{title:van Diemen's land}
{subtitle: Traditional (U2)}

Hold me [G]now, oh [C]hold me [G]now [C] [ ] [G]
Till this [Em]hour [C]has gone [D]around
And I'm [Bm]gone on the rising [Em]tide [C]
For to [G]face [D]van Diemen's [G]land [C] [ ] [G]
  
It's a bitter [G]pill [C]I swallow [G]here[C] [ ]  [G]
To be [Em]rent [C]from one so [D]dear
We fought for [Bm]justice and not for [Em]gain[C]
But the magis[G]trate [D]sent me [G]away[C]    [G]
  
Now kings will [G]rule [C]and the poor will [G]toil[C]    [G]
And tear their [Em]hands [C]as they till   the [D]soil
But a day will [Bm]come in the dawning [Em]age[C]
When an honest [G]man [D]sees an honest [G]wage[C]
  
Hold me [G]now, [C]oh hold me [G]now [C]   [G]
Till this [Em]hour [C]has gone [D]around
And I'm [Bm]gone on the rising [Em]tide [C]
For to [G]face [D]van Diemen's [G]land [C]   [G]
  
Still the gunman [G]rules and [C]widows [G]pay[C]   [G]
A scarlet [Em]coat [C]now ablack be[D]ret
They thought that [Bm]blood and sacri[Em]fice[C]
Could out of [G]death [D]bring forth a [G]life[C]