G
C
G
C
G
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Em
C
D
Til this hour has gone around.
Bm
Em
C
And I’m gone on the rising tide
G
D
G
C
G
For to face Van Diemen’s Land.
G
C
G
C
G
It’s a bitter pill I swallow here
Em
C
D
To be rent from one so dear.
Bm
Em
C
We fought for justice and not for gain
G
D
G
C
G
But the magistrate sent me away.
G
C
G
C
G
Now the kings will rule and the poor will toil
Em
C
D
And tear their hands as they tear the soil.
Bm
Em
C
But a day will come in this dawning age
G
D
G
C
G
When an honest man sees and honest wage.
G
C
G
C
G
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Em
C
D
Til this hour has gone around.
Bm
Em
C
And I’m gone on the rising tide
G
D
G
C
G
For to face Van Diemen’s Land.
G
C
G
C
G
Still the gunman rules and widows pay
Em
C
D
A scarlet coat now a black beret.
Bm
Em
C
They thought that blood and sacrifice
G
D
G
C
G
Could out of death bring forth a life.
G
C
G
C
G
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Em
C
D
Til this hour has gone around.
Bm
Em
C
And I’m gone on the rising tide
G
D
G
C
G
For to face Van Diemen’s Land.
Em
G
C
Bm
D
