The Skye Boat Song chords by The Corries

Chords with lyrics

Key: Eb MajorEb

♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
Eb MajorEb     AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Onward the sailors cry
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Eb MajorEb    AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Over the sea to Skye


♫ Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Loud the wind howls, loud the waves roar
C minorCm      G#G#    C minorCm
Thunderclaps rend the air
Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
Baffled our foes, stand by the shore
C minorCm     G#G#    C minorCm  Bb majorBb
Follow they will not dare

♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
Eb MajorEb     AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Onward the sailors cry
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Eb MajorEb    AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Over the sea to Skye

♫ Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Many's the lad fought on that day
C minorCm    G#G#      C minorCm
Well the claymore did wield
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
When the night came, silently lain
C minorCm   G#G#    C minorCm  Bb majorBb
Dead on Culloden field


♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
Eb MajorEb     AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Onward the sailors cry
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Eb MajorEb    AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Over the sea to Skye

♫ Verse 3:
Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb
Though the waves leap, soft will ye sleep
C minorCm    G#G#  C minorCm
Ocean's a royal bed
Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
Rocked in the deep, flora will keep
C minorCm      G#G#   C minorCm  Bb majorBb
Watch by your weary head


♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
Eb MajorEb     AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Onward the sailors cry
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Eb MajorEb    AbAb   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Over the sea to Skye