U2 - Van Diemen's Land

Capo 4

Intro

G5 (355xxx@1)    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G5-D

Verse

Hold me now, oh hold me now
        D (xx0232@1)  G5 (355xxx@1)        D (xx0232@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)Till this hour has gone around
          Bm (x24432@1) G5 (355xxx@1)       A (x02220@1)  Asus4 (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)And I'm gone on the rising tide
        F#m (244222@1)               Bm (x24432@1)    G5 (355xxx@1)For to face Van Diemen's land
        D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)It's a bitter pill I swallow here
               D (xx0232@1)     G5 (355xxx@1)    D (xx0232@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)

To be rent from one so dear
       Bm (x24432@1)      G5 (355xxx@1)    A (x02220@1)  Asus4 (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)We fought for justice and not for gain
               F#m (244222@1)              Bm (x24432@1)         G5 (355xxx@1)But the magistrate sent me away
               D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)     G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
                D (xx0232@1) G5 (355xxx@1)               D (xx0232@1)    G5D

And tear their hands as they tear the soil
               Bm (x24432@1)  G5 (355xxx@1)              A (x02220@1)But a day will come in the dawning age
               F#m (244222@1)               Bm (x24432@1)    G5 (355xxx@1)When an honest man sees an honest wage
                D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)        G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)Hold me now, hold me now
        D (xx0232@1)G5 (355xxx@1)       D (xx0232@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)Till this hour has gone around
          Bm (x24432@1) G5 (355xxx@1)       A (x02220@1)And I'm gone on the rising tide
        F#m (244222@1)              Bm (x24432@1)         G5 (355xxx@1)For to face Van Diemen's land
       D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)         G5 (355xxx@1)D (xx0232@1)Still the gunman rules and widows pay
A scarlet coat now a black beret
They thought that blood and sacrifice
Could out of death bring forth a life