Chords for Noel McLoughlin - The Bonnie Ship "The Diamond"

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The Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis to which she's bound,
And the key it is all garnished with bonnie lassies around.
Captain Thompson gives the order to sail the ocean wide,
Where the sun it never sets, [F] me lads, nor darkness [Bb] dims the sky.
[Ab] And it's cheered [Bbm] up, me lads, let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
_ _ Along the quay at Peterhead the lassies stand around,
With the shores all pulled about them and the saltiers running down.
Don't you weep, me bonnie lass, though you be left behind,
For the rose will grow and green lands ice before we [Bb] change our mind.
And [Fm] it's cheered up, [Bbm] me lads, let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale. _
Here's a help to the [Bbm] Resolution, likewise [F] the Eliza Swan,
Here's a help to the butler of Montrose and the Diamond ship [Bbm] of fame.
We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue,
When we [F] return to Peterhead we'll have sweet hats anew.
And it's cheered up, me lads, let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing [F] [Bb] for the whale. _ _ _ _ _
_ It'll be bright both day and night when the Greenland lads come hame,
With a ship that's full of oil, [F] me lads, and money to [Bb] our name.
We'll make the quay the spot [F] to rock and the blanket spot to tear,
[Bbm] And every lass in Peterhead sing, hush-a-bye, my dear.
And it's cheered [Bbm] up, me lads, let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie [Bb] ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
And [F] it's cheered up, me lads, let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, [F] goes a-fishing for the [Bb] whale.
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_ [Bb] _ _ For the bonnie ship, the [F] Diamond, goes a-fishing for [Bb] the whale. _ _
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