Jim Jones Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

C

Csus4Come and Clisten Csus4for a Cmoment, lads,

 And hear me tell my Ftale.

 How aCcross the sea from GEngland

 I Fwas condemned to Gsail.

 Now the Cjury founCsus4d me Cguilty,

 Then says the judge, says Fhe,

 "Oh, for Clife, Jim Jones, I'm Gsending you

 AFcross the stormy CseaCsus4.

 But Ftake a tip before you ship

 To Cjoin the Csus4iron gCang.

 Don't Fget too gay in Botany Bay,

 Or Celse you'll Csus4surelyC Ghang.

 Or Celse you'll sureCsus4ly Chang," says he.

 "And after that, Jim FJones,

 It's high Cup upon the Ggallows tree

 The Fcrows will pick your Cbones."

[This is the fill that goes after every verse]

F G F C

Well our ship was high upon the sea

when pirates came along,

But the soldiers on our convict ship

Were full five hundred strong.

For they opened fire and somehow drove

That pirate ship away.

But I'd rather have joined that pirate ship

Than gone to Botany Bay.

With the storms ragin' round us,

And the winds a-blowin' gales,

I'd rather have drowned in misery

Than gone to New South Wales.

There's no time for mischief there, they say

remember that says they

oh they'll flog the poaching out of you

down there in Botany Bay

F G F C

Now it's day and night and the irons clang,

And like poor galley slaves

We toil and toil, and when we die

Must fill dishonored graves,

And it's by and by I'll slip my chains,

Well, into the bush I'll go

And I'll join the brave bush rangers there,

Jack Donohue and co.

And some dark night, when everything

Is silent in the town

I'll shoot those tyrants one and all,

I'll gun the flogger down.

Oh, I'll give the land a little shock,

Remember what I say,

And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones

In chains to Botany Bay.

F G F C

There is also a bit more instrumentation after this.