Back Home In Derry chords by Christy Moore

Capo: III  (sounding G-minor)



Intro   Em  | G  | D - A | Em
      G  | D  | Em  | Bm



Em         G
In eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
D      A       Em
Out from the sweet town of Derry
     Em         G
For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
   D      A     Em
The marks of our fetters we carried
    A           G
In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
     A        Bm
Our good women we left in sorrow
    Em            G
As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
    D      A      Em     Em
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow

Em             G
At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
  D      A       Em
As down below decks we were lying
  Em           G
O'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream
   D     A      Em
By a vision of bold Robert dying
  A           G
The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
 A              Bm
Dan O'Conner was down with a fever
    Em           G
Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
  D     A       Em    Em
How many will reach their receiver

G    D    Em     D      Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G    D    Em     D      Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Em             G
I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
   D        A       Em
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
    Em           G
White horses rode high as the devil passed by
    D     A     Em
Taking souls to Hades by twilight
A               G
Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three
   A            Bm
We buried our comrades each morning
 Em            G
In our own slime we were lost in the time
D      A       Em   Em
Endless night without dawning

G     D   Em     D
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G    D    Em     D      Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Em          G
Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
D      A       Em
To end out his whole life in slavery
      Em         G
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
     D      A    Em
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery
    A              G
Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
  A            m
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
 Em         G
A rebel I came, I'm still the same
    D      A        Em     Em
On the cold winds of night you will find me

G     D   Em     D
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
G    D    Em     D      Em
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry