Van Diemens Land Chords

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!