{"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":1471539,"song":"Tobacco Island","artist":"Flogging Molly","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1471539-tobacco-island-chords-by-flogging-molly/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1471539?type=chord","rating":4.36418,"votes":18,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAll to hell we must sail[/tab]\r\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhere the sugar cane grows taller[/tab]\r\nThan the god we once believed in\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTill the butcher and his crown[/tab]\r\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow tommorow chimes of ghostly crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat haunt Tobacco Island[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n'Twas 1659 forgotten now for sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThey dragged us from our homeland[/tab]\r\nWith the musket and their gun\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nCromwell and his roundheads[/tab]\r\nBattered all we know\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShackled hopes of freedom[/tab]\r\nWe're now but stolen goods\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDarken the horizon[/tab]\r\nBlackened from the sun\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis rotten cage of Bridgetown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs where I now belong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAll to hell we must sail[/tab]\r\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhere the sugar cane grows taller[/tab]\r\nThan the god we once believed in\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTill the butcher and his crown[/tab]\r\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow tommorow chimes of ghostly crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat haunt Tobacco Island[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nRed leg down a peg[/tab]\r\nBlistered burns the soul\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe floggings they're a plenty[/tab]\r\nBut reasons there are none\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOur backs belong to landlords[/tab]\r\nWhere branded is there name\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPaid for with ten shillings[/tab]\r\nCheap labor never breaks\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe silver moon is shinin'[/tab]\r\nCools the copper blood\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the livin' meet the dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd together dance as one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAll to hell we must sail[/tab]\r\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhere the sugar cane grows taller[/tab]\r\nThan the god we once believed in\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTill the butcher and his crown[/tab]\r\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow tommorow chimes of ghostly crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat haunt Tobacco Island[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAg-ony, will you cleanse this misery?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFor it's never again i'll breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe air of home[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFrom this sandy edge[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe rolling sea breaks my revenge[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWith each whisper a thousand waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hear roar[/tab]\r\nI'm coming home\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDark is the horizon[/tab]\r\nBlackened by the sun\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis rotten cage of Bridgetown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs where I now belong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAll to hell we must sail[/tab]\r\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhere the sugar cane grows taller[/tab]\r\nThan the god we once believed in\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTill the butcher and his crown[/tab]\r\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow tommorow chimes of ghostly crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat haunt Tobacco Island[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\n\nThan the god we once believed in\n\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\nWith the musket and their gun\n\nBattered all we know\n\nWe're now but stolen goods\n\nBlackened from the sun\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\n\nThan the god we once believed in\n\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nBlistered burns the soul\n\nBut reasons there are none\n\nWhere branded is there name\n\nCheap labor never breaks\n\nCools the copper blood\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\n\nThan the god we once believed in\n\nRaped the land we used to sleep in\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm coming home\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\nBlackened by the sun\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nFor the shores of sweet Barbados\n\nThan the god we once believed in\n\nRaped the land we used to sleep in","chords":["Bb","Gm","F","Am","C"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}