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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Bonnie Ship the Diamond</h1>
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  16 <p>Trad.<br />
  17 Played by Bob Dylan and the Band in the Basement of 1967<br />
  18 Lyrics modified from It's not a house it's a home page. Chords tabbed
  19 by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <p>On my copy it plays in Bbm, thus a capo on the 1st fret.<br />
  22 The chords in the first verse aren't quite like in the rest of the
  23 verses, which follow the simpler pattern of the second verse.</p>
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  27 <p>[introductory search for chords omitted for brevity]</p>
  28 <pre class="verse">
  29 Am
  30
  31           Am     C/g        D/f#
  32 Well, the bonnie ship was a good old ship
  33           Am                      E
  34 She was a-fishin' on a [leading chain]
  35     Am     /c            C/g
  36 And me an' John oh was a long catch[-on?]
  37            D/f#        F   E     Am
  38 It was the last of the ones I've seen
  39 </pre>
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  41 <pre class="refrain">
  42         Am          G       Am
  43 So with sword and a rope in bay
  44                             E
  45 Feel all that your heart be sailed
  46           Am     C/g      D/f#
  47 When that bonnie ship the Diamond goes
  48 Am      Em      Am
  49 fishin' for the whales.
  50 </pre>
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  52 <pre class="verse">
  53          Am                  D
  54 Well, we feud all night, the cabin gauge,
  55          Am                E
  56 It was a-more than feelin' bad
  57          Am                  D
  58 And with all kind friends we watched in fear
  59          Am             Em   Am
  60 It was a naught time we ever had.
  61 </pre>
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  63 <pre class="refrain">
  64         Am   D     Am
  65 So it's rise up my lads
  66                       E
  67 Let your hearts never fail
  68           Am     C/g      D/f#
  69 When that bonnie ship the Diamond goes
  70 F       E       Am
  71 fishin' for the whales.
  72 </pre>
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  74 <pre class="verse">
  75 An' all day long at Vera Cruz
  76 We sailed [all the likes] to bind
  77 With no heavy moan, any hearts [of stone]
  78 No aid was cried [tried?] for mine.
  79 </pre>
  80
  81 <pre class="refrain">
  82 So it's cheer up my boys
  83 Let your hearts never fail
  84 When that bonnie ship the Diamond
  85 Goes fishin' for the whales.
  86 </pre>
  87
  88 <pre class="verse">
  89 Well, now along Cape Fate, 'twas lit in red
  90 All along cape Horn
  91 And from Vera Cruz we sailed ahead
  92 It was all in the time of storm.
  93 </pre>
  94
  95 <pre class="refrain">
  96 So, it's cheer on up my boys
  97 Let your hearts never fail
  98 When that bonnie ship the Diamond
  99 Goes fishin' for the whales.
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