Misc Soundtrack – Fishermans Friends - The Bonny Ship The Diamond (Guitar)

    Am           Em                     Am                 Em
The Diamond is a ship, me boys, for the Davis Strait we're bound,

        Am             Em             C      G       Am
And the quay it is all garnishèd with bonnie lasses 'round;

        Am                 Em        Am             Em
Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide,

          Am                           Em                 C        G        Am
And we're bound for the land where the sun don't set, the darkness dims the skies

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

 Am               Em             Am           Em
Along the quay of Peterhead, the lasses stand around,

           Am                   Em                C          G       Am
With their shawls all wrapped around them and the salt tears runnin' down;

   Am                 Em                 Am               Em
No don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind,

  Am                Em                   C      G          Am
A rose will grow on Greenland's shore before we change our mind

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                Em          Am             Em
Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan,

         Am                      Em               C        G       Am
Here's a health to the Battle of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame;

   Am                Em                Am             Em
We wear the trousers of the white, the jackets of the blue,

         Am             Em               C         G       Am
And when we get home to Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew,

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

   Am                  Em                     Am                Em
It will be bright both day and night when the whalin' boys come home,

       Am                    Em                C     G      A
With a ship that's full with oil, me boys, and money to our name;

      Am               Em                 Am             Em
We'll make the cradle for to rock and the blanket for to tear,

     Am             Em              C    G       Am
When we get home to Peterhead it's "Hushabye, my dear"

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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

         Am                         C
And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,

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