Key: C major•
Verse 1
Am
C
F
And hear me tell my tale
C
G
How across the sea from England
F
G
I was condemned to sail
Am
C
F
Then says the judge, says he
F
C
Csus4
C
Across the stormy sea
C
G
Or else you'll surely hang
C
G
It's high above on the gallows tree
Interlude 1
C
F
C
G
Verse 2
C
F
C
G
But the soldiers on our convict ship
F
G
Were full five hundred strong
F
G
C
Csus4
C
Than gone to Botany Bay
gale
C
G
Than gone to New South Wales
there they say
Interlude 2
C
F
G
F
C
G
Verse 3
and the irons clang
C
Csus4
C
G
We toil and toil, and when we die
F
G
Must fill dishonored graves
C
G
And I'll join the bravest rankers there
F
G
C
Jack Donohue and co
C
G
I'll gun the floggers down
F
C
In chains to Botany Bay
Outro 1
F
C
G
C
F
C
G
F
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Am F G Csus4
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