Sixteen Straws


chords: Dm/F/Am G/Dm/G/B7 the B7 is slightly weird, it sounds like it doesnt have an F# in it so you could play e|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----2----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----1----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----2----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------------| Dm One Sunday morning Dm While I was out walking F By the Brisbane's waters Am I chanced to stray Dm There I found a prisoner Layed half in the water F He'd seen me coming Am And he began to say Dm I was a native of Erin's Ireland F And before I was brought Am To this terrible place Dm They dragged me away Dm From my wife and newborn F Am And my ailing parents G I've been a prisoner at Port Macquarie Dm Norfolk Island and Emu Plains G At Castle Hill and cursed Toongabbie B7 At all of these settlements B7 I've worked in chains G But of all the places of condemnation Dm At each penal station of New South Wales G To Moreton Bay I've found no equal B7 The tyranny there makes all the rest pale repeat until forever