35_gaibty/jim_jones.htm

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
   3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
   4 <html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   5
   6 <head>
   7 <title>Jim Jones</title>
   8 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/general.css" />
   9 </head>
  10
  11 <body>
  12
  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Jim Jones</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Trad.<br />
  17 Released by Bob Dylan on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Good As I Been To You</a> (1992)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <hr />
  21
  22 <pre class="verse">
  23 C
  24
  25 Csus4    C      Csus4 C
  26 Come and listen for a moment, lads,
  27                     F
  28 And hear me tell my tale.
  29      C                  G
  30 How across the sea from England
  31   F                G
  32 I was condemned to sail.
  33         C        Csus4 C
  34 Now the jury found me  guilty,
  35                           F
  36 Then says the judge, says he,
  37          C                    G
  38 &quot;Oh, for life, Jim Jones, I'm sending you
  39  F                C  Csus4
  40 Across the stormy sea.
  41     F
  42 But take a tip before you ship
  43    C        Csus4 C
  44 To join the iron gang.
  45       F
  46 Don't get too gay in Botany Bay,
  47    C           Csus4 C G
  48 Or else you'll surely  hang.
  49    C               Csus4 C
  50 Or else you'll surely    hang,&quot; says he.
  51                      F
  52 &quot;And after that, Jim Jones,
  53           C           G
  54 It's high up upon the gallows tree
  55     F                    C
  56 The crows will pick your bones.&quot;
  57 </pre>
  58 <pre class="tab">
  59   F           G     F                 C   Csus4 C       G
  60   |   .   .   .     |   .   .   .     |   .   .   .     |   .   .   .
  61 |-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------------
  62 |-1---1-------3---|-1---------1-----|-1---------------|-0-----------------
  63 |-2---0-2-----4---|-2-----0h2-------|-0---0-0---0-----|-0-----------------
  64 |-3---3-------5---|-3---------------|-2---3-3---2-----|-0-----------------
  65 |-3---------------|-----------------|-3---3-3---3-----|-2-----------------
  66 |-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3------------------
  67                                                                     Well...
  68 </pre>
  69 <pre class="verse">
  70 Well our ship was high upon the sea
  71 when pirates came along,
  72 But the soldiers on our convict ship
  73 Were full five hundred strong.
  74 For they opened fire and somehow drove
  75 That pirate ship away.
  76 But I'd rather have joined that pirate ship
  77 Than gone to Botany Bay.
  78 With the storms ragin' round us,
  79 And the winds a-blowin' gales,
  80 I'd rather have drowned in misery
  81 Than gone to New South Wales.
  82 There's no time for mischief there, they say
  83 remember that says they
  84 oh they'll flog the poaching out of you
  85 down there in Botany Bay
  86
  87 Now it's day and night and the irons clang,
  88 And like poor galley slaves
  89 We toil and toil, and when we die
  90 Must fill dishonored graves,
  91 And it's by and by I'll slip my chains,
  92 Well, into the bush I'll go
  93 And I'll join the brave bush rangers there,
  94 Jack Donohue and co.
  95 And some dark night, when everything
  96 Is silent in the town
  97 I'll shoot those tyrants one and all,
  98 I'll gun the flogger down.
  99 Oh, I'll give the land a little shock,
 100 Remember what I say,
 101 And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones
 102 In chains to Botany Bay.
 103 </pre>
 104
 105 <hr />
 106
 107 <h2 class="songversion">Supper club version (17 nov 1993)</h2>
 108 <pre class="verse">
 109          A
 110 Come and listen for a moment, lads,
 111                     D
 112 And hear me tell my tale.
 113      A                  E
 114 How across the sea from England
 115   D                E
 116 I was condemned to sail.
 117         A
 118 Now the jury found me guilty,
 119                           D
 120 Then says the judge, says he,
 121          A                    E
 122 &quot;Oh, for life, Jim Jones, I'm sending you
 123  D         E      A
 124 Across the stormy sea.
 125     D
 126 But take a tip before you ship
 127    A
 128 To join the iron gang.
 129       D
 130 Don't get too gay in Botany Bay,
 131    A                  E
 132 Or else you'll surely hang.
 133    A
 134 Or else you'll surely hang,&quot; says he.
 135                      D
 136 &quot;And after that, Jim Jones,
 137           A           E
 138 It's high up upon the gallows tree
 139     D          E         A
 140 The crows will pick your bones.&quot;
 141 </pre>
 142 </body></html>