Skye Boat Song chords by Barbara Dickson

C Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing
C             F       C    G7
"onward!" the sail ors cry
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C
Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to skye

Verse one
Am                   Dm                   Am           F        Am
Loud the wind show l, loud the wav esroar, thunder claps rend theair
Am               Dm                  Am          F        Am    G7
Baff led our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare
C Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing
C             F       C    G7
"onward!" the sail ors cry
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C
Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to skye

Verse two
Am                      Dm                   Am        F     Am
Through the wave sleap, soft shall Yes leep, ocean's a Royal bed
Am                  Dm              Am            F     Am     G7
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep watch by your weary head
C Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing
C             F       C    G7
"onward!" the sail ors cry
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C
Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to skye

Verse three
Am              Dm                  Am           F          Am
Many's the lad, fought on that day, well the clay more could wield
Am                   Dm            Am          F       Am     G7
When the night came, silent ly lay, dead on Cull oden's field
C Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing
C             F       C    G7
"onward!" the sail ors cry
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C
Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to skye

Verse four
Am                    Dm               Am          F     Am
Burned are our homes, exile and death, scatter the loyal men
Am                   Dm                  Am           F      Am   G7
Yet, o'er thes word, cool in thes heath, Charlie will come again.
C Am/E         Dm7         G7
Speed, bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing
C             F       C    G7
"onward!" the sail ors cry
C          Am/E      Dm7        G7   C        F        C
Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to skye