Van Diemens Land - Barbara Dickson Chords
Chords: CAPO:, Fret, Am, F, G, C, D, Am7
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Barbara Dickson - Van Diemen's Land
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[INTRO:] (**Didgeridoo**)
[VERSE 1:]
Am F G Am G
Come all ye gallant poachers that ramble void of care
Am C D F G Am
That walked out on a moonlight night with your dog, your gun, your snare
C G Am G
The hare and the lofty pheasant, you have at your command
Am C D F G Am
Not thinking on your last career upon Van Diemen's Land
[VERSE 2:]
F G Am G
Poor Thomas Brown from Nenagh Town, Jack Murphy and poor Joe
Am C D F G Am
Were three determined poachers, as the county well does know
C G Am G
By the keepers of the land, me boys, one night they were trepanned
Am C D F G Am C D Am Am7 Am
And for fourteen years transported unto Van Diemen's Land
[VERSE 3:]
F G Am G
The first day that we landed upon that fatal shore
Am C D F G Am
The planters came around us there might be twenty score
C G Am G
They ranked us off like horses and they sold us out of hand
Am C D F G Am
And they yoked us to the plough, brave boys, to plough Van Diemen's Land
[VERSE 4:]
F G Am G
The cottages we live in are built with sods of clay
Am C D F G Am
We have rotten straw for bedding, but we dare not say them nay
C G Am G
Our cots we fence with wire and we slumber when we can
Am C D F G Am C D Am Am7 Am
To keep the wolves and tigers from us in Van Diemen's Land
[VERSE 5:]
F G Am G
Oft times when I do slumber, I have a pleasant dream
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