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Emily Bay

By: Andrew London [1](approve sites) Source(approve sites)
Performed: The Cattlestops, Hot Club Sandwich [2]
G D Em C * G D GCG G D Em C * G D GCG
G D Em C
Johnny was a wild one, got sent down, seven years hard in Sydney town
G D Em
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
G D Em C
Elizabeth cried on the dock says he, you're a good girl Lizzie don't you wait for me
G D GCG
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
 
Em D Em C
Johnny was a thief, he's quicker than some, got caught with a bottle of the captain's rum
G D Em C
The blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
G D GCG
And the blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
 
G D Em C
Judge said well I can turn a hard man around, you can do your time out in Kingston town
G D Em
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
G D Em C
Johnny said now you can cut a chain for me, but I curse your eyes till the day that I'm free
G D GCG
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
 
Em D Em C
Johnny took a hundred till the blood ran black, the chaplain said thats a dead man's back
G D Em C
The blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
G D GCG
And the blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
 
G D Em C
Jackey says well brother come along with me, gonna kill me a copper been worrying me
G D Em
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
G D Em C
Johnny said well Jackey I been a thinking just the same, they got three more before the soldiers came
G D GCG
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
 
Em D Em C
The Commandant said you gonna hang this morn, and England's sorry that ever been born
G D Em C
The blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
G D GCG
And the blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
 
G D Em C
Johnny was a wild one, got sent down, never did a year in Kingston town
G D Em
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
G D Em C
Elizabeth cried on the day she read, he was thrown in a hole not a prayer was said
G D GCG
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo-ra-ly-ay
 
Em D Em C
On the murders mound you can hear his plea, you're a good girl Lizzie don't you wait for me
G D Em C
The blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
G D Em C
And the blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay
G D GCG
And the blood runs down to the sand on Emily Bay

Created 2013 May 04 16:50

This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.

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