;The Shores of Botany Bay
;Trad.
 
 
[intro]
 Bm . . . |Bm . . . |Bm . |A . |G . |A . |
 
[chorus]
.    D                       Bm
 Farewell to your bricks and mortar
.    G           A      D
 Farewell to your dirty lime
.    D                    Bm
 Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks
.       E7                 A
 And to hell with your overtime
.        D              Bm
 For the good ship Ragamuffin
.   G     A      D
 Is lying at the quay
.       Bm
 For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back
.       Bm        A      G   A
 To the shores of Botany Bay
 
 
 
 
.      D                     Bm
 While on my way down to the quay
.          G       A      D
 Where the ship at anchor lay
.      D              Bm             E7            A
 To command a gang of navvies that I was told to engage
.  D                 Bm              G      A    D
 I stopped in for to drink a while before I go away
.       Bm 
 For to take a trip on an immigrant ship
.   Bm        A      G    A
 To shores of Botany Bay
 
 
[repeat chorus]
 
 
.      D                     Bm
 Well the boss came up this mornin' 
.       G           A     D
 And he said "Well, Pat y'know, 
.       D                Bm          
 If you didn't get those navvies out, 
.      E7                 A
 I'm afraid you'll 'ave t'go" 
.     D                Bm
 So I asked 'im for me wages 
.      G      A      D
 And demanded all me pay 
.      Bm
 And I told 'im straight, we would immigrate 
.Bm               A      G    A
 To the shores of Botany Bay
 
 
 
[repeat chorus]
 
 
.    D                Bm
 And when I reach Australia, 
.     G      A          D
 I'll go and search for gold
.        D                Bm         
 There's plenty there for diggin' up, 
.   E7             A
 Or so I have been told, 
.   D                 Bm
 Or else I'll go back to me trade 
.      G       A           D
 And a hundred bricks I'll lay,
.   Bm
 Because I live for an eight hour shift 
.Bm               A      G    A
 On the shores of Botany Bay
 
 
 
[repeat chorus x 2]