Bob Dylan - Bonnie Ship The Diamond guitar tab

Bonnie Ship the Diamond

Trad.

Played by Bob Dylan and the Band in the Basement of 1967

Lyrics modified from It's not a house it's a home page. Chords tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

On my copy it plays in Bbm, thus a capo on the 1st fret.

The chords in the first verse aren't quite like in the rest of the verses, which follow the simpler pattern of the second verse.

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Am

Am C/g D/f#

Well, the bonnie ship was a good old ship

Am E

She was a-fishin' on a [leading chain]

Am /c C/g

And me an' John oh was a long catch[-on?]

D/f# F E Am

It was the last of the ones I've seen

Am G Am

So with sword and a rope in bay

E

Feel all that your heart be sailed

Am C/g D/f#

When that bonnie ship the Diamond goes

Am Em Am

fishin' for the whales.

Am D

Well, we feud all night, the cabin gauge,

Am E

It was a-more than feelin' bad

Am D

And with all kind friends we watched in fear

Am Em Am

It was a naught time we ever had.

Am D Am

So it's rise up my lads

E

Let your hearts never fail

Am C/g D/f#

When that bonnie ship the Diamond goes

F E Am

fishin' for the whales.

An' all day long at Vera Cruz

We sailed [all the likes] to bind

With no heavy moan, any hearts [of stone]

No aid was cried [tried?] for mine.

So it's cheer up my boys

Let your hearts never fail

When that bonnie ship the Diamond

Goes fishin' for the whales.

Well, now along Cape Fate, 'twas lit in red

All along cape Horn

And from Vera Cruz we sailed ahead

It was all in the time of storm.

So, it's cheer on up my boys

Let your hearts never fail

When that bonnie ship the Diamond

Goes fishin' for the whales.