Tobacco Island Uke tab by Flogging Molly

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 chordBb
And to hell we must sail

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

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

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


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

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

Battered all we know
Bb chordBb
Shackled hopes of freedom

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

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


Bb chordBb
And to hell we must sail

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

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

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


Gm chordGm
Red leg down a peg

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

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

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

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

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


Bb chordBb
And to hell we must sail

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

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

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


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

I'm coming home

Uke tab by , 03 Mar 2012

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