U2 – Van Diemens Land (Guitar)
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From: Nolan's Pub Irish Session
VAN DIEMANS LAND (from the album "Rattle and Hum")
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[Chorus]
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.
[Verse]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse]
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.
[Chorus]
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.