bonny ship the diamond Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G][Am][G]
[C][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
The [Am]Diamond is [G]a ship,
me lads, for the [Am]Davis Strait we're [G]bound
The [Am]quay it is all [G]garnished [Am]with
[C]bonnie [Bm]lasses [Am]'round
Captain Thompson gives the [G]or
ders [Am]to sail the ocean [G]wide
Where the [Am]sun it never set[G]s, me lads,
nor [C]darkness [Bm]dims the sky
[Am]For it's cheer up me lads,
let your [F]hearts never fail
For the [G]bonny [Am]ship, the Diamond,
[G]goes a- [D]fishing for the whale
For it's [F]cheer up me lads,
let your [G]hearts never fail
For the bonny [D]ship, the Diamond,
goes a- fishing [C]for the [Am]whale[G]
[Am][G][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[C][G][Am]
Along the quay of [G]Peterhead,
the [Am]lasses stand [G]around
[Am]Wi' their shawls all pulled around
[G]Their nec[Am]ks and the[C] salt
tears [G]runnin' [Am]down
Well don't you weep, my [G]bonny lass,
though [Am]you'll be left be[G]hind
For the [Am]rose will bloom on [G]Greenland's
ice be[C]fore we [G]change our [Am]mind
For it's cheer up me lads,
let your [F]hearts never fail
For the [G]bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- [D]fishing for the whale
For it's [F]cheer up me lads,
let your [G]hearts never fail
For [D]the bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- fishing [C]for the whale
[Am][G][Am][G][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 3]
[C][G][Am]
Here's a health to the Resolu[G]tion (Hey),
[Am]likewise the Eliza [G]Swan
Three [Am]cheers to the Battler [G]of Montrose and the [C]Diamond,
[Bm]ship of [Am]fame
We wear the trousers [G]of the white
and the [Am]jackets of the [G]blue
When [Am]we get back t[G]o Peterhead,
we'll have [C]sweet[G]hearts [Am]anew
For it's cheer up me lads,
let your [F]hearts never fail
For the [G]bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- [D]fishing for the whale
For it's [F]cheer up me lads,
let your [G]hearts never fail
For the [D]bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- fishing [Am]for the whale
[G][Am][G][Am][G][Am][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
It will be bright both day and night
when Greenland lads come hame
Our ship full up with [G]oil, my lads,
and money to our [Am]name
We'll make the cradles [G]for to rock
and the [Am]blankets for to [G]tear
[Am]And ev[G]ery [Am]lass in Peterh[G]ead sing:[D]
[G]"Hushabye, my dea[Am]r"
For it's cheer up me lads,
let your [F]hearts never fail
For the [G]bonny ship, the Dia[Am]mond,
[G]goes a- [D]fishing for the whale
[Am]For it's c[F]heer up me lads,
let your [G]hearts never fail
For the [D]bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- fishing [C]for the [Am]whale
For it's cheer up me lads,
let your [F]hearts never fail
For the [G]bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- [D]fishing for the whale
For it's [F]cheer up me lads,
let your [G]hearts never fail
For the [D]bonny ship, the Diamond,
goes a- fishing [Am]for the whale

[Outro 1]
[Am][F][G][D][F]
[G][D][C]