van Diemen’s land

Traditional (U2)

	G	C	G	C		G
Hold me	now, oh	hold me	now

	Em	C	D
Till this	hour	has gone	around

	Bm	Em	C
And I’m	gone on the rising	tide

	G	D	G	C		G
For to	face	van Diemen’s	land

	G	C	G	C		G
It’s a bitter	pill	I swallow	here

	Em	C	D
To be	rent	from one so	dear

	Bm	Em	C
We fought for	justice and not for	gain

	G	D	G	C	G
But the magis	trate	sent me	away

	G	C	G	C	G
Now kings will	rule	and the poor will	toil

	Em	C	D
And tear their	hands	as they till the	soil

	Bm	Em	C
But a day will	come in the dawning	age

	G	D	G	C
When an honest	man	sees an honest	wage

	G	C	G	C	G
Hold me	now,	oh hold me	now

	Em	C	D
Till this	hour	has gone	around

	Bm	Em	C
And I’m	gone on the rising	tide

	G	D	G	C	G
For to	face	van Diemen’s	land

	G	C	G	C	G
Still the gunman	rules and	widows	pay

	Em	C	D
A scarlet	coat	now ablack be	ret

	Bm	Em	C
They thought that	blood and sacri	fice

	G	D	G	C
Could out of	death	bring forth a	life