Traditional Irish – Botany Bay chords
Chords:
BOTANY BAY; Traditional Irish/Australian NOTE: The key of D is my own personal choice. NOTE2: It's quite fastforward, I'd recomend lissening to a youtube-cover to get the right tempo. Note 3: I'm not really sureif the "E4" is called a E4, but you grab it like this:e|---0---|B|---0---|G|---1---|D|---2---|A|---0---|E|---0---|Intro: D Bm G A D D x4 Chorus:D Bm G A DFarewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty liesD Bm E4 Farewell to your gangers and gang planks and to hell with your overtimeD Bm G A DThe good ship Ragamuffin she's lying at the QuayD BmFor to take oul Pat with his shovel on his backBm---->To the shores of Botany BayD x4(Away........)Same thing, but different Lyrics: Verse 1: I'm on my way down to the Quay where the ship at anchor lies To command a gang of navvys that they told me to engage I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away For to take a trip on an emigrant ship To the shores of Botany Bay Chorus: (Farewell to your... etc etc) Verse 2: The boss came up this morning, he says "well Pat, you know If you don't get your navvys out, I'm afraid you'll have to go" So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay For I told him straight, I'm going to emigrate To the shores of Botany Bay Chorus Verse 3: And when I reach Australia I'll go and look for gold There's plenty there for the digging of, or so I have been told Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay Because I live for an eight hour shift On the shores of Botany Bay Chorus: The End! (on D)