Van Diemens Land Chords
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| Difficulty: | beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author spencerfire [a] 131. 1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 17, 2022
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From: Nolan's Pub Irish Session
U2
VAN DIEMANS LAND (from the album "Rattle and Hum")
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[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.
[Verse]
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 the 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 and 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.
[Verse]
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.
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4 comments
This is great thanks :-) I just felt like playing this all of a sudden and apart from the Bm it’s pretty easy to play.
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Mate , agree... I’ve always loved this song and The Edge sings it so f....... well. Bring forth a life .... !
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love it but i tune it down half a step to play alongside the original dotted 8 delay and arpeggio the chords sounds lovely ( although I think edge uses an 1/8 and dotted 1/8 in series) but I will never be edge so just the dotted will do me lol
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