Jim Jones chords by Bob Dylan
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Verse 1
(C major) Come and listen for a moment, lads
And (A minor) hear me (C major) tell my tale (F major)
How (C major) across the sea from (G major) England
I (F major) was condemned to sail (G major)
Now the (C major) jury found me guilty
Then (A minor) says (C major) the judge, says he (F major)
"Oh, for (C major) life, Jim Jones,
I'm sending (G major) you
Across (F major) the stormy (C major) sea (Csus4) (C major)
But (F major) take a tip before you ship
To join (C major) the iron gang
Don't (F major) get too gay in Botany Bay
(C major) Or else you'll surely hang (G major)
Or (C major) else you'll surely hang," says he
"And after that, Jim Jones (F major)
It's high (C major) above on the (G major) gallows tree
The (F major) crows will pick your bones"
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
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Verse 2
And (C major) our ship was high upon the sea
When pirates came along (F major)
But the soldiers (C major) (F major) on (C major) our convict (G major) ship
Were full (F major) five hundred strong (G major)
For (C major) they opened fire and somehow drove
That pirate ship away (F major)
But I'd (C major) rather have joined
that (G major) pirate ship
Than (F major) gone to Bot (G major) any (C major) Bay (Csus4) (C major)
With the (F major) storms ragin' round us
And the wind (C major) s a-blowin' gale
gale
I'd (F major) rather have drowned in misery
Than (C major) gone to New South Wales (G major)
There's no (C major) time for mischief
there they say
Remember that, says they (F major)
Or they'll flo (C major) g the
poaching (G major) out of you
Down (F major) there in Botany Bay
Interlude 2
(C major) (F major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 3
Now it's (C major) day and night
and the irons clang
And like poor galley (F major) slaves
We (C major) toil (Csus4) and (C major) toil, and (G major) when we die
Must (F major) fill dishonored graves (G major)
And it's (C major) by and by I'll slip my chains
Into the bush I'll go (F major)
And I'll join (C major) the bravest (G major) rankers there
(F major) Jack Donohue (G major) and co (C major)
And (F major) some dark night, when everything
Is si (C major) lent in the town
I'll (F major) shoot those tyrants one and all
I'll (C major) gun the flog (G major) gers down
Oh, I'll (C major) give the land a little shock
Remember what I say (F major)
And they'll (C major) yet regret
they've (G major) sent Jim Jones
In (F major) chains to Botany (C major) Bay
Outro 1
(F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
Jim Jones
Bob Dylan
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