For Nolan's Irish Pub Session Players
Van Diemen's Land - U2
[Chorus]
G C G C G
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Em C D
Til this hour has gone around.
Bm Em C
And I'm gone on the rising tide
G D G C G
For to face Van Diemen's Land.
G C G C G
It's a bitter pill I swallow here
Em C D
To be rent from one so dear.
Bm Em C
We fought for justice and not for gain
G D G C G
But the magistrate sent me away.
G C G C G
Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
Em C D
And tear their hands as they tear the soil.
Bm Em C
But a day will come in this dawning age
G D G C G
When an honest man sees an honest wage.
[Chorus]
G C G C G
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Em C D
Til this hour has gone around.
Bm Em C
And I'm gone on the rising tide
G D G C G
For to face Van Diemen's Land.
[Optional Instrumental]
G C G C G
Still the gunman rules and widows pay
Em C D
A scarlet coat now a black beret.
Bm Em C
They thought that blood and sacrifice
G D G C G
Could out of death bring forth a life.
[Chorus]
G C G C G
Hold me now, oh hold me now
Em C D
Til this hour has gone around.
Bm Em C
And I'm gone on the rising tide
G D G C G
For to face Van Diemen's Land.
