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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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From: Scott A. Yanoff
U2
VAN DIEMANS LAND (from the album "Rattle and Hum")
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Hold me now, oh hold me now
G C G C G
Till this hour has gone around
Em C D
And I'm gone on the rising tide
Bm Em C
For to face Van Diemen's land
G D G C G
It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away
Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in the dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage
Hold me now, hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
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
CHORD FORMATIONS:
CHORD FORMATIONS:
All chords are
played in arpeggio (first from low frequency to high frequency and then
back).
E A D G B E
G : 3 2 0 0 x x
C : x 3 2 0 1 x
Em: x x 2 0 0 0
D : x x 0 2 3 2
Bm: x 2 4 4 3 x
This is really very close, you are just missing one little piece and that is when after the G chord in the first line, he plays a quick chord that is a G chord with a 2 on the Low E string instead of a 3. I still give this song 5 stars.