View Guitar Chords for Back home in derry - chords ver. 2
AmIn eighteen-o-three we sailedEm out to sea GOut from the Dsweet town of AmDerry AmFor Australia bound, if we Emdidn't all drown GThe marks of our Dfetters we AmcarriedAmIn our rusty iron chains we cried Emfor our weans AmOur good women we left in Emsorrow AmAs the main sails unfurled, our Emcurses we hurled On the GEnglish and Dthoughts of AmtomorrowAmAt the mouth of the Foyle, bade Emfarewell to the soil As Gdown below Ddecks we were Amlying AmO'Doherty screamed, woken Emout of a dream By a Gvision of Dbold Robert AmdyingAmThe sun burnt cruel as we dishEmed out the gruel AmDan O'Conner was down with a Emfever AmSixty rebels today, bound for BoEmtany Bay How Gmany will Dreach their AmreceiverCOh oh oh Goh oh I Amwish I was Gback home in AmDerry COh oh oh Goh oh I Amwish I was Gback home in AmDerryI cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight White horses rode high as the devil passed by Taking souls to Hades by twilight Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three We buried our comrades each morning In our own slime we were lost in the time Endless night without dawning Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man To end out his whole life in slavery Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law Neither wind nor rain care for bravery Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond My comrades' ghosts walk beside me A rebel I came, I'm still the same On the cold winds of night you will find me Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry