It's very much a favourite at 'Hounds' gigs, you can hear our rocked up version here, and chords we use below.

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And for some reason beyond my ken, our recording of it is the most popular song on the Rochester Sweeps Festival Myspace page, where it has attracted at least three times more plays than any other featured artist, even the mighty Bellowhead!

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Am                        G                               Am                      G
The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound
       Am             G                     Am       Em      Am
The quay it is all garnished with bonnie lasses 'round
                                              G            Am                G
Captain Thompson gives the order, to sail the ocean wide
                  Am             G                           Am          Em       Am
Where the sun it never sets, my lads, nor darkness fills the sky


Chorus
             Am    G       Am                Am      G       Am
And it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
                           G          Am                      Em                Am
While the bonny ship the Diamond goes a-fishing for the whale

John