Bonnie Charlie Lyrics

21st June 2013
From, founder member of Manfred Mann,
Mike Hugg's 1972 solo album 'Somewhere'
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of G#m)
He watched the silver boats in the sunset,
^ ^ ^ Riding into port on gentle breezes,
^ ^ ^ Heard the seagull's cry... echo 'round the bay,
As he sat in his chair, by the open window!
^ ^ ^ Ships had been his life from ten to eighty,
^ ^ ^ And now the time had come for resting,
^ ^ ^ His sons, and their sons too, had taken over all that needed doing,
A time for remi - niscing!
^ ^ ^ Good - bye, Bonnie Charlie----------, good boat, you served me well,
Good - bye, untamed ocean-----------, I'll soon be sett - ing sail,
To ride the tide of e - ter - ni - ty!
A little bay lit - up by moonlight, like something from a fairy - tale,
^ ^ ^ And never in his life had he seen such a lovely night as this, heaven kissed!
^ ^ ^ Good - bye, Bonnie Charlie----------, good boat, you served me well,
Good - bye, untamed ocean-----------, I'll soon be sett - ing sail,
To ride the tide of e - ter - ni - ty!
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And as the silver boats at sunrise, rode out of port on gentle breezes,
^ ^ ^ The seagull's farewell cry... echoed 'round the bay,
Past the empty chair, by the open window! ^ ^ ^
Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
ch /ch
Am = x02210 Dm = xx0231 Asus4 = x02230 Gm6/Bb = x12030
ch /ch
G = 320033 Dm/C = x30231 Em7 = 022030 Dm/F = xx3231
F = 133211 Bm7b5 = x20201 D = xx0232 Am/C = x32210
F/C = x33211 E = 022100 Am6 = x02212
G/B = x20033 E7 = 022130 E/B = x22100
^ = Emphasise the beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=X0Ur6iW4y3I