Chords with lyrics
Capo: III (sounding G-minor)
Intro 
E minorEm | 
G+G | 
D MajorD - 
A augmentedA | E minorEm
G+G | D MajorD | E minorEm | 
B minorBm
E minorEm G+G
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
Out from the sweet town of Derry
E minorEm G+G
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
The marks of our fetters we carried
A augmentedA G+G
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
A augmentedA B minorBm
Our good women we left in sorrow
E minorEm G+G
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm E minorEm
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow
E minorEm G+G
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
As down below decks we were lying
E minorEm G+G
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
By a vision of bold Robert dying
A augmentedA G+G
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
A augmentedA B minorBm
Dan O'Conner was down with a fever
E minorEm G+G
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm E minorEm
How many will reach their receiver
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
E minorEm G+G
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
E minorEm G+G
White horses rode high as the devil passed by
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
Taking souls to Hades by twilight
A augmentedA G+G
Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three
A augmentedA B minorBm
We buried our comrades each morning
E minorEm G+G
In our own slime we were lost in the time
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm E minorEm
Endless night without dawning
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
E minorEm G+G
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
To end out his whole life in slavery
E minorEm G+G
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery
A augmentedA G+G
Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
A augmentedA m
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
E minorEm G+G
A augmentedA rebel I came, I'm still the same
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm E minorEm
On the cold winds of night you will find me
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Other versions of Back Home In Derry
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Back home in derry acoustic by Christy Moore
