U2 - Van Diemen's Land

      
 
 U2 ? Van Diemen's Land
 
 Capo 4
 
 Intro
 
 G5 D A D G5-D 
      
 Verse
 
 Hold me now, oh hold me now
 D G5 D G5 D 
      
 Till this hour has gone around
 Bm G5 A Asus4 A 
     
 And I'm gone on the rising tide
 F#m Bm G5 
   
 For to face Van Diemen's land
 D A D G5 D 
     
 
 It's a bitter pill I swallow here
 D G5 D G5 D 
    
 
 To be rent from one so dear
 Bm G5 A Asus4 A 
     
 We fought for justice and not for gain
 F#m Bm G5 
   
 But the magistrate sent me away
 D A D G5 D 
    
 
 Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
 D G5 D G5 D 
   
 And tear their hands as they tear the soil
 Bm G5 A 
   
 But a day will come in the dawning age
 F#m Bm G5 
   
 When an honest man sees an honest wage
 D A D G5 D 
    
 
 Hold me now, hold me now
 D G5 D G5 D 
      
 Till this hour has gone around
 Bm G5 A 
    
 And I'm gone on the rising tide
 F#m Bm G5 
   
 For to face Van Diemen's land
 D A D G5 D 
    
 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