{t:Back Home In Derry}
{artist:Words: Bobby Sands; Music: Gordon Lightfoot}


In [Am]eighteen-o-three we [Em]sailed out to sea
[G]Out from the [D]sweet town of [Am]Derry
For [Am]Australia bound, if we [Em]didn't all drown
[G]The marks of our [D]fetters we [Am]carried
In our [Am]rusty iron chains we cried [Em]out for our weans
Our [Am]good women we left in [G]sorrow
As the [Am]main sails unfurled, our [Em]curses we hurled
On the [G]English and [D]thoughts of to[Am]morrow


At the [Am]mouth of the Foyle, bade fare[Em]well to the soil
As [G]down below [D]decks we were [Am]lying
O'[Am]Doherty screamed, woken [Em]out of a dream
By a [G]vision of [D]bold Robert [Am]dying
The [Am]sun burnt cruel as we [Em]dished out the gruel
Dan O'[Am]Conner was down with a [G]fever
Sixty [Am]rebels today, bound for [Em]Botany Bay
How [G]many will [D]reach their [Am]receiver


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[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
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[Am]I cursed them to hell as ou[Em]r bow fought the swell
Our ship [G]danced like a [D]moth in the [Am]firelight
White [Am]horses rode high as the [Em]devil passed by
Taking [G]souls to [D]Hades by [Am]twilight
Five [Am]weeks out to sea, we were [Em]now forty-three
We [Am]buried our comrades each [G]morning
[Am]In our own slime we were [Em]lost in a time
[G]Endless night [D]without [Am]dawning


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[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
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[Am]Van Diemen's Land is a [Em]hell for a man
To [G]end out his [D]whole life in [Am]slavery
Where the [Am]climate is raw and a [Em]gun makes the law
Neither [G]wind nor [D]rain care for [Am]bravery
Twenty [Am]years have gone by, I have [Em]ended my bond
My [Am]comrades' ghosts walk bes[G]ide me
A [Am]rebel I came, [Em]I'm still the same
On the [G]cold winds of [D]night you will [Am]find me


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[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
[C]Oh oh oh [G]oh I [Am]wish I was [G]back home in [Am]Derry
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