Posted by Tiger
on March 19, 2008, 1:34 pm, in reply to "CHORDS TO BOTANY BAY BY MASTERLESS MEN"
Sorry for the delay 
Botany Bay — Masterless Men
My [A]ship, she sails in the morning
For [D]half a world a-[A]way.
So, raise your glasses just once more,
Ye [B7 or E7]friends of yester-[E7]day.
We’ve [D]laughed, we’ve [E7]cried, but [A]side by side,
We’ve [D]lived on, day to [E7]day,
And I [D]won-[E7]der [A]are there [D]friends [E7]like [A]you,
On the shores of [E7]Botany [A]Bay?CHORUS
The doors were never bolted,
Fare-[A]well, you little narrow streets,
I [D]wandered as a [A]child.
Farewell, you kindly neighbors,
I [B7 or E7]used to drive you [E7]wild.
I’m [D]bound for South Aus-[A]tralia,
The [D]land of great re-[E7]nown.
Have a [D]drink [E7]to-[A]day, be-[D]fore [E7]I’ll [A]say,
Farwell to my [E7]native [A]town.
And the hearth it shon’ like steel
The kettle always boilin’,
And the welcome you can feel.
Well, there was bread upon the table,
And whiskey in the tay,
And I wonder are there friends like you,
On the shores of Botany Bay?CHORUS
The mem’ries flow, but I must go,
Good neighbors, take my hand.
It’s not for want of comrades,
I leave my native land.
We’ve laughed and sang, the rafters rang,
Sure as in my Spring day,
And I’ll shed a tear every mile from here,
To the shores of Botany Bay.CHORUS
Have a drink today, before I’ll say,
Farwell to my native town.
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