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(The Bonnie) Shoals Of Herring chords by
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
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G
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C
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With our nets and gear we're ferrying
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C
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On the wild and wasteful ocean
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F
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It's out there on the deep
C
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F
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C
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We harvest and reap our bread
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C
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As we hunt the bonny shoals of herring

Oh, it was a fine and a pleasant day
G
G

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Out of Yarmouth Harbour I was sparing
C
C

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As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger
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We were following the shoals of herring

Now you're up on deck,

you're a fisherman
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You can swear and show a manly bearing
C
C

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Take your turn and watch

with the other fellas

As you're hunting for the
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G

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C
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shoals of herring

Though we fished a swat at the broken bank,
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G

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I was cook and I'd a quarter share in
C
C

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And I used to sleep standing on me feet
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C
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As we hunted for the shoals of herring

We left the home grounds

in the months of June

And for canny shields we
G
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soon were bearing
C
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With a hundred crowns of

the silver darlings

That we'd taken from the
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C
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shoals of herring

In the stormy seas and the living gales

Just to earn your daily
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G

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bread you're faring
C
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From the Dover Straits till

the Faroe Islands

And you're hunting for the
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shoals of herring

Well, I earned me keep and

they paid me way
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And I earned the gear that I was wearing
C
C

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Saved a million miles,

caught ten million fishes

We were hunting after
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C
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shoals of herring

You're net rope man now,

boy you're on the move

And you're learning all
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about seafaring
C
C

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That's your education,

scraps of navigation

As you hunt the bony shoals
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C
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of herring
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G

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Night and day the seas were daring
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Come wind or come our winter gale
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Sweating or cold, growing up,
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growing old or dying
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As you hunt the bunny shoals of Heron Bay.

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • G

  • F

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of (The Bonnie) Shoals Of Herring by The Dubliners is C major.

The primary chords used in (The Bonnie) Shoals Of Herring are C, G, F.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, G, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of (The Bonnie) Shoals Of Herring is approximately 122 beats per minute.

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