD               C majorC
Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three
D MajorD              E minorEm
We buried our comrades each morning
A minorAm              C majorC
In our own slime we were lost in the time
  G+G     D MajorD      A minorAm
Endless night without dawning

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Verse 4:
A minorAm          C majorC
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
G+G      D MajorD       A minorAm
To end out his whole life in slavery
A minorAm            C majorC
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
   G+G     D MajorD      A minorAm
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery
D MajorD               C majorC
Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
D MajorD              E minorEm
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
A minorAm              C majorC
A augmentedA rebel I came, I'm still the same
  G+G     D MajorD      A minorAm
On the cold winds of night you will find me

Outro:
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

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