D  A  G  D


[Verse 1]
        D          G           D              Bm
All you sea barren men, you're bound to sail again
     D             Bm              Em   A7
Far away from your mooring down in Portsmouth
          D           G        D          Bm
With your mast strung high and wavin’ goodbye
       D           A       D
To the lassies you left on shore


[Chorus]
       A                      G                 D
I've a fine strong crew and I tell them what to do
        A                             G  D
I’m the captain of the ship The Bonny La-dy
                    G               D             Bm
She's my joy and my pride and she's twenty meters wide
      D            A              G  D
And I call her the ship The Bonny La-dy


[Verse 2]
   D             G                 D              Bm
So haul down the riggin' for we're bound to sail away
 D                Bm              Em            A7
Across the ragin' ocean and we're sailin' out today
    D          G           D                Bm
And if we do return you're bound to hear us say
         D        A        D
We’ll be going to sea once more


[Chorus]
       A                      G                 D
I've a fine strong crew and I tell them what to do
        A                             G  D
I’m the captain of the ship The Bonny La-dy
                    G               D             Bm
She's my joy and my pride and she's twenty meters wide
      D            A              G  D
And I call her the ship The Bonny La-dy


[Verse 3]
        D             G      D                Bm
Well my shipmates and me, we sail from sea to sea
         D      Bm                    Em A7
With the wind a-whistlin' through the sails
           D            G          D                  Bm
Though the crew gets no rest, they think that I'm the best
        D                   A          D
Cause I bailed them one and all out of jail


[Chorus]
       A                      G                 D
I've a fine strong crew and I tell them what to do
        A                             G  D
I’m the captain of the ship The Bonny La-dy
                    G               D             Bm
She's my joy and my pride and she's twenty meters wide
      D            A              G  D
And I call her the ship The Bonny La-dy


[Bridge]
A    G  D
A    G  D
D  G  D  Bm
D  A  G  D


[Verse 4]
        D            G      D             Bm
We've a vast haul of rum, a cargo we will run
      D        Bm                Em A7
From along the far off shores of Haiti
         D          G        D                  Bm
With the brisk salt air just blowin' through me hair
       D            A              D
At the wheel of the ship The Bonny Lady


[Chorus]
       A                      G                 D
I've a fine strong crew and I tell them what to do
        A                             G  D
I’m the captain of the ship The Bonny La-dy
                    G               D             Bm
She's my joy and my pride and she's twenty meters wide
      D            A              G  D
And I call her the ship The Bonny La-dy


[Chorus]
       A                      G                 D
I've a fine strong crew and I tell them what to do
        A                             G  D
I’m the captain of the ship The Bonny La-dy
                    G               D             Bm
She's my joy and my pride and she's twenty meters wide
      D            A              G  D
And I call her the ship The Bonny La-dy