The Longest Johns – Bonny Ship The Diamond (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
To play in Drop D: Always use the open low D string on the D chords.
When changing from D5, play an open A string before the C.
D5 can be played in drop D as all the strings with an open D major shape without the high E string.
F can be played like a top 4 string F plus 3rd fret on low D string - or play as F5 all on 3rd fret
to E5 all on 2nd fret.
[Intro]
D5 C5 x3
F E5 D5
[Verse 1]
D5 C5 D5 C5 The Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis Strait we're bound, D5 C5 F E5 D5 the quay it is all garnished with bonny lasses 'round; D5 C5 D5 C5 Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide, D5 C5 F E5 D5 Where the sun it never sets, me lads, nor darkness dims the sky
[Chorus]
Dm Bb For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, C G For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. Bb C For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, G G F Dm For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
D5 C5 x3
F E5 D5
[Verse 2]
D5 C5 D5 C5 Along the quay of Peterhead, the lasses stand around, D5 C5 F E5 D5 Wi' shawls all pulled around them and the salt tears runnin' down; D5 C5 D5 C5 Well don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind, D5 C5 F E5 D5 For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice before we change our mind
[Chorus]
Dm Bb For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, C G For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. Bb C For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, G G F Dm For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
D5 C5 x3
F E5 D5
[Verse 3]
D5 C5 D5 C5 Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan, D5 C5 F E5 D5 Three cheers to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame; D5 C5 D5 C5 We wear the trousers of the white and jackets of the blue, D5 C5 F E5 D5 When we get back to Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew,
[Chorus]
Dm Bb For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, C G For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. Bb C For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, G G F Dm For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
D5 C5 x3
F E5 D5
[Verse 4]
D5 N.C.
It will be bright both day and night when Greenland lads come hame,N.C.
Our ship full up with oil, my lads, and money to our name;
N.C.
We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear,
N.C.
And every lass in Peterhead sing: "Hushabye, my dear"
[Chorus]
Dm Bb For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, C G For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. Bb C For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, G G F Dm For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. Dm Bb For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, C G For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. Bb C For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail, G G F Dm For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
[Outro]
Dm Bb C G
Bb C G
G F D5