Song: Bonnie Charlie
Artist: Mike Hugg
Composer: Mike Hugg
Album: Somewhere
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
21st June 2013
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of G#m)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Am = x02210 Dm/C = x30231 D = xx0232
G = 320033 Bm7-5 = x20201 Am6 = x02212
F = 133211 E = 022100 E/B = x22100
F/C = x33211 E7 = 022130 Gm6/Bb = x12030
G/B = x20033 Asus4 = x02230 Dm/F = xx3231
Dm = xx0231 Em7 = 022030 Am/C = x32210
^ = Emphasise the beat
Hear the track at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Ur6iW4y3I
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[Intro]
Am G F G
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Am G F/C G/B G Am
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[Verse 1]
Am G F
He watched the silver boats in the sunset,
F Em Dm G F
^ ^ ^ Riding into port on gentle breezes,
F Em Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 E
^ ^ ^ Heard the seagull's cry ...echo 'round the bay,
E7 Am G F
As he sat in his chair, by the open window!
[Verse 2]
F G Am G F
^ ^ ^ Ships had been his life from ten to eighty,
F G Am G F
^ ^ ^ And now the time had come for resting,
F Em Dm Dm/C
^ ^ ^ His sons, and their sons too,
Bm7-5 E E7
Had taken over all that needed doing,
G F
A time for remi - niscing!
[Chorus]
F G Am Asus4
^ ^ ^ Good - bye, Bonnie Charlie-----,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Em7 Em7 D Am
Good boat, you served me well,
^ ^ ^
Am Asus4
Good - bye, untamed ocean-----------,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Em7 Em7 D Am
I'll soon be sett - ing sail,
^ ^ ^
Em7 Em7 D Am
To ride the tide of e - ter - ni - ty!
^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
Am G F
A little bay lit - up by moonlight,
G Am G F
Like something from a fairy - tale,
F Em Dm Dm/C
^ ^ ^ And, never in his life,
Bm7-5 E E7 Am
Had he seen such a lovely night as this,
G F
Heaven kissed!
[Chorus]
F G Am Asus4
^ ^ ^ Good - bye, Bonnie Charlie-----,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Em7 Em7 D Am
Good boat, you served me well,
^ ^ ^
Am Asus4
Good - bye, untamed ocean-----------,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Em7 Em7 D Am
I'll soon be sett - ing sail,
^ ^ ^
Em7 Em7 D Am
To ride the tide of e - ter - ni - ty!
^ ^ ^
[Bridge]
Am F Am6 F E/B Gm6/Bb D
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Dm/F Am/C E/B Am/C Dm/F Am/C E/B Am/C Dm/F E7
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Am F Am6 F E/B Gm6/Bb D
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Dm/F Am/C E/B Am/C Dm/F Am/C E/B Am/C Dm/F
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[Verse 4]
Am G F
And as the silver boats at sunrise,
G Am G F
Rode out of port on gentle breezes,
F Em Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 E
^ ^ ^ The seagull's farewell cry ...echoed 'round the bay,
E7 Am G F F G Am
Past the empty chair, by the open window! ^ ^ ^
[Coda]
Am G F/C G/B G Am
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Am G F/C G/B G Am
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