Botany Bay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][G][D][Bm][D][A][D][A]

[Verse 1]
[D]Sining
tour a lie [A]your a lie [D]addy
Sining tour a lie [G]your a lie [D]hey [A]ey
Singing [Bm]tour a lie [G]your a lie [D]addy[Bm]
I'm [D]bound for [A]botany bay
[D]

[Verse 2]
[A]
[D]Farewell to my [A]friends and
my [D]homeland
Fermanagh, [G]Tyrone, [D]Donegal
[A]Far[Bm]ewell to the green
[G]fields of Ire[D]land[Bm]
For [D]today I am [A]leaving you [D]all[A]

[Verse 3]
Sin[D]ing tour a lie [A]your a lie [D]addy
Sining tour a lie [G]your a lie [D]hey [A]ey
Singing [Bm]tour a lie [G]your a lie [D]addy[Bm]
I'm [D]bound for [A]botany bay
[D]

[Verse 4]
[A]
We're [D]standing in [A]line alto[D]gether
Our passports and [G]visas in [D]hand[A]
And we [Bm]pray that it [G]won't
be [D]forever[Bm]
But [D]today we are [A]leaving
this [D]land[A]

[Verse 5]
There's [D]friends here from
[A]Galway [D]and Sligo
[G]Leitrim, [D]Rosscom[A]mon, Mayo
[Bm]Dublin and [G]Cork and Tip[D]perary
[Bm]But not one [D]of us wish[A]es to go[D][A]

[Verse 6]
Sin[D]ing tour a lie [A]your a lie [D]addy
Sining tour a lie [G]your a lie [D]hey [A]ey
Singing [Bm]tour a lie [G]your a lie [D]addy[Bm]
I'm [D]bound for [A]botany bay

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm]
[G][D][Bm][D][A][D][Bb]

[Verse 7]
It's [Eb]not on a [Bb]tall ship we're [Eb]leaving
A big plane will [Ab]take us [Eb]away[Bb]
But [Cm]one day [Ab]the tide
will be [Eb]turning[Cm]
We will [Eb]all [Bb]return home someday
[Eb]

[Verse 8]
[Bb]
But it's [Eb]now time [Bb]to say
[Eb]'Slan Abhaile'
Australia is [Ab]calling [Eb]today[Bb]
So to[Cm]gether let's [Ab]sing
[Eb]the [Cm]comalya
For we're [Eb]bound for [Bb]botany bay
[Eb]

[Verse 9]
[Bb][Eb]
[Bb]Sining t[Eb]our a lie your[Bb] a lie addy[Eb]
Sining tour a lie [Ab]your a lie [Eb]hey e[Bb]y
Singing [Cm]tour a lie [Ab]your a lie [Eb]addy[Cm]
I'm [Eb]bound for [Bb]botany bay
[Eb]

[Verse 10]
Singing [Cm]tour a lie [Ab]your a lie [Eb]addy[Cm]
I'm [Eb]bound for [Bb]botany [Eb]bay