Botany Bay Chords

by John Williamson
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author Dane_Roberts [a] 1,042. Last edit on Feb 1, 2025

Chords

C
G
F
C/B
Am

Strumming

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[Verse 1]
      C           G          C
Fare well to old England for ever
      C          F            G
Fare well to my rum culls as well
       C           F              C    C/B Am
Fare  well to the well known Old Bailee
        C            G           C
Where I used for to cut such a swell
 
[Chorus]
         C         G        C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
         C         F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
         C         F        C      C/B Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
           C         G      C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
 
[Verse 2]
        C          G           C
'taint leavin' old England we cares about
        C          F             G
'taint cos we misspells what we knows
     C            F              C    C/B Am
But becos all we light-fingered gentry
       C            G          C
Hops around with a log on our toes
 
[Chorus]
         C         G        C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
         C         F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
         C         F        C      C/B Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
           C         G      C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
 
[Verse 3]
         C         G       C
Now the captain as is our Commander
            C          F                G
There's the bo'sun and all the ship's crew
             C         F            C        C/B Am
There's the first and second class passengers
        C           G             C
Knows what we poor convicts go through
 
[Chorus]
         C         G        C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
         C         F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
         C         F        C      C/B Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
           C         G      C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
 
[Verse 4]
     C         G          C
Oh, had I the wings of a turtledove
     C          F          G
I'd soar on my pinions so high
      C          F           C        C/B Am
Slap bang to the arms of my Polly Love
    C              G           C
And in her sweet presence I'd die
 
[Chorus]
         C         G        C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
         C         F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
         C         F        C      C/B Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
           C         G      C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
 
[Verse 5]
        C             G           C
So come all ye young Dookies and Duchesses
      C             F           G
Take warning from what I've to say
     C           F           C        C/B Am
Mind all is your own as you touchesses
           C          G      C
Or you'll find us in Botany Bay
 
[Chorus]
         C         G        C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
         C         F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
         C         F        C      C/B Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
           C         G      C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
 
         C         G        C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
         C         F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
         C         F        C      C/B Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
           C         G      C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
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Botany Bay – John Williamson
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