Van Diemens Land chords by U2

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

U2 - Van Diemen's Land

Capo 4

Intro

G5   D   A   D   G5-D

Verse

Hold me now, oh hold me now
    D  G5     D   G5 D

Till this hour has gone around
     Bm  G5     A  Asus4 A

And I'm gone on the rising tide
    F#m         Bm   G5

For to face Van Diemen's land
    D  A      D   G5 D

It's a bitter pill I swallow here
        D    G5   D   G5 D



To be rent from one so dear
    Bm    G5   A  Asus4 A

We fought for justice and not for gain
        F#m        Bm      G5

But the magistrate sent me away
        D  A    D    G5 D

Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
        D  G5         D   G5 D

And tear their hands as they tear the soil
        Bm  G5        A

But a day will come in the dawning age
        F#m         Bm   G5

When an honest man sees an honest wage
        D     A   D     G5 D

Hold me now, hold me now
    D G5     D   G5 D

Till this hour has gone around
     Bm  G5     A

And I'm gone on the rising tide
    F#m        Bm      G5

For to face Van Diemen's land
    D   A      D      G5 D

Still the gunman rules and widows pay
A scarlet coat now a black beret
They thought that blood and sacrifice
Could out of death bring forth a life



THE END!