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Oh G listen for a moment lads and Am hear me tell my Em tale
How C o'er the sea from G England's shore I Am was condemned to Em sail
The jC jury found me G guilty sir and tAm then the judge said Em he
For Am life Jim Jones I seEm ntence you acAm ross the stormy sEm ea
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takeG my tip before you ship to joinAm the iron gangEm
Don't C be too gay at G Botany Bay or Am else you'll surely Em hang
Or C else you'll surely G hang says he and Am after that Jim Em Jones
high Am upon the galloEm ws tree the crowsAm will pick your bonesEm
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You'll G have no chance for mischief there reAm remember what I sEm say
They'll C flog the poaching G out of you out Am there at Botany Em Bay
The C waves were high upG upon the sea the Am wind approachingEm approaching gales
I'd Am rather drowned in miseEm misery than come to Am New South WalesEm Wales
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The G winds were high upon the sea when the Am pirates came aloEm along
But theC the soldiers on our G convict ship were Am full five hundred Em strong
They C opened fire and G somehow drove that Am pirate ship aEm away
I'd Am rather joined that Em pirate ship than Am gone to Botany BEm Bay
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For G night and day the irons clang and Am like poor galley Em slaves
We C toil and toil and wG hen we die must fAm ill dishonored grEm aves
ButC But by and by I'll breaG break my chains into Am the bush I'll goEm
And Am join the bold bushrEm bushrangers there Jack Am Donahoo and Em Co
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And G some dark night when everything is Am silent in this tEm town
I'llC kill the tyrants oG ne by one and sAm hoot the floggers Em down
I'llC I'll give the law a G little shock remAm ember what I saEm y
They'llAm yet regret they sEm ent Jim Jones in cAm hains to BotanyEm Bay
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I'll kC ill you bastarG ds one and all,Am I'll gun the floggEm ers down.
I'lC l give them all a lG ittle shock, remembAm er what I say Em
They'Am ll yet regreEm t they sent Jim JonAm es in chains to BotanEm y Bay.
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Toil aC and toil and whG when we die must Am fill dishonored graEm ves
By C and by I'll break mG m' chains and to theAm the bush I'll go Em
And yAm you'll be deaEm dead behind me, John, Am when I get to Mexico.Em
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