Botany Bay
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
C#m C#m B A B
[Chorus]
E C#m
Farewell to your bricks and mortars
A E
Farewell to your dirty lime
E C#m
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks
B
And to hell with your overtime
E C#m A B
For the good ship Ragamuffin she is lying at the quay
C#m
For to take oul Pat with the shovel on his back
C#m B C#m B
To the shores of Botany Bay
[Verse 1]
E C#m
I'm on my way down to the quay
A E
where the ship at anchor lays,
E C#m B
To command a gang of navvis that they told me to engage
E C#m A B
I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away
C#m C#m B C#m B
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay
[Chorus]
E C#m
Farewell to your bricks and mortars
A E
Farewell to your dirty lime
E C#m
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks
B
And to hell with your overtime
E C#m A B
For the good ship Ragamuffin she is lying at the quay
C#m
For to take oul Pat with the shovel on his back
C#m B C#m B
To the shores of Botany Bay
[Verse 2]
E C#m A E
The boss came up this morning, he says 'Well, Pat you know
E C#m B
If you don't get your navvys out, I'm afraid you'll have to go'
E C#m A B
So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay
C#m C#m B C#m B
For I told him straight, I'm going to emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay
[Chorus]
E C#m
Farewell to your bricks and mortars
A E
Farewell to your dirty lime
E C#m
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks
B
And to hell with your overtime
E C#m A B
For the good ship Ragamuffin she is lying at the quay
C#m
For to take oul Pat with the shovel on his back
C#m B C#m B
To the shores of Botany Bay
[Instrumental]
E C#m A E
E C#m B
E C#m A B
C#m C#m B A B
[Verse 3]
E C#m A E
And when I reach Australia I'll go and look for gold
E C#m B
There's plenty there for the digging of, or so I have been told
E C#m A B
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay
C#m C#m B C#m B
In an eight hour day for eight bob pay on the shores of Botany Bay
[Chorus]
E C#m
Farewell to your bricks and mortars
A E
Farewell to your dirty lime
E C#m
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks
B
And to hell with your overtime
E C#m A B
For the good ship Ragamuffin she is lying at the quay
C#m
For to take oul Pat with the shovel on his back
C#m B C#m
To the shores of Botany Bay
C#m
For to take oul Pat with the shovel on his back
C#m B C#m
To the shores of Botany Bay
C#m
For to take oul Pat with the shovel on his back
C#m B A B E
To the shores of Botany Bay
How to play Botany Bay
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.