Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
Bm
A
G
A
D
Bm
From the bells
A
of England's prison cells
Am
C
Bm
A
In '67, one last time
Bm
They filled up a southbound
D
A
And on its fateful passage it set sail
Verse 2
Bm
D
A
And aboard that vessel too did go
C
Bm
A
Some 60 Fenian boys
Bm
They were loaded on the
D
A
And led out amidst the cry
Verse 3
Bm
A
D
"Farewell to all the convict ways
A
G
D
To being slaves without
Bm
A
D
Farewell to all the convict ways
G
D
They'll be the last we'll see
A
D
in irons and chains"
Verse 4
D
A
they sped the wild waves o'er
Bm
C
Bm
A
Bringing poetry and news
Bm
D
G
With their spirits, overhead did soar
D
A
A sage and wild goose
Verse 5
A
Bm
And when around that final
D
A
coast they'd steer
C
Bm
A
Into famed Freemantle Bay
Bm
G
It's reported that all souls on board
D
Heard the wild waves and
Verse 6
Bm
A
D
"Farewell to all the convict ways
A
G
D
To being slaves without
Bm
A
D
Farewell to all the convict ways
G
D
They'll be the last we'll see in
A
D
irons and chains"
Verse 7
D
A
them did escape
C
Bm
A
That barren jailer's land
D
Nor would rest 'til each
Verse 8
Bm
D
A
For he knew all men inside must feel
C
Bm
A
That burning to be free
Bm
G
And when any languished in a cage
D
A
Not a single one of them could say
Verse 9
Bm
A
D
"Farewell to all the convict ways
A
G
A
To being slaves without
D
A
the name of slaves
Bm
A
D
Farewell to all the convict ways
A
Asus4
A
D
A
We'll be the last they'll see in irons
Interlude 1
and chains"
Bm
A
D
Asus4
D
A
D
A
Verse 10
Bm
Someday, the men of this
C
Bm
A
As John Boyle O'Reilly knew
Bm
G
That no man is free when free alone
A
Bm
G
No man is free when free alone
A
Bm
D
G
That one soul in chains is all in chains
Verse 11
Bm
That one soul enslaved is
D
G
all en slaved
D
A
And that all mankind is in the few
Bm
A
And when all the life that they have seen
C
Bm
A
And one hundred thousand days
Verse 12
Bm
When all people of the world
Bm
And when children ask us,
D
G
"What is free?"
A
Bm
When old men must ask us,
D
G
"What are slaves?"
A
Bm
And when women ask us,
D
G
"What are chains?"
A
When
Verse 13
Bm
the wild,
G
wild goose is old and grey
Bm
G
And the golden egg of freedom's lain
A
That is when we all can truly say
G
D
Then and only then
A
Verse 14
Asus4
A
Bm
A
D
"Farewell to all the convict ways
G
D
To being slaves without
Bm
A
D
Farewell to all the convict ways
G
D
A
D
And farewell to life in irons and chains"
Verse 15
G
D
A
D
And farewell to life in irons and chains
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteBm A G D Am...
Mehr Songs von Declan O’Rourke
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
5.0
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer
Neu hinzugefügt
Kürzlich hinzugefügte Akkorde & Tabs