Judy Collins – Bonnie Ship The Diamond (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Bb G Bb G Bb Dm (2x) [Verse 1]

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The Diamond is a ship my boys

        Dm               Am
For the Greenland she is bound

        Dm             F
And the quay it is all garnished

     G               Dm
With bonnie lassies around

[Verse 2]

                      Am
The Captain gives the order

   Dm             Am
To sail the ocean wide

          Dm           F
Where the sun it never sets me lads

    G                 Dm
Nor darkness dims the sky

[Chorus]

         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond

                     G
Goes fishing for the whale

[Interlude] G Bb G Bb G Bb Dm (2x) [Verse 3]

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Along the quay at Peterhead

    Dm             Am
The lassies stand around

           Dm                 F
With their shawls about their heads

        G                  Dm
And the salt tears running down

[Verse 4]

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I'll never weep, my bonnie lad

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Though I'm left behind

            Dm            F
For there's not a rose in Greenland's ice

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To make you change your mind

[Chorus]

         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond

                     G
Goes fishing for the whale

[Interlude] G Bb G Bb G Bb Dm (2x) [Verse 5]

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Here's a health to the Resolution

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Likewise the Eliza Swan

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Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose

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And the Diamond ship of fame

[Verse 6]

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They wear the trousers of the white

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The jackets of the blue

     Dm             F
When they return to Peterhead

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They'll find it weeping true

[Chorus]

         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond

                     G
Goes fishing for the whale

[Interlude] G Bb G Bb G Bb Dm (2x) [Verse 7]

                     Am
It'll be bright both day and night

         Dm                  Am
When the Greenland lads come home

       Dm                  F
With a ship that's full of oil, me lads

    G              Dm
And money to their name

[Verse 8]

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They'll make the cradles for to rock

        Dm              Am
And the blankets for to tear

    Dm            F
And every lass in Peterhead

      G             Dm
Sings hush-a-bye my dear

[Chorus]

         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond

                     G
Goes fishing for the whale

[Outro] G Bb G Bb G Bb Dm (2x)