Tone: [G]
Chorus:
Hold me n[G]now,[C]ow, oh hold me [G]now [C] [G]
Til this h[Em]our[C] has gone a[D]round.
And I'm g[Bm]one on the rising t[Em]ide[C]
For to f[G]ac[D]e Van Diemen's L[G]and[C]. [G]
Verse:
It's a bitter p[G]ill[C] I swallow h[G]ere [C] [G]
To be r[Em]ent[C] from one so d[D]ear.
We fought for ju[Bm]stice and not for g[Em]ain[C]
But the magistr[G]at[D]e sent me aw[G]ay.[C] [G]
Now the kings will r[G]ule[C] and the poor will t[G]oil [C] [G]
And tear their ha[Em]nds[C] as they tear the s[D]oil.
But a day will c[Bm]come in this dawning a[Em]age [C]
When an honest ma[G]man [D] sees and honest w[G]age[C]. [G]
Chorus:
Hold me n[G]now,[C]ow, oh hold me [G]now [C] [G]
Til this h[Em]our[C] has gone a[D]round.
And I'm g[Bm]one on the rising t[Em]ide[C]
For to f[G]ac[D]e Van Diemen's L[G]and[C]. [G]
Verse:
Still the gunman ru[G]rules[C]les and widows [G]pay [C] [G]
a scarlet c[Em]oat[C] now a black b[D]eret.
They thought that bl[Bm]blood and sacrifice [Em] [C]
Could out of de[G]at[D]h bring forth a l[G]ife[C]. [G]
Chorus:
Hold me n[G]now,[C]ow, oh hold me [G]now [C] [G]
Til this h[Em]our[C] has gone a[D]round.
And I'm g[Bm]one on the rising t[Em]ide[C]
For to f[G]ac[D]e Van Diemen's L[G]and[C]. [G]
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