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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":568669,"song":"Jim Jones","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11569782-jim-jones-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/568669?type=chord","rating":4.73843,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome and listen for a moment, lads,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd hear me tell my tale.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow across the sea from England[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was condemned to sail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the jury found me  guilty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen says the judge, says he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, for life, Jim Jones, I'm sending you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nAcross the stormy sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut take a tip before you ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo join the iron gang.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon't get too gay in Botany Bay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr else you'll surely  hang.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr else you'll surely    hang,\" says he.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"And after that, Jim Jones,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's high up upon the gallows tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe crows will pick your bones.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n(this is the fill that goes after every verse)\r\n   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|\r\nB|-1---1-------3---|-1---------1-----|-1---------------|-0-----------------|\r\nG|-2---0-2-----4---|-2-----0h2-------|-0---0-0---0-----|-0-----------------|\r\nD|-3---3-------5---|-3---------------|-2---3-3---2-----|-0-----------------|\r\nA|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---3-3---3-----|-2-----------------|\r\nE|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n(same as verse 1)\r\nWell our ship was high upon the sea\r\nwhen pirates came along,\r\nBut the soldiers on our convict ship\r\nWere full five hundred strong.\r\nFor they opened fire and somehow drove\r\nThat pirate ship away.\r\nBut I'd rather have joined that pirate ship\r\nThan gone to Botany Bay.\r\nWith the storms ragin' round us,\r\nAnd the winds a-blowin' gales,\r\nI'd rather have drowned in misery\r\nThan gone to New South Wales.\r\nThere's no time for mischief there, they say\r\nremember that says they\r\noh they'll flog the poaching out of you\r\ndown there in Botany Bay\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|\r\nB|-1---1-------3---|-1---------1-----|-1---------------|-0-----------------|\r\nG|-2---0-2-----4---|-2-----0h2-------|-0---0-0---0-----|-0-----------------|\r\nD|-3---3-------5---|-3---------------|-2---3-3---2-----|-0-----------------|\r\nA|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---3-3---3-----|-2-----------------|\r\nE|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\nNow it's day and night and the irons clang,\r\nAnd like poor galley slaves\r\nWe toil and toil, and when we die\r\nMust fill dishonored graves,\r\nAnd it's by and by I'll slip my chains,\r\nWell, into the bush I'll go\r\nAnd I'll join the brave bush rangers there,\r\nJack Donohue and co.\r\nAnd some dark night, when everything\r\nIs silent in the town\r\nI'll shoot those tyrants one and all,\r\nI'll gun the flogger down.\r\nOh, I'll give the land a little shock,\r\nRemember what I say,\r\nAnd they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones\r\nIn chains to Botany Bay.\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|\r\nB|-1---1-------3---|-1---------1-----|-1---------------|-0-----------------|\r\nG|-2---0-2-----4---|-2-----0h2-------|-0---0-0---0-----|-0-----------------|\r\nD|-3---3-------5---|-3---------------|-2---3-3---2-----|-0-----------------|\r\nA|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---3-3---3-----|-2-----------------|\r\nE|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n\r\n*************************","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n(same as verse 1)\nWell our ship was high upon the sea\nwhen pirates came along,\nBut the soldiers on our convict ship\nWere full five hundred strong.\nFor they opened fire and somehow drove\nThat pirate ship away.\nBut I'd rather have joined that pirate ship\nThan gone to Botany Bay.\nWith the storms ragin' round us,\nAnd the winds a-blowin' gales,\nI'd rather have drowned in misery\nThan gone to New South Wales.\nThere's no time for mischief there, they say\nremember that says they\noh they'll flog the poaching out of you\ndown there in Botany Bay\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\nNow it's day and night and the irons clang,\nAnd like poor galley slaves\nWe toil and toil, and when we die\nMust fill dishonored graves,\nAnd it's by and by I'll slip my chains,\nWell, into the bush I'll go\nAnd I'll join the brave bush rangers there,\nJack Donohue and co.\nAnd some dark night, when everything\nIs silent in the town\nI'll shoot those tyrants one and all,\nI'll gun the flogger down.\nOh, I'll give the land a little shock,\nRemember what I say,\nAnd they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones\nIn chains to Botany Bay.\n\n\n\n\n*************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n\n*************************","chords":["C","Csus4","F","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}