{"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":1865140,"song":"Van Diemens Land","artist":"U2","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1865140-van-diemens-land-chords-by-u2/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1865140?type=chord","rating":4.79499,"votes":434,"content":"From: Nolan's Pub Irish Session\r\n\r\n\r\nU2\r\n\r\nVAN DIEMANS LAND   (from the album \"Rattle and Hum\")\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHold me now,   oh hold me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil this hour   has gone around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone on the rising tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor to face  Van Diemen's Land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a bitter pill   I swallow here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be rent   from one so dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe fought for justice and not for gain[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the magistrate  sent me away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the kings will rule   and the poor will toil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tear their hands   as they tear the soil.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut a day will come in this dawning age[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen an honest man   sees and honest wage.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHold me now,   oh hold me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil this hour   has gone around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone on the rising tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor to face  Van Diemen's Land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStill the gunman rules   and widows pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA scarlet coat  now a black beret.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey thought that blood and sacrifice[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCould out of death   bring forth a life.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHold me now,   oh hold me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil this hour   has gone around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone on the rising tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor to face  Van Diemen's Land.[/tab]","plain_text":"From: Nolan's Pub Irish Session\n\n\nU2\n\nVAN DIEMANS LAND   (from the album \"Rattle and Hum\")\n----------------\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","Em","D","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}