{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2275357,"song":"Van Diemens Land","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11478277-van-diemens-land-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2275357?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am a girl from England, Susan Summers is me name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor fourteen years transported, was for taking of some game[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs for us wretched females, we never see a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThough there's twenty to one woman on Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's poor Tom Brown from Nottingham, Jack Williams and poor Joe[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey were all daring poachers as the country well does know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt night they were trap-ended by the keepers out of hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor fourteen years transported to Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen we set sail from England, we landed in the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe had rotten straw for bedding, we dare not to say 'nay'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur cots were fenced with wire, we slumber when we can[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo drive away the wolves upon Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome all you gallant poachers, give ear unto me song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is a bit of good advice, although it is not long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay by your dog and snare, to you I do speak plain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIf you knew the hardships, you'd never poach again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first day we landed upon that fatal shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe planters they came flocking round, twenty score and more[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey dragged the men like horses and sold them out of hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd yoked 'em to the plough all on Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes when I'm sleeping, I have a pleasant dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith me dear one I'm sitting down by some pearling stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith me friends telling stories, around me they all stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I wake up broken hearted on Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome all you gallant poachers, give ear unto me song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is a bit of good advice, although it is not long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay by your dog and snare, to you I do speak plain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIf you knew the hardships, you'd never poach again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod bless our families, likewise that happy shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat isle of sweet contentment, that we shall see no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor a planter's bought me freedom, he's married me out of hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGood usage then I'll give him on Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD   A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA  D  A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA  D  A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA  D  A G D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nA  D  A G D","chords":["D","A","G","Em7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}