They Sailed Away

[Intro ]
Em      G       D       Am 


[Verso 1]
 
Em                                    G 
They were scuttled in England, in Chile and France 
D                                           Am 
Heads full of hope, On the ocean they danced 
Em                              G 
They went to St Lucía and Botany Bay 
         D                                    Am 
They fought the big waves to Amerikay 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 
           C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 

Em      Em      Em      Em 
 


[Verso 2]
 
        Em                          G 
My uncle lies buried beneath English soil 
D                                   Am 
He left his home when he was a child 
        Em                                           G 
His spirit still wanders through Listerlin 
        D                          Am 
And Tinneranny, with all of his kin 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 
           C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 

{Solo} 
C       G       D       Am 
 

[Verso 3]
 
    Em                                G 
For some it comes early, for some it come late 
        D                          Am 
The journey of life revealing its fate 
Em                                          G 
Torn from their houses and tossed to the waves 
    D                                      Am 
Our sons and our daughters to treat as your slaves 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 
           C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 

{Solo} 
C       G       D       Am      x 2 
 

[Verso 4]
 
    Em                      G 
The overlord with the masters whip 
         D                                   Am 
Rips families apart for the emigrant trip 
        Em                          G 
And here now, in this century, 
    D                    Am 
The same grip of insanity 
          Em                                   G 
Drive souls through a blender so obscene 
   D                                        Am 
Of money and power, on our island of green 
 


[Refrão]
 
          C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 
           C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 
          C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green 
           C                           G 
Sailed away, they sailed away 
                 D                  Am 
Forced to leave their Island of green