Misc Traditional – Botony Bay (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Chorus]
     G                       Em          C                  D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies 

     G                    Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks 

        A7                 D
And to hell with your overtime

         G              Em            C           D 
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay 

        Em                   Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back 

         Em       Em    Em   D 
To the shores of Botany Bay  Oh
[Verse 1]
    G              Em                      C              D             
I'm on my way down to the quay, where the ship at anchor lays 

     G                Em                A7          D
To command a gang of navvys, that they told me to engage 

     G                Em            C            D
I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away 

       Em                  Em                  Em        Em    Em   D
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay  Oh
[Chorus]
     G                       Em          C                  D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies 

     G                    Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks 

        A7                 D
And to hell with your overtime

         G              Em            C           D 
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay 

        Em                   Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back 

         Em       Em    Em   D 
To the shores of Botany Bay  Oh
[Verse 2]
     G                  Em         C                  D
The boss came up this morning, he says "Well, Pat you know 

         G              Em              A7                  D
If you don't get your navvys out, I'm afraid you'll have to go" 

     G                 Em          C             D
So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay 

       Em                      Em                      Em        Em    Em   D
For I told him straight, I am going to emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Chorus]
     G                       Em          C                  D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies 

     G                    Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks 

        A7                 D
And to hell with your overtime

         G              Em            C           D 
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay 

        Em                   Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back 

         Em       Em    Em   D 
To the shores of Botany Bay  Oh
[Verse 3]
     G              Em          C                D
And when I reach Australia I'll go and look for gold 

          G                    Em           A7               D
There's plenty there for the digging of, or so I have been told 

    G                Em                  C                  D
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay 

   Em                  Em                      Em        Em    Em   D
Because I live for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay  Oh
[Chorus]
     G                       Em          C                  D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies 

     G                    Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks 

        A7                 D
And to hell with your overtime

         G              Em            C           D 
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay 

        Em                   Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back 

         Em       Em    Em   D 
To the shores of Botany Bay  Oh