{"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":2549943,"song":"Back Home In Derry","artist":"Bobby Sands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11513711-back-home-in-derry-chords-by-bobby-sands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2549943?type=chord","rating":4.88341,"votes":67,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn 1803 we sailed out to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOut from the sweet town of Derry[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor Australia bound if we didn't all drown[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the marks of our fetters we carried.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn our rusty iron chains we sighed for our wains[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOur women we left all in sorrow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the mainsails unfurled our curses we hurled[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn the English and thoughts of tomorrow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh…Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh…Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI cursed them to hell as our bow rode the swell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOur ship danced like a moth in the firelight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhite horses rode high as the devil passed by[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTaking souls to Hades by twilight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFive weeks out to sea we were now forty-three[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOur comrades we buried each morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn our own slime we were lost in time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEndless night without dawning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh…Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh…Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nVan Dieman's land is a hell for a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo live out his life in slavery.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen the climate is raw and the gun makes the law.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNeither wind nor rain cares for bravery.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTwenty years have gone by and I've ended my bond[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy comrades' ghosts are behind me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA rebel I came and I'm still the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn the cold winds of night you will find me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh…Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh…Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Em","G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}