Strange Country

G# D# G# D# The water is like turpentine G#7sus4 G#7 D# The meat I cannot chew G# D# G#11 D# The tax men only want my gold G#7 G#13 D# And rob it from my boot G# D# F# D# The law men threw me in here G# G#7 D# And tossed away the key G# A# D# G# If fate is nigh don't let me die G#dim7 D# In this strange country G# D# Went first into the city G# D# No trouble did I seek G# D# Until the law men of the crown F# D# Bound cuffs of iron on me G# D# But there was no trouble I had done G# D# No slander did I speak G# D# Wide eyed I was caught walking down F# D# The wrong side of the street G# D# G# D# The water is like turpentine G#7sus4 G#7 D# The meat I cannot chew G# D# G#11 D# The tax men only want my gold G#7 G#13 D# And rob it from my boot G# D# F# D# The law men threw me in here G# G#7 D# And tossed away the key G# A# D# G# If fate is nigh don't let me die G#dim7 D# In this strange country C# F# C# F# A# B B D# A# B Can't tell a blessing from a curse A# B7 It all sounds the same A# B7 Don't understand a word they say G# D# Even when they speak my name G# D# I long to cross the border line G# D# And smell the new born hay G# D# But in this dungeon I will lie F# D# Until I rot away G# D# G# D# The water is like turpentine G#7sus4 G#7 D# The meat I cannot chew G# D# G#11 D# The tax men only want my gold G#7 G#13 D# And rob it from my boot G# D# F# D# The law men threw me in here G# G#7 D# And tossed away the key G# A# D# G# If fate is nigh don't let me die G#dim7 D#