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The Bonny Ship The Diamond chords by The Watersons

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The Bonny Ship The Diamond

Key: AmThe Watersons

Chords and lyrics for The Bonny Ship The Diamond by The Watersons

Playing settingsGuitar · Original key

Instrument

Key & capo

Text

Aa

Metronome

Rhythm & accompaniment

VERSE

The diamond is a ship, me boys,

For the Davis

Straits we're bound,

And the quay it is all garnished

With bonnie lasses 'round

Captain Thompson gives the orders

To sail the ocean wide,

While the sun it never sets, my lads,

And the darkness dims the skies.

CHORUS

And let's cheer up, me lads,

Let your hearts never fail,

For the bonny ship the Diamond's gone a-fishing for the wind

VERSE

Along the quay at Peterhead,

the lasses stand around

Wi' their shawls all wrapped about them

and the salt tears runnin' down

Now don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind,

the rose will grow on

Greenland's shore before we'll change our mind.

CHORUS

And it's cheer, up me lads,

let your hearts never fail, for the bonny ship, the diamond

goes fishing for the whale.

VERSE

Here's a health to the resolution,

likewise the Eliza swan.

Here's a health to the Battler

of Montrose and the diamond of a fame.

We wear the trousers of the white,

the jackets of the blue.

When we get home to

Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew.

CHORUS

And it's cheer up, me lads,

let your hearts never fail.

For the bonny ship, the Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale.

VERSE

It'll be bright both day and night when the

whaling boys come home

With a ship that's full with oil, me boys,

and money to our name

We got the cradles for to rock

and the blankets for to tear

When we get home to

Peterhead its: "Hushabye, my dear

CHORUS

And it's cheer up, me lads,

let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship the

Diamond's gone a-fishing for the wind

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About The Bonny Ship The Diamond

Capo: none
Tempo: 95 BPM
Time signature: 2/4

3 chords with fingerings

Amx02210
G320003
E022100

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