Moreton Bay
View chords used in this chart
e|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------|------------
B|----------------|-------1-0--|-----1----------|--------------|------------
G|----------------|----0-------|-2-------2--0---|--------------|------------
D|----------------|-3----------|----------------|-2------0---2-|-0----------
A|-3--3-------3---|------------|----------------|-----3--------|--------3--0
E|--------3-------|------------|----------------|--------------|------------
1 One Sun-day morn-ing as I was walk-ing By Bris-bane wa-ters I Chanced to
Stray
2 'I've been a con-vict at Port Mac-qua-rie At Nor-folk Is-land and Em-U
Plains
3 For three long years I was beastly treated And heavy irons on my leg I wore
4 Like the Egyptians and ancient Hebrews We were oppressed under Logan's yoke
e|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------|------------
B|----------------|-------1-0--|-----1----------|--------------|------------
G|----------------|----0-------|-2-------2--0---|--------------|------------
D|----------------|-3----------|----------------|--------0---2-|-0----------
A|-3--3-------3---|------------|----------------|-3---3--------|--------3--3
E|--------3-------|------------|----------------|--------------|------------
1 I heard a con-vict his fate be-wail-ing As on the sun-ny ri-ver bank he lay
2 At cas-tle hill and cur-sed toon-gab-bie At all those sett-le-ments I've
worked in chains
3 My back with floggings was lacerated, And often painted with crimson gore
4 Till a native black lying there in ambush Did deal our tyrant his mortal
stroke
e|----------|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------
B|----------|----0--1--0---|---1--------------|--------------|--------------
G|---0---0--|-2------------|-2------2----0----|--------------|--------------
D|-2---2----|--------------|------------------|-2------0----2|-0------------
A|----------|--------------|------------------|----3---------|----3----0----
E|----------|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------
1 I am a nat-ive of Er-in's is-land Trans-port- ed now from my na-tive shore
2 But of all pla-ces of con-dem-na-tion And pen-al sta-tions of New South
Wales
3 And many a man from downright starvation Lies mouldering now beneath the
clay
4 My fellow prisoners, be exhilarated That all such monsters such a death
may find
e|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------|------------
B|----------------|-------1-0--|-----1----------|--------------|------------
G|----------------|----0-------|-2-------2--0---|--------------|------------
D|----------------|-3----------|----------------|--------0---2-|-0----------
A|-3--3-------3---|------------|----------------|-3---3--------|--------3--3
E|--------3-------|------------|----------------|--------------|------------
1 They tore me from my a-ged pa-rents And from the maid-en that I do a-dore
2 To Moreton Bay I have found no equal: Excess-ive Ty-rann-ny each day
pre-vails
3 And Captain Logan he had us mangled At the triangles of Moreton Bay
4 And when from bondage we are liberated, Our former sufferings shall fade
from mind
How to play Moreton Bay
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. 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.