Tobacco Island Uke tab by Flogging Molly (Baritone Chords)

5 Chords used in the song: Bb, Gm, F, Am, C

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Artist: 
Year:  2004
Difficulty: 
3.3
(Beginner)
Key: F, DmChords
Bb Bb
And to hell we must sail

For the Shores of sweet Barbados
Gm Gm
Where the sugar cane grows taller

Than the god we once believed in
Bb Bb
Till the butcher and his crown

Raped the land we used to sleep in
Gm Gm F F
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes
Gm Gm N.C.
That haunt Tobacco Island


Gm Gm
'Twas 1659 forgotten now for sure
Bb Bb
They dragged us from our homeland

With the musket and their gun
Gm Gm
Cromwell and his roundheads

Battered all we know
Bb Bb
Shackled hopes of freedom

We're now but stolen goods
F F
Darken the horizon

Blackened from the sun
Am Am
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
C C
Is where I now belong


Bb Bb
And to hell we must sail

For the Shores of sweet Barbados
Gm Gm
Where the sugar cane grows taller

Than the god we once believed in
Bb Bb
Till the butcher and his crown

Raped the land we used to sleep in
Gm Gm F F
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes
Gm Gm N.C.
That haunt Tobacco Island


Gm Gm
Red leg down a peg

Blistered burns the soul
Bb Bb
The floggings they're a plenty

But reasons there are none
Gm Gm
Our backs belong to landlords

Where branded is there name
Bb Bb
Paid for with ten shillings

Cheap labor never breaks
F F
The silver moon is shinin'

Cools the copper blood
Am Am
Where the livin' meet the dead
C C
And together dance as one


Bb Bb
And to hell we must sail

For the Shores of sweet Barbados
Gm Gm
Where the sugar cane grows taller

Than the god we once believed in
Bb Bb
Till the butcher and his crown

Raped the land we used to sleep in
Gm Gm F F
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes
Gm Gm N.C.
That haunt Tobacco Island


Bb Bb Gm Gm Bb Bb Gm Gm
Ag-ony, will you cleanse this misery?
Bb Bb Gm Gm
For it's never again I'll breathe
F F
The air of home
Bb Bb Gm Gm
From this sandy edge
Bb Bb Gm Gm
The rolling sea breaks my revenge
Bb Bb Gm Gm
With each whisper a thousand waves
F F
I hear roar

I'm coming home

Uke tab by , 03 Mar 2012

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